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Jalen Hurts efficiency on third downs and Philadelphia’s run-pass ratio is among the four keys for the Eagles’ offense vs. the Packers.
a ‘BlackOut‘ is upon us, as the Eagles (9-1) return home for a Sunday night meeting against the Green Bay Packers (4-7).
Philadelphia will look to maintain its lead in both the NFC East and in the NFC race for the overall No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the NFL playoffs.
The Eagles are 11-11 at home against the Green Bay Packers all-time, and they’ll need to perform on offense to get the win.
Here are several keys for the Philadelphia offense Sunday night.
Here are 15 impact players to watch on Sunday Night Football when the Philadelphia Eagles host the Green Bay Packers at Lincoln Financial Field
The Green Bay Packers, led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, are just hours away from meeting the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFL Week 12 matchup, on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
The matchup will feature the reigning NFL MVP and Jalen Hurts, the opposing quarterback who should currently be in the top 3 of voting as it now stands.
With both teams featuring star power on both sides of the ball, we’re previewing 15 impact players to watch.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers are set for a Sunday night matchup, and we’ve highlighted three causes for concern
The Eagles (9-1) are hosting a ‘Blackout’ during their Sunday night meeting against the Green Bay Packers (4-7) at Lincoln Financial Field.
Philadelphia will look to maintain its lead in the NFC East and the NFC, while Green Bay will look to keep its dwindling playoff hopes alive.
With kickoff less than eight hours away, here are three causes for concern on Sunday night.
With the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers set for a matchup in Week 12, here’s a statistical breakdown for both teams ahead of Sunday night
a ‘BlackOut‘ is upon us, as the Eagles (9-1) return home for a Sunday night meeting against the Green Bay Packers (4-7).
Philadelphia will look to maintain its lead in both the NFC East and in the NFC race for the overall No. 1 seed and a first-round bye in the NFL playoffs.
The Eagles are 11-11 at home against the Green Bay Packers.
Here’s a statistical breakdown of both teams ahead of Sunday night.
The expert picks are in, and the Philadelphia Eagles are the consensus pick in Week 12 over the Green Bay Packers
The Eagles (9-1) and Packers (4-7) are set to meet on NBC’s Sunday Night Football in a game that could push Green Bay to the brink of elimination.
Philadelphia will look to control the line of scrimmage on both sides of the football.
At the same time, Jonathan Gannon will figure out how to make Aaron Rodgers uncomfortable in the pocket.
The expert picks are in, and the consensus is with the Eagles in Week 12.
Here’s the Philadelphia Eagles updated unofficial depth chart ahead of the Week 12 matchup vs. Green Bay Packers on NBC’s Sunday Night Football
The Eagles are set for a Sunday night matchup against the Packers at Lincoln Financial Field, and they’ll look to stay ahead of Minnesota in the race for home-field advantage.
After a flurry of roster moves last week, Philadelphia has been relatively quiet outside of making additions to the practice squad.
The updated depth chart for Week 12 is set, and no sudden changes have occurred.
Here’s a look at some potential bargains for daily fantasy from the New York Giants-Green Bay Packers Week 5 game on Sunday morning.
The New York Giants (3-1) face off against the Green Bay Packers (3-1) at Tottenham Hotspur in London this Sunday morning.
Here is a quick rundown of fantasy football options, for both season-long and in weekly DFS.
Here are seven sleepers to play in fantasy football for Week 5.
With the first quarter of the fantasy football season now behind us, managers are looking for any kind of edge as the playoff races begin to heat up. That’s where the sleepers come in.
We will be using The Huddle’s weekly PPR projections and rankings as a reference. In order to qualify as a sleeper, we are taking a look at quarterbacks ranked outside the top 12, running backs and wide receivers ranked outside the top 24, and tight ends ranked outside the top 10.
Here are seven sleepers to play in fantasy football for Week 5:
Here’s a look at our starts and sits for Week 1 of fantasy football.
Week 1 of fantasy football officially was underway Thursday night, and now managers will be looking at their lineups all weekend pondering who to start and who to sit leading up to Sunday’s games.
Doing start/sit articles can be a little challenging. The players featured on the list below should not be taken as “must starts” or “must sits.” Instead, these are more suggestions on what we believe managers should do with fringe players heading into the weekend. The choice is ultimately up to the manager.
Just because a player is listed as a “start” doesn’t mean he should be put in the lineup over the secure, bona fide studs. Vice versa for the “sits.” If there’s no better option on the waiver wire or the bench, a manager shouldn’t automatically sit the player. That’s why these can be tricky waters to navigate.
But we’re here to give our advice on the fringe players that will keep managers up at night over the weekend.
Here are our starts and sits in fantasy football for Week 1:
Green Bay’s talented RB tandem has plenty to offer fantasy footballers.
Some folks were stunned when the Green Bay Packers drafted running back A.J. Dillon in the second round of the 2020 draft. The team had more pressing needs, already boasting Pro Bowler Aaron Jones and dependable between-the-tackles slogger Jamaal Williams.
As a rookie, Dillon never gained any traction. In 11 games, he had more than five carries just once and 124 of his 224 rushing yards came in one game. It had the feel of a redshirt season.
A little more than a year later, a lot has changed. Williams moved on to Detroit, and Dillon not only came into his own for the Packers but carved out a significant part of the run game – leading Green Bay in carries (187) rushing yards (803) and rushing touchdowns (five).
Jones gets a lot of the fantasy football attention because of his big-play ability and scoring prowess – Jones and Derrick Henry are the only running backs in the NFL to score double-digit touchdowns each of the last three years. However, the season-long disparity in touches between Jones and Dillon was closer than many envisioned when 2021 began.
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Of the final 12 games both Dillon and Jones played in, Jones had more carries than Dillon in just seven of them. The Packers had only two games in which a running back carried the ball 20 or more times and both of them were Dillon. He’s no longer mired in Jones’ shadow. The two of them are a legitimate tandem, as shown by Dillon being on the field for 43 percent of Green Bay’s offensive snaps.
What makes the Packers an interesting team to watch this season is that Aaron Rodgers isn’t going to have his two main receiving weapons having traded Davante Adams and letting Marquez Valdes-Scantling leave via free agency. He’s left with a fourth-year role player (Allen Lazard), an old man (Randall Cobb), a career underachiever (Sammy Watkins), and a small-college rookie (Christian Watson) as his primary targets. Those first three can all be single-covered, and Watson has a big learning curve in front of him. Rodgers must depend on his running backs to be a bigger part of the offense – both running the ball and catching it.
This doesn’t mean the Packers are suddenly going to turn into the San Francisco 49ers and run the ball 30 or more times a game, but for the first time in a long time, the strength of Green Bay’s offense is leaning much more toward the runners than the receivers and even the quarterback.
For fantasy purposes, Jones remains a RB1 because of his scoring ability, aerial chops, and track record. Dillon is viewed as more than merely a handcuff player for Jones. He has the ability to be on the field much more than he has yet to date and could be a legitimate No. 2, but with so many other clear-cut starters available, he likely has to remain an RB3.
