Green Bay Packers: 5 BIG Questions heading into Matchup with Eagles
By Paul Bretl
Here are five big questions about the Green Bay Packers’ Week 13 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Green Bay Packers will look to continue their winning ways as the 3-7-1 Philadelphia Eagles come to town on Sunday for a Week 13 matchup. This should be another opportunity for Green Bay to assert their dominance as they face an Eagles team that is really struggling–especially on offense.
However, as we’ve seen this season with a loss at home to Minnesota and a near loss to Jacksonville, no team should be taken lightly. So as we turn our full attention to Week 13, here are five big questions facing the Green Bay Packers before they take the field against Philly.
Can Green Bay contain Miles Sanders?
This game should be another blowout for the Green Bay Packers, but one way that it can stay close is if they let Miles Sanders get going on the ground, and as a result, the Eagles control the clock. Sanders was quiet against Seattle in Week 12, although that one may fall on Doug Pederson for underutilizing him, but he’s still put together a very good season overall.
Despite missing three games, Sanders already has 600 rushing yards, and his 5.6 yards per carry average is the fourth-best in football. Against Green Bay in 2019, Sanders averaged 6.55 yards per carry on 11 attempts, and given how porous the Packer run defense has been again this season, I’d expect a heavy dose of Sanders on Sunday. That is unless the Packers’ offense gets off to a fast start.