NFL Week 4 preview
EAGLES (2-1) AT TENNESSEE (2-1) Sunday, 1 p.m., Fox OPENING LINE: Eagles by 3 SERIES: Eagles 7-4 LAST MEETING: Eagles, 43-24, 2014 EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (19), RUSH (11), PASS (20) EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (9), RUSH (1), PASS (18) TITANS OFFENSE: OVERALL (29), RUSH (10), PASS (29) TITANS DEFENSE: OVERALL (12), RUSH (23), PASS (10) FANTASY TIP: Corey Davis. Titans receiver had 91 yards receiving in last home game vs. NFC team and is on verge of breakout. ETC.: Eagles have won seven straight vs. AFC South, team’s longest active winning streak against any division . ... Titans have won 11 of last 13 home games . ... Eagles are 17-3 in last 20 games, including playoffs . ... Eagles rank first in run defense after finishing first last season. Since start of 2016, Eagles stand first, Titans second in average rushing yards allowed per game . ... Philly leads NFL in time of possession (36:03) . ... Eagles QB Carson Wentz is 3-0 with six TDs, one pick in past three games vs. AFC . ... Eagles TE Zach Ertz’s 21 catches are first at his position. He’s two receptions away from passing Jeremy Maclin (343) for ninth place on team’s all-time list. ... Eagles allowing 3.3 points per red-zone drive . ... DT Fletcher Cox leads Eagles with three sacks. He’s tied with Seth Joyner for eighth
Former Eagles running back Dion Lewis is averaging 95.8 yards per scrimmage for the Titans.
on team’s all-time list with 37 sacks . ... Titans have not allowed point in first quarter . ... Titans have seven sacks over past two games . ... Tennessee QB Marcus Mariota tied for most game-winning drives since start of 2017 season with five . ... Titans RB Dion Lewis averaging 95.8 yards from scrimmage and five TDs in pasts five games.
FANTASY TIP: RB Giovani Bernard could be good pick against Falcons’ depleted defense. ETC.: Game matches two struggling defenses: Bengals No. 26, Falcons No. 27 . ... Andy Dalton has 23 career games with 300 yards passing, tied with Boomer Esiason for most in Bengals history . ... Falcons Mohamed Sanu had 1,793 yards receiving, 11 TDs with Bengals from 2012-15 . ... CB Robert Alford’s 57passes defensed since 2015 lead NFL, including four this year.
FANTASY TIP: DeSean Jackson could be in for big game lining up against Bears rookie CB Kevin Toliver or Bryce Callahan. ETC: Bucs QB Ryan Fitzpatrick leads NFL with 1,230 yards passing, second with 11 TD passes . ... DT Gerald McCoy has 41 sacks since 2013, tied for most among DTs with Cincinnati’s Geno Atkins . ... Chicago leads NFL with 14 sacks . ... LB Khalil Mack tied for league lead with four sacks — at least one in each game, including two last week.