NFL Week 12 preview
GREEN BAY (4-7) AT EAGLES (9-1)
Sunday, 8:20 p.m., NBC
OPENING LINE: Eagles by 6½.
SERIES: Packers, 28-17
LAST MEETING: Packers, 30-16, 2020
EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (5), RUSH (6), PASS (12), SCORING (4).
EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (2), RUSH (19), PASS (2), SCORING (7).
PACKERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (15), RUSH (14), PASS (19), SCORING (26).
PACKERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (24), PASS (5), SCORING (16).
TURNOVER DIFFERENTIAL: Packers mnus-4; Eagles plus-12.
KEY MATCHUP: Green Bay’s defense against Jalen Hurts. Opponents have yet to solve Hurts this season. Packers will need two-time Pro Bowl nose tackle Kenny Clark to provide a push up front, shutdown corner Jaire Alexander to keep playmaker A.J. Brown, contained and rookie first-round pick LB Quay Walker to limit Hurts from scrambling to have any chance at an upset. Without injured tight end Dallas Goedert (shoulder),
Colts were able to keep Eagles’ passing game relatively in check, limiting Hurts to 18completions for 190yards. Green Bay can use Indianapolis blueprint to halt passing game, but Packers will need a better answer to stop Hurts’ rushing. ETC.: Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is fourth in NFL with 19TD passes, and sixth in both passing yards (2,542) and completions (243). Rodgers, who will turn 39 on Dec. 2, has 13 TDs and four interceptions over past seven games, six of which have been losses . ... Packers rank second in NFL behind Kansas City with a 16-4prime-time record since 2017. That includes 8-2 on Sunday night . ... Eagles CB C.J. Gardner-Johnson has an NFL-best six interceptions . ... Eagles have started 9-1for sixth time in franchise history. On previous occasions, they twice won an NFL title (1949& 1960), once were victorious in the Super Bowl (2017) and twice lost in the Super Bowl (1980& 2004) . ... Edge rusher Haason Reddick leads the Eagles with 7½ sacks, and his three strip-sacks are tied for the league lead.