NFL Week 13 preview
EAGLES (3-7-1) AT GREEN BAY (8-3)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE: Packers by 6½
SERIES: Packers, 27-17
LAST MEETING: Eagles, 34-27, 2019
EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (28), RUSH (13), PASS (27)
PACKERS OFFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (10), PASS (6)
EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (9), RUSH (23-T), PASS (8)
PACKERS DEFENSE: OVERALL (13-T), RUSH (14), PASS (15)
FANTASY TIP: After going five straight games without a touchdown, Packers TE Robert Tonyan is heating up again and has five catches and a touchdown in each of his last two contests.
ETC.: Eagles rank among the lower-third of NFL teams in points per game (25th), third-down efficiency (27th) and fourth-down efficiency (29th). ... Eagles Miles Sanders has 600 yards rushing in eight games and averages 5.6 yards per carry. ... Eagles WR Travis Fulgham has four catches on 14 targets in the past three games after he had 28 catches for 427 yards and four TDs in his first four. Packers cut Fulgham on Aug. 19. ... Eagles TEs Dallas Goedert and Richard Rodgers have both caught TD passes in consecutive games. ... Eagles DT Fletcher Cox has a sack in four straight games. DE Derek Barnett had a sack and two tackles for loss vs. Seattle. ... Philly’s defense has just three interceptions. ... The Eagles are mi
nus-10 in turnover differential.… Packers QB Aaron Rodgers owns a 19-3 record in December home games and owns a 111.9 passer rating in those contests. … Packers lead the NFL in scoring (31.7) and time of possession (32:56). … Packers OLB Za’Darius Smith has a sack in three of his last four games. … Packers S Darnell Savage is coming off a two-interception game against the Bears. … Green Bay went 5-0 in December last season. Eagles are 11-4 in December since 2017. … Packers rookie OG Jon Runyan’s father, also named Jon Runyan, played offensive tackle for the Eagles from 2000-08.
CINCINNATI (2-8-1) AT MIAMI (7-4)
Sunday, 1p.m.
OPENING LINE: Dolphins by 11
SERIES: Dolphins, 17-7
LAST MEETING: Dolphins, 3835, OT, 2019
FANTASY TIP: Bengals may have a tough time keeping the ball away from Dolphins CB Xavien Howard, who leads NFL with 19interceptions since 2017, seven this year.
ETC.: Bengals WR Tyler Boyd has 14receptions for 182yards in three games against the Dolphins. ... Cincinnati’s Brandon Wilson is tied for first in NFL with five kickoff returns of at least 40 yards. ... Dolphins rank second in NFL in points allowed per game, and lead the league in third-down defense at 33%.
CLEVELAND (8-3) AT TENNESSEE (8-3)
Sunday, 1 p.m., CBS
OPENING LINE: Titans by 3½
SERIES: Browns, 35-32
LAST MEETING: Titans, 4313, 2019
FANTASY TIP: Stick with Titans’ Derrick Henry, especially now that it’s December. He ran for 549 yards in December 2019 and 625 in December 2018.
ETC.: Browns are 3-0 against AFC South. … Browns QB Baker Mayfield hasn’t thrown an interception in five games, a span of 123 passes. Browns are 4-1 in that span. … Titans are off to their best start since opening 10-1 in 2008. ... Titans QB Ryan Tannehill has 17 TDs and one INT with a 117.7 rating in six home games this season.