NFL capsule: Green Bay-Philadelphia
GREEN BAY (11-6) At PHILADELPHIA (11-6)
Sunday, 4:15 p.m. ET, FOX
OPENING LINE - Even
RECORD VS. SPREAD - Green Bay 11-5-1; Philadelphia 9-8
SERIES RECORD - Packers lead 24-15
LAST MEETING - Packers beat Eagles 16-13, Sept. 9, 2007
PACKERS OFFENSE - OVERALL (6), RUSH (14), PASS (7)
PACKERS DEFENSE - OVERALL (2), RUSH (1), PASS (5)
EAGLES OFFENSE - OVERALL (11), RUSH (22), PASS (10)
EAGLES DEFENSE - OVERALL (12), RUSH (9), PASS (17)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES - Eagles honoring 50th anniversary of their last championship team by wearing 1960 uniforms. Philadelphia beat Green Bay 17-13 to win the NFL title, handing Vince Lombardi the only playoff loss in his Hall of Fame career. ... Packers won last meeting but lost previous five against Eagles. ... Packers QB Aaron Rodgers coming off a Pro Bowl season in which he threw for 4,434 yards, 30 TDs and only seven interceptions. ... This is Green Bay's first season opener on the road under coach Mike McCarthy, who enters his fifth season. ... Packers feature two 1,000-yard WRs - Donald Driver and Greg Jennings - and a 1,200-yard rusher - Ryan Grant - in an offense that ranked sixth overall last year. ... Eagles QB Kevin Kolb makes third career start, taking over for departed Donovan McNabb. ... Rookies Brandon Graham (DE) and Nate Allen (FS) will start for Philadelphia. ... Eagles coach Andy Reid is 4-0 at home vs. Green Bay, where he was an assistant under Mike Holmgren. ... Average age of the skill position starters for the Eagles is 24.1. ... WR DeSean Jackson scored 10 of his 12 TDs last year from 35 yards or more. He had eight TDs of 50 yards or longer, tying an NFL record. ... RB LeSean McCoy makes his first start since replacing the departed Brian Westbrook as the primary tailback. McCoy filled in well last year when Westbrook missed several games.
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