NFL Divisional picks and postseason predictions

Even though the Eagles secured the one seed and home-field advantage in the NFC, they are underdogs in this matchup. I’ll take the Eagles in a close one.

For the Eagles, they’ll need to do everything in their power to stay efficient with scoring per possession.

The Falcons will be heading to Philadelphia to take on the Eagles Saturday.

“I think everybody perceives us as being the weakest and that is fine”, Johnson told reporters this week. This will be the fourth postseason meeting between the two teams.

All season long, we’ve looked at five matchups to watch between the Philadelphia Eagles and their next opponent.

For starters, by extension the Falcons offense vs. Eagles defense matchup pits Atlanta Offensive Coordinator Steve Sarkisian against Philadelphia Defensive Coordinator Jim Schwartz. “At the same time, it’s like, if you can get through that wave of defenders in the box, then there’s going to be a lot of space”.

The Eagles’ defense will need to carry them here, but that won’t be easy against a talented Falcons offense.

The Eagles defensive line has played great this season, as you can see. Agholor was drafted 20th overall in the 2015 draft and in his first two seasons in the league he had failed to live up to the lofty expectations of a first-round pick.

In the Eagles” win over the Falcons a year ago, Jones had 10 catches for 135 yards, and it was largely viewed as a big win for the Eagles’ defense to have “held him’ to that.

Dan Quinn’s “D” has morphed into a press-heavy coverage ‘D, ‘ with Trufant and Robert Alford playing very well, perhaps putting the onus on nickel Brian Poole sticking with much improved slot WR Nelson Agholor. Still, for me, I just can’t get past the fact that heading into this matchup, the difference in quarterback play drastically favors the Falcons, and that’s going to be very hard to overcome. There’s a reason I’ve been able to do what I’ve been able to do. He has proven he can make tough throws and make clutch plays in big moment in his career. “Just have fun.” Agholor returned in 2017 in a big way. After running for 465 yards for Miami, he’s logged 408 for Philadelphia.

In last year’s game versus the Falcons, Agholor had two receptions for seven yards. He was around for only about half of the regular season. “The one nice part is there will be a lot of familiar faces, friendly faces after the game, which is always nice”.

Eagles. A No. 1 seed never has been an underdog in the divisional round until now, and you can assume that fact isn’t lost on the Eagles, who are probably feeling pretty disrespected right now. That is outstanding efficiency from your second and third options in the passing game. The Eagles deploy their own back up left tackle, Halapoulivaati Vaitai, who has seen his share of struggles this season.

“I also tweeted out you don’t win 13 games by being a one man team”, Dungry said. But expect the Steelers to commit to the run this time, even if they get behind early. New Orleans is only 2-7 ATS in its last nine games against Minnesota, but Drew Brees leads a No. 4-ranked offense that is complemented by a much more dynamic rushing attack than the one he had during a loss to the Vikings in Week 1 of this season.