PHILADELPHIA (7-3) At CHICAGO (7-3)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m., FOX
OPENING LINE – Eagles by 3 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Philadelphia 5-5-0; Chicago 5-4-1
SERIES RECORD – Bears lead 28-11-1
LAST MEETING – Eagles beat Bears 24-20, Nov. 22, 2009
LAST WEEK – Eagles beat Giants 27-17; Bears beat Miami 16-0
EAGLES OFFENSE – OVERALL (2), RUSH (3), PASS (9)
EAGLES DEFENSE – OVERALL (9), RUSH (8), PASS (13T)
BEARS OFFENSE – OVERALL (30), RUSH (20), PASS (27)
BEARS DEFENSE – OVERALL (3), RUSH (2), PASS (12)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Eagles rallied to beat Giants after blowing 13-point lead, with LeSean McCoy running 50 yards for go-ahead score late in fourth quarter. … Eagles 5-0 in games Michael Vick has started and completed and have won three straight since he missed month with broken ribs. Vick threw for 258 yards and ran for score vs. Giants after putting up gaudy numbers previous week against Washington. He threw for 333 yards and four TDs while running for 80 and two scores against Redskins. … Vick’s 108.7 passer rating leads league. He has 11 TD passes without an interception, and his 191 attempts without getting picked off are a team record to start the season. … CB Ellis Hobbs will miss game after suffering disc injury in neck last week. … McCoy ran for 111 yards last week. … CB Asante Samuel had two interceptions against Giants. … Last week’s win at Miami was Bears’ first shutout since Nov. 19, 2006, against Jets. Chicago had six sacks against Dolphins, three by DE Julius Peppers. He also deflected pass that got intercepted by Charles Tillman. … Last in third down conversions for most of year, Bears are 28 of 49 over past three games and moved up to 29th. … Chicago and Green Bay have allowed fewest points in NFL (146), and opposing offenses have scored league-low 130 points against Bears’ defense. … Bears are second in NFL with 25 takeaways. They have also forced league-leading 42 three-and-out drives. … Bears carried ball 40 times against Miami and have won 63 of their last 65 when they attempt 40 or more rushes. … WR Johnny Knox has 37 receptions for 672 yards and is eighth in league at 18.2 yards per catch. He is on pace for 1,075 yards, which would make him Bears’ first 1,000-yard receiver since Marty Booker in 2002 (1,189). … With three TD catches, Matt Forte tied with Denver’s Knowshon Moreno for league lead among RBs. Forte also 12th on Bears’ career rushing list with 2,734 yards and needs 45 to pass Bronko Nagurski. … QB Jay Cutler ranks fifth among NFL quarterbacks with 172 yards rushing – 91 over past three games. … DE Israel Idonije leads team with career-high six sacks. … Devin Hester and Brian Mitchell share NFL career record with 13 kick returns for TDs. That does not include Hester’s 108-yard missed field goal return or opening kickoff he ran back for TD in Super Bowl four years ago. Hester also tied for second with Mitchell with nine punt returns for TDs – one behind Eric Metcalf.
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