The Eagles are back on home turf Sunday afternoon, and they’ll be trying to stop a slide after last week’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. Carolina comes to Philadelphia for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff, with tickets still available for the Week 6 matchup.
Philadelphia enters the game on a three-game losing streak and has been searching for answers on offense. The Eagles have scored the fewest points in the NFC East with 92, and that total is the fourth-lowest in the NFL. Still, the defense has kept them within striking distance in back-to-back narrow defeats against the Los Angeles Rams and Jaguars.
Against the Rams in Week 4, the Eagles surrendered a 10-point fourth-quarter lead and fell 24-20. A week later, they were in position to pull out a win several times in the fourth quarter against Jacksonville. Jake Elliott drilled a 48-yard field goal with :08 left to put Philadelphia in front, but Ameer Abdullah answered with a 53-yard kickoff return, setting up Cam Little’s 57-yard walk-off field goal.
The loss in London was a rough one on the stat sheet, too. Jacksonville out-gained Philadelphia 408-232, while the Eagles managed only 22 rushing yards with a banged-up backfield. They also went 0-for-2 on fourth-down tries, and the first failed conversion led directly to the Jaguars’ opening touchdown in the first quarter.
Carolina arrives with a different kind of momentum. The Panthers are 2-2 and coming off a bye week, sitting atop the NFC South. Their offense has been rolling, ranking third in the league in total yardage at 405.8 yards per game, second in passing at 301.3, and fourth in scoring at 30.3 points per game.
In their last outing, Bryce Young threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns, both to Tetairoa McMillan, as Carolina beat the Detroit Lions 32-26. Chuba Hubbard added 122 rushing yards and two touchdowns, while McMillan finished with 14 catches for 192 yards and two scores. The second of his touchdowns put Carolina ahead for good in the third quarter.
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