The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 16 Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys Saturday afternoon Christmas Eve game.
| Philadelphia | Rank | @ | Dallas | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Spread | -6 | ||
| 20 | Implied Total | 26 | ||
| 29.4 | 2 | Points/Gm | 28.1 | 3 |
| 19.1 | 6 | Points All./Gm | 19.2 | 7 |
| 66.4 | 6 | Plays/Gm | 64.4 | 13 |
| 62.2 | 11 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 64.6 | 23 |
| 5.9 | 4 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.6 | 11 |
| 4.7 | 1 | Def. Yards/Play | 5 | 6 |
| 50.11% | 3 | Rush% | 48.89% | 7 |
| 49.89% | 30 | Pass% | 51.11% | 26 |
| 41.22% | 11 | Opp. Rush % | 44.58% | 23 |
| 58.78% | 22 | Opp. Pass % | 55.42% | 10 |
- The Cowboys (five) and Eagles (four) are first and second in wins this season against teams with a current winning record.
- Philadelphia (+22) and Dallas (+18) are first and second in touchdown differential on offense versus their opponent.
- Over the past three weeks, Dallas is number one in points per play (0.548) while Philadelphia is second (0.422).
- Since these teams last played in Week 6, the Eagles are tied for first in the league in plays of 20 or more yards (42) while Dallas is third (41).
- The Eagles have a league-high 21.0% sack rate over the past four weeks. The next closest team over that span is at 11.1%.
- The Eagles have a takeaway on a league-high 16.9% of the opponent's possessions. Dallas has a takeaway on 15.6% of opponent possessions, second in the league.
- The Eagles are averaging 2.4 more yards per passing play than their opponent, the best differential in the league.
Quarterback
Dak Prescott: Prescott delivered as the QB8 (20.2 points) in a great matchup last week, completing 23-of-30 passes for 256 yards (8.5 Y/A) with 20 rushing yards. Prescott did throw a pair of interceptions (one not his fault), giving him multiple interceptions in each of the past three weeks and 10 overall since he returned in Week 7. Prescott also threw three touchdowns, giving him multiple passing touchdowns in six of his eight games since returning.
Prescott has only been inside of the top 10 in three of those eight games but has also not finished lower than QB18 in any.
That back-end QB1/higher QB2 range is where I would handle Prescott this week but wouldn’t look to actively stream for him in the majority of cases since we are getting an environment with no weather issues and Dallas is still sporting one of the best team total of the week.
The Eagles are still not a team we should be looking to cash out a spike week on, either. They have allowed just two QB1 scoring weeks this season (with a high as QB7). Both of those games came attached to 9.5 and 8.6 rushing points. Just two quarterbacks have posted 14.0 passing points in a game against Philadelphia this season. We didn’t get to see Prescott in the first matchup between the teams back in Week 6 when Cooper Rush threw for just 4.8 yards per attempt.