The Trentonian (Trenton, NJ)

NFL WEEK 13 CAPSULES

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EAGLES (5-7) AT N.Y. JETS (3-8) Sunday, 1p.m., CBS

BETTING LINE: Eagles by 6½

SERIES: Eagles, 11-0.

LAST MEETING: Eagles, 31-6, 2019 EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (18), RUSH (1), PASS (30), SCORING (12T).

EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (11), RUSH (16), PASS (11), SCORING (15).

JETS OFFENSE: OVERALL (21), RUSH (29), PASS (11), SCORING (27T)

JETS DEFENSE: OVERALL (31), RUSH (27), PASS (29), SCORING (32) TURNOVER DIFFERENTI­AL: Eagles minus-1; Jets minus-15.

KEY MATCHUP: Eagles running game vs. Jets run defense. Eagles have run all over teams this season. Jets, meanwhile, struggled against the run for much of the season before allowing just 3.70yards per carry in the last two games — down from 4.71yards per carry through Week 10. ETC.: Eagles are 4-3on the road and play at MetLife Stadium for the second straight week after a poor performanc­e in a loss last Sunday to the Giants . .... Eagles have 1,078yards rushing in the last five games. They’ve rushed for 200-plus yards in three straight games for the first time since 1978. They’ve had 175-plus yards rushing yards in five straight for the first time since 1950 . ... Eagles have 18rushing TDs, most through 12games since 22in 1953. ... Eagles DT Javon Hargrave already has a career-high seven sacks . ... Jason Kelce will make his 118th consecutiv­e regular-season start, longest streak by any NFL center since Chris Myers started 123in a row from 2007-14for Denver and Houston . ... Jets have already surpassed their win total from last season, when they went 2-14 . ... Zach Wilson finished 14of 24for 145yards against Houston, and had a touchdown scramble. He played through some soreness in his right knee, but was not limited at practice this week . ... RG Alijah Vera-Tucker, No. 14overall draft pick in April, has allowed one sack in 466pass-blocking snaps.

ARIZONA (9-2) AT CHICAGO (4-7)

Sunday, 1 p.m.

BETTING LINE: Cards by 7½ SERIES: Bears, 57-28-6

LAST MEETING: Bears, 16-14, 2018

KEY MATCHUP: Cards TE Zach Ertz vs. Bears S Tashaun Gipson Sr. Ertz is coming off his best outing this season with eight catches for 88yards and two TDs. He has been a thorn for the Bears in three regular-season games against them with 20 catches for 233yards and two TDs as an Eagle.

ETC.: Cards have used eight starting lineups on the offensive line, including seven in the past nine games . ... RB James Conner has rushing TDs in five straight games ... Chicago is tied for second in the NFL with 32sacks. LB Robert Quinn has 11.

 ?? JUSTIN REX — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Jets quarterbac­k Zach Wilson, the No. 2pick in last year’s draft, returned to the lineup last week after being sidelined with a knee injury.
JUSTIN REX — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jets quarterbac­k Zach Wilson, the No. 2pick in last year’s draft, returned to the lineup last week after being sidelined with a knee injury.

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