Todays Matchup Details

Week 2 Philadelphia Eagles at Tennessee Titans
Todays Game is on Sunday, September 20th
20/09/26 13:00:00 PM EST Kickoff

Positives for the Philadelphia Eagles Game Today

The projections expect the Philadelphia Eagles to run the 5th-most plays on offense on the slate this week with 65.8 plays, given their underlying tendencies and game dynamics.

,Philadelphia’s passing stats last year may be artificially too low (and rushing stats too high) considering playing the most “bad weather” (rain, snow, or 15+ mph wind) games in the league. We figure to be able to count on some correction with improved conditions this week.

,The Philadelphia offensive line profiles as the 2nd-best in the league last year in protecting the passer, which has a strong influence on all passing offense statistics across the board.

,Last year, the porous Tennessee Titans defense has yielded a whopping 74.6% Adjusted Completion Rate to opposing QBs: the 3rd-biggest rate in the NFL.

,The Titans defense has struggled when opposing pass-catchers have gotten into space, conceding an average of 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) last year: the most in the league.

,At a -7-point disadvantage, the Titans are enormous underdogs this week, suggesting much more of an emphasis on throwing than their standard approach.

,Accounting for their underlying propensities and matchup dynamics, our trusted projections expect the Tennessee Titans to pass on 59.4% of their opportunities: the 6th-highest rate on the slate this week.

,The model projects this game to see the 4th-highest number of plays run out of all the games this week at 130.1 plays, accounting for the traits of each team and game dynamics.

,The Eagles safeties profile as the 7th-worst safety corps in the NFL last year in defending pass-catchers.

,Last year, the weak Eagles defense has yielded the most yards-after-the-catch in the NFL to opposing WRs: a staggering 0.00 YAC.

,When it comes to cornerbacks in defending receivers, Philadelphia’s collection of CBs has been lousy last year, grading out as the 7th-worst in the league.

,In this week’s game, Tony Pollard is forecasted by the model to rank in the 81st percentile when it comes to running backs with 11.9 rush attempts.

,Tony Pollard has grinded out 51.0 adjusted yards per game on the ground last year, one of the biggest figures in the NFL when it comes to running backs (86th percentile).

,With a remarkable tally of 3.21 yards after contact (75th percentile), Tony Pollard ranks as one of the most formidable RBs in the NFL last year.

,The Eagles defensive tackles project as the 7th-worst group of DTs in the league last year in regard to run defense.

,Given their underlying propensities and matchup dynamics, the projections expect the Eagles to run on 50.8% of their opportunities: the highest rate among all teams this week.

,The predictive model expects Saquon Barkley to accrue 18.0 rush attempts in this week’s contest, on balance, ranking him in the 97th percentile when it comes to running backs.

,The Titans defense owns the 10th-worst efficiency against opposing running games last year, yielding 4.76 adjusted yards-per-carry.

,DeVonta Smith has run a route on 98.0% of his offense’s dropbacks last year, putting him in the 100th percentile among WRs.

,The model projects DeVonta Smith to notch 7.4 targets in this week’s game, on balance, putting him in the 90th percentile when it comes to wideouts.

,DeVonta Smith has totaled a colossal 86.0 air yards per game last year: 89th percentile among WRs.

,Dallas Goedert has run a route on 84.6% of his team’s dropbacks last year, placing him in the 96th percentile when it comes to tight ends.

,This week, Dallas Goedert is projected by the predictive model to finish in the 86th percentile among tight ends with 5.2 targets.

,Dallas Goedert has posted a whopping 37.0 air yards per game last year: 86th percentile among tight ends.

Negatives with the Tennessee Titans Game Today

An extreme rushing game script is suggested by the Eagles being a massive 7-point favorite in this game.

,Accounting for their underlying propensities and matchup dynamics, the leading projections forecast the Philadelphia Eagles to pass on 49.2% of their opportunities: the lowest frequency among all teams this week.

,The 10th-fewest plays in football have been called by the Philadelphia Eagles last year (a mere 55.0 per game on average).

,Our trusted projections expect Jalen Hurts to throw 30.6 passes in this week’s game, on balance: the 4th-fewest out of all QBs.

,Opposing QBs have averaged 29.9 pass attempts per game against the Titans defense last year: 9th-fewest in the league.

,The Philadelphia Eagles defense has given up the 2nd-fewest adjusted receiving yards per game in the NFL (just 34.0) to TEs last year.

,The Philadelphia Eagles pass defense has shown strong efficiency against tight ends last year, surrendering 5.54 adjusted yards-per-target to the position: the fewest in the league.

,Last year, the daunting Eagles defense has surrendered a paltry 59.1% Adjusted Completion Rate to opposing wideouts: the 2nd-smallest rate in the NFL.

,The predictive model expects the Titans to be the 6th-least run-oriented offense on the slate this week with a 40.6% run rate, accounting for their underlying propensities and matchup dynamics.

,The leading projections forecast Tony Pollard to be much less involved in his team’s running game in this week’s contest (45.6% projected Carry Share) than he has been last year (65.3% in games he has played).

,While Saquon Barkley has garnered 66.2% of his offense’s rush attempts in games he has played last year, the projections expect him to be a less important option in Philadelphia’s rushing attack this week at 53.4%.

,With an awful tally of 2.65 yards after contact (14th percentile) last year, Saquon Barkley places as one of the least formidable running backs in football.

,With a poor 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) (1st percentile) last year, DeVonta Smith ranks among the best pass-catching WRs in the NFL in space.

,Dallas Goedert ranks as one of the worst TEs in the league at grinding out extra yardage, averaging a measly 0.00 yards-after-the-catch (YAC) last year while checking in at the 2nd percentile.

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