NFL Week 14 preview
NEW YORK GIANTS (2-10) AT EAGLES (5-7) Monday, 8:15 p.m., ESPN OPENING LINE: Eagles by 8½ SERIES: Tied, 85-85-2 LAST MEETING: Eagles, 25-22, 2018 GIANTS OFFENSE: OVERALL (25), RUSH (23), PASS (20). GIANTS DEFENSE: OVERALL (26), RUSH (21), PASS (25). EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (20), RUSH (13), PASS (18). EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (14), RUSH (4), PASS (18). FANTASY TIP: Alshon Jeffery is solid pick coming off his best game of season and going against 25th-ranked pass defense. ETC.: Eagles have won five straight vs. Giants, seven in row at home. ... Giants coach Pat Shurmur was Eagles assistant under Andy Reid from 1999-2008, offensive coordinator under Chip Kelly from 20132015 and interim coach for one game after Kelly was fired . ... Giants QB Eli Manning expected to make first start since Week 2 after being benched for rookie Daniel Jones (ankle) . ... Saquon Barkley ran for 231 yards and two TDs and caught 16 passes for 140 yards and one score in two losses vs. Philly last year . ... WR Golden Tate finished last season with Eagles. He has TD catches in last two games . ... WR Darius Slayton tied for second among rookies with five receiving TDs and fourth with 37 catches . ... WR Sterling Shepard has at least seven catches and TD in two of past three vs. Eagles . ... S Antoine Bethea has pick
The Eagles will get another chance to play against Eli Manning, who’s filling in for injured rookie Daniel Jones.
in two straight against Eagles . .... Eagles are 9-12 under coach Doug Pederson when they throw for 275-plus yards, 21-2 when they run for 120-plus yards . ... Eagles 4-1 on Monday night under Pederson . ... QB Carson Wentz has thrown TD in 15 straight regular-season games, longest active streak in NFL and second-longest streak in team history, trailing his string of 22 from Dec. 22, 2016 to Nov. 11, 2018.
FANTASY TIP: QB Aaron Rodgers has career passer rating of 111.2 in regular-season home games in December and January, ranking No. 1 in NFL history (minimum 200 pass attempts). ETC.: Third meeting in last five years (including postseason) . ... First meeting in Green Bay since 2013 (Packers won 38-20) . .... Packers have won four straight home games against Redskins, outscoring Washington 122-43. ... Green Bay is 2-1 against NFC East this season.
FANTASY TIP: If Dalvin Cook sits out or has workload limited, Vikings rookie RB Alexander Mattison would become valuable commodity. Mattison is 11th in league with average of 4.84 yards per rush. ETC.: Lions have lost eight of last nine games, dropping coach Matt Patricia’s record to 9-18-1. ... Vikings Kirk Cousins, second in league in passer rating (111.9) and third in yards per attempt (8.5), has 10 total TDs and one interception with 129.6 passer rating in five home games this year.