The Reporter (Lansdale, PA)

ATLANTA (11-6) AT EAGLES (13-3)

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Saturday, 4:35 p.m., NBC OPENING LINE: Falcons by 2½ SERIES: Eagles, 18-14-1 LAST MEETING: Eagles, 24-15, 2016 FALCONS OFFENSE: OVERALL (8), RUSH (13), PASS (8). FALCONS DEFENSE: OVERALL (9), RUSH (9), PASS (12). EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (7), RUSH (3), PASS (13). EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (17), PASS (1). INJURY REPORT: FALCONS: No injuries reported. EAGLES: QUESTIONAB­LE: LB Dannell Ellerbe (hamstring), CB Sidney Jones (hamstring). ETC.: Eagles are 2-1 vs. Falcons in playoffs, including 27-10 win in 2004 NFC championsh­ip game . ... Falcons were NFL’s highest-scoring team last year, but their fewest points came in loss at Philly . ... Falcons were 5-1 vs. common opponents while Eagles were 4-2 . ... Falcons averaged 22.1 points per game and allowed 19.7. ... Atlanta averaged 364.8 yards per game and allowed 318.4 . ... Falcons QB Matt Ryan completed 64.6 percent of passes for 4,095 yards, 20 TDs, 12 picks and 91.4 passer rating . ... Ryan has passer rating of at least 100 in five straight postseason games, tied for second-longest streak in league history. Only Joe Montana had longer streak with eight . ... RB Devonta Freeman had 865 yards rushing and seven TDs . ... WR Julio Jones caught 88 passes for 1,444 yards and three TDs . ... DE Adrian Clayborn had 9½ sacks . ... LB Deion Jones had three picks . ... K Matt Bryant made 34 of 39 field goals (87.2 percent) and all 35 extra-point tries . ... Philadelph­ia’s Doug Pederson makes playoff debut as head coach . ... Eagles tied franchise record with 13 wins . ... Eagles finished with secondmost points (463) in team history. ... Eagles tied for first in NFL in point differenti­al (plus 162), led league in rush defense (79.2 yards per game) and ranked first in NFC in turnover differenti­al (plus 11) . ... Philadelph­ia averaged 28.6 points per game and allowed 18.4 . ... Eagles averaged 365.8 yards per game and allowed 306.5 . ... QB Nick Foles was 2-1 filling in for Carson Wentz. Foles completed 56.4 percent of passes for 537 yards, five TDs, two picks and 79.5 passer rating . ... RB LeGarrette Blount had 766 yards rushing and two TDs . ... RB Jay Ajayi had 873 yards rushing and one TD combined with Dolphins and Eagles . ... TE Zach Ertz had 74 catches for 824 yards and eight TDs. ... WR Alshon Jeffery had 57 catches for 789 yards and nine TDs . ... DE Brandon Graham had 9 1⁄2 sacks . ... CB Patrick Robinson had four picks. ... K Jake Elliott made 26 of 31 field goals (83.8 percent) and 39 of 42 extra points.

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