History
As you saw on the previous page, the Eagles have never beaten Russell Wilson. The two teams have faced each other 16 teams in the regular season and zero times in the postseason. The Seahawks lead the series 9-7 (it was 7-6 in favor of the Eagles until Wilson’s arrival).
Predictions
Although the Eagles have an extremely easy December schedule coming up (four teams combined to have an 11-29 record and they face the Giants twice), this is a must win. A victory brings their record to 6-5 and with the Cowboys facing the Patriots, they could very well be tied for first (Cowboys own tiebreaker) in the NFC East.
I expect this game to be a shootout and for the Eagles offense to play with their backs against the wall. Wentz comes out and shows why Eagles fans should place their faith back in him and the team’s cohesiveness improves as they march to an important December. Eagles win 41-35.
Stat line predictions:
- Wentz: 28/38 315 yards 4 touchdowns 1 interception
- Sanders: 13 rushes 55 yards 1 touchdown, 4 receptions 50 yards 1 tocuhdown
- Ajayi: 8 rushes 40 yards
- Howard (if he plays): 10 rushes 44 yards
- Arcega-Whiteside: 8 catches 90 yards 2 touchdowns
- Ertz: 5 catches 60 yards
- Goedert: 4 catches 30 yards 1 touchdown
- Graham: Sack
- Avery: Sack
- Cox: forced fumble
- Eagles secondary: oof
Last week’s stat predictions (with actual stats in parenthesis):
- Wentz: 18/23 200 yards 2 touchdowns (20/40 214 yards 1 touchdown)
- Howard: 16 rushes 71 yards 1 touchdown (didn’t play)
- Sanders: 12 rushes 56 yards 1 touchdown (11 rushes 38 yards)
- Elliot: 2 FG over 50 yards (1 FG – 42 yards)
- Arcega-Whiteside: 5 catches 60 yards 1 touchdown (1 catch 29 yards)
- Ertz: 4 catches 50 yards 1 touchdown (9 catches 94 yards)
- Avery: 1 sack (no)
- Graham: Strip sack (no)
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