The Reporter (Lansdale, PA)

NFL WEEK 10 CAPSULES

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EAGLES (3-6) AT DENVER (5-4)

Sunday, 4:25p.m., CBS

LINE: Broncos by 2½

SERIES: Eagles, 8-5

LAST MEETING: Eagles, 51-23, 2017

EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (17), RUSH (T-6), PASS (28), SCORING (11).

EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (15), RUSH (20), PASS (10), SCORING (20).

BRONCOS OFFENSE: OVERALL (18), RUSH (13), PASS (19), SCORING (22).

BRONCOS DEFENSE: OVERALL (6), RUSH (6), PASS (8), SCORING (2).

TURNOVER DIFFERENTI­AL: Eagles minus-1, Broncos 0.

KEY MATCHUP: Eagles’ front seven against Denver’s patchwork O-line. Broncos finished rout at Dallas with four backup O-linemen and still almost rushed for 200yards.

ETC.: Eagles are 3-2on the road . .... They have rushed for 176-plus yards in consecutiv­e games for the first time since a threegame stretch in November 2017. They had 100yards on the ground in the first half in consecutiv­e games for the first time since 2013 . ... Eagles have committed fewest penalties per game (3.3) since Week 6 . ... Eagles are third in red-zone efficiency at 71.9% ... C Jason Kelce will make his 115th consecutiv­e regular-season start, longest active streak among NFL centers . ... With wins over Giants, Cowboys and Washington, Broncos can sweep NFC East with a win . ... QB Teddy Bridgewate­r had his first TD run for Denver last week. Bridgewate­r is seventh in NFL in yards per attempt passing at 8.67. Only QB ranked ahead of him with a higher completion percentage than Bridgewate­r’s 70.8is Seattle’s Russell Wilson, who’s played in only five games . ... RB Melvin Gordon III has scored TDs in three consecutiv­e games . ... Javonte Williams is coming off his first career 100-yard game and ranks third among rookies with 601 scrimmage yards . ... Rookie Caden Sterns had his second intercepti­on last week and rookie OLB Jonathon Cooper his first two career sacks in his first start.

 ?? MICHAEL AINSWORTH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Denver linebacker Jonathon Cooper, left, had a lot to celebrate last week at Dallas, including his first two career sacks.
MICHAEL AINSWORTH — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Denver linebacker Jonathon Cooper, left, had a lot to celebrate last week at Dallas, including his first two career sacks.

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