It’s the NFC East leaders up against the NFC North division leading Packers when the Eagles head to Lambeau on Tuesday. Here are my tips for this matchup!<\/p>\n
The Eagles are fresh from the bye and smashed the Giants before the week off, 38-20. Jalen Hurts was on fire with 4 passing touchdowns and the Eagles ran all over New York. Barkley and Bigsby both ran for over 100 yards as the Eagles totalled a massive 276 rushing yards. On defence, they picked up 5 sacks and will be looking to turn up the heat on Packers QB Jordan Love.<\/p>\n
The Packers come off another disappointing defeat, losing 16-13 against the Panthers at home, which broke a 3 game winning streak. Their run defence struggled to contain Rico Dowdle so that will be a key matchup against the Eagles elite running game.<\/p>\n
On form, the Eagles are the better side and usually love being underdogs, so I think they can definitely surprise the Packers. Especially with their running game, the Packers D struggled last week and the Eagles have the weapons to expose it. Philly are great on the road too, winning 8 of their last 10 and like playing the Packers, winning 4 of the last 5 meetings. Green Bay are just 1-5 ATS and lost at home last week against Carolina. Wouldn’t surprise me if the Eagles win, but take the handicap as a safer bet.<\/p>\n
Barkley was back to his absolute best last week with 2 touchdowns against his old side. He faces a Green Bay run defence that allowed 2 rushing touchdowns last week. This should be a safe bet.<\/p>\n
Jacobs is almost automatic when it comes to scoring TD’s. He has scored a rushing TD in 5 straight games and the only time he missed this season was back in Week 3 at Cleveland. Philly also allowed a rushing TD in their last game.<\/p>\n