Week 12 – Thursday, November 26, 2015
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WEEK 12 – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (4-6) AT DETROIT LIONS (3-7) SERIES EAGLES LIONS THURS. RECORD 11-5 39-40 SERIES LEADER 15-13-2 STREAKS 6 of past 7 COACHES VS. OPP. Chip Kelly: 1-0 Jim Caldwell: 0-1 LAST WEEK L 45-17 vs. Buccaneers W 18-13 vs. Raiders LAST GAME 12/8/13: Lions 20 at Eagles 34. Philadelphia RB LeSean McCoy rushes for 217 yards & 2 TDs. Detroit WR Jeremy Ross records 58-yard PR-TD & 98-yard KR-TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 9/19/10: Eagles 35, Lions 32. Philadelphia RB McCoy rushes for 120 yards & 3 TDs. Eagles QB Michael Vick passes for 284 yards & 2 TDs. REFEREE John Parry BROADCAST FOX (12:30 PM ET): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews (field reporter). Westwood One: Kevin Kugler, Mark Malone, Ross Tucker (field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (Phi.), 82 (Det.). XM: 88 (WW1), 83 (Phi.), 82 (Det.). STATS PASSING Sanchez: 40-64-417-2-4-65.7 Stafford: 239-372-2607-15-12-84.8 RUSHING Murray: 141-515-3.7-4 Abdullah (R): 80-284-3.6-1 RECEIVING Matthews: 55-565-10.3-2 C. Johnson: 59-828-14.0-3 OFFENSE 375.0 336.4 TAKE/GIVE +1 -10 DEFENSE 374.4 367.2 SACKS Cox: 5.5 Ansah: 8 (1C) INTs Thurmond: 3 Quin: 2 PUNTING D. Jones: 47.0 (3C) Martin: 46.1 KICKING Sturgis: 55 (16/18 PAT; 13/16 FG) Prater: 55 (16/19 PAT; 13/13 FG) NOTES EAGLES: Won on Thanksgiving at Det 12-0 on 11/28/68. Play on Thanksgiving for 2nd consecutive year…QB MARK SANCHEZ had 102.2 rating & won start last year on Thanksgiving…In 4 career Thurs. games, RB DE MARCO MURRAY has 571 scrimmage yards (142.8 per game), 402 rush yards (100.5 per game) & 5 TDs. RB-PR DARREN SPROLES has 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 rec.) in 2 games vs. Det. Is only player in NFL history with 25+ rec. TD (28), 15+ rush TD (18) & 5+ PR- TD (6). RB RYAN MATHEWS has rush TD in his past 3…WR JORDAN MATTHEWS had 27-yard TD catch last Thanksgiving. WR JOSH HUFF aims for 3rd in row with TD…DE FLETCHER COX has 3.5 sacks in 3 Thurs. games. LBs CONNOR BARWIN & MYCHAL KENDRICKS each had FR in last meeting. LB BRANDON GRAHAM has 4.5 sacks in past 3 on Thurs. DE VINNY CURRY aims for 3rd in row on Thurs. with sack…LIONS: Play 76th game on Thanksgiving. Host Phi on Thanksgiving for 1st time since 1968…QB MATTHEW STAFFORD aims for 4th consecutive 300-yard game on Thanksgiving & has 1,161 yards (387 per game), 7 TDs, 2 INTs & 98.4 rating in past 3…RB JOIQUE BELL has 4 TDs in past 3 on Thanksgiving…WR CALVIN JOHNSON has 8 rec. TDs on Thanksgiving, most in NFL history. Aims for 7th in row on Thanksgiving with TD catch. Aims for 4th in row on Thanksgiving with 100+ yards & TD. Since 2011, leads NFL with 7,042 rec. yards & 102.1 rec. yards per game. WR GOLDEN TATE had 8 catches for 89 yards last Thanksgiving. WR LANCE MOORE has TD in 4 of past 6…DE EZEKIEL ANSAH has 6 sacks, 3 FFs & FR in past 7. DE JASON JONES has sack in 3 of 4 Thurs. games. S GLOVER QUIN & JAMES IHEDIGBO each had INT last Thanksgiving. CAROLINA PANTHERS (10-0) AT DALLAS COWBOYS (3-7) SERIES PANTHERS COWBOYS THURS. RECORD 1-4 31-18-1 SERIES LEADER 9-1 STREAKS Past 9 COACHES VS. OPP. Ron Rivera: 0-1 Jason Garrett: 1-0 LAST WEEK W 44-16 vs. Redskins W 24-14 at Dolphins LAST GAME 10/21/12: Cowboys 19 at Panthers 14. Dallas QB Tony Romo passes for 227 yards & TD. Cowboys WR Miles Austin has 5 receptions for 97 yards & TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 9/28/09: Panthers 7 at Cowboys 21. Dallas CB Terence Newman records 27-yard INT-TD. Cowboys RB Tashard Choice rushes for 82 yards & TD. REFEREE Ronald Torbert BROADCAST CBS (3:30 PM CT): Jim Nantz, Phil Simms, Tracy Wolfson (field reporter). Westwood One: Tom McCarthy, James Lofton, Scott Kaplan (field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (Car.), 82 (Dal.). XM: 88 (WW1), 83 (Car.), 82 (Dal.). STATS PASSING Newton: 174-306-2283-20-9-90.1 Romo: 72-100-778-5-4-94.5 RUSHING Stewart: 190-764-4.0-4 McFadden: 159-623-3.9-2 RECEIVING Olsen (TE): 48-718-15.0-6 Witten (TE): 51-472-9.3-2 OFFENSE 354.2 343.5 TAKE/GIVE +13 (T1L) -9 DEFENSE 322.8 (3C) 335.8 SACKS Short: 6 Hardy: 4.5 INTs Coleman, Norman: 4 (T1C) Heath: 2 PUNTING Nortman: 46.1 C. Jones: 45.7 KICKING Gano: 95 (T1C) (32/34 PAT; 21/25 FG) Bailey: 76 (19/19 PAT; 19/20 FG) NOTES PANTHERS: Play 1st Thanksgiving game…Are 10-0 for 1st time in franchise history…QB CAM NEWTON tied franchise record with 5 pass TDs last week. Has rush TD in all 3 Thurs. games. Has 30 career games with pass TD & rush TD, 2nd most in NFL history (HOFer STEVE YOUNG, 31)…RB JONATHAN STEWART has 205 scrimmage yards (102.5 per game) & 2 TDs in past 2…FB MIKE TOLBERT had rush TD in last meeting. Had TD catch last week…TE GREG OLSEN has 6 TDs in past 8. Is only TE in NFL with 5+ rec. TDs in each of past 8 seasons. Rookie WR DEVIN FUNCHESS has TD in 2 of past 3…Since entering NFL in 2012, LB LUKE KUECHLY leads league with 541 tackles. Had 15 tackles & FR in last meeting. LB THOMAS DAVIS is only player in NFL with 3+ sacks & 3+ INTs. Leads team with 69 tackles. In past 3 meetings, has 22 tackles, 2 FFs, sack & INT. DT KAWANN SHORT ties for 3rd among NFL DTs with 6 sacks. CB JOSH NORMAN ties for NFL lead with 2 INT-TDs & ties for 4th with 4 INTs…COWBOYS: Are 29-17-1 on Thanksgiving, incl. 6 wins in past 9…QB TONY ROMO is 4-0 as starter vs. Car. Is 8-2 as starter on Thurs. (6-2 on Thanksgiving) with 106 rating…RB DARREN MC FADDEN rushed for 129 yards last week & has 604 scrimmage yards (120.8 per game) in past 5…WR DEZ BRYANT has 3 TDs in past 3 on Thanksgiving. Since 2012, leads NFL with 43 TD catches. Romo & Bryant have 50 TDs, most by QB-WR duo in team history. TE JASON WITTEN ranks 2nd in NFL history among TEs in catches (994) & rec. yards (10,974). Needs 6 catches to be 2nd TE ever with 1,000 career catches…LB ROLANDO MC CLAIN had INT-TD last week. LB SEAN LEE has 12 INTs since entering NFL in 2010, most by LB. DE GREG HARDY had 34 sacks in 63 career games with Car. Had 2 10+ sack seasons (11 in 2012, 15 in 2013) with Panthers. CHICAGO BEARS (4-6) AT GREEN BAY PACKERS (7-3) SERIES BEARS PACKERS THURS. RECORD 23-20-2 18-25-2 SERIES LEADER 92-91-6 STREAKS 10 of past 11 COACHES VS. OPP. John Fox: 4-2 Mike McCarthy: 14-6 LAST WEEK L 17-15 vs. Broncos W 30-13 at Vikings LAST GAME 9/13/15: Packers 31 at Bears 23. Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers throws for 189 yards & 3 TDs. Packers RB Eddie Lacy rushes for 85 yards & TD. LAST GAME AT SITE 11/9/14: Packers 55, Bears 14. Green Bay QB Rodgers throws for 315 yards & 6 TDs (145.8 passer rating). Packers CB Casey Hayward records 82-yard INT-TD. REFEREE Ed Hochuli BROADCAST NBC (7:30 PM CT): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya (field reporter). Westwood One: Kevin Harlan, Tony Boselli, Laura Okmin (field reporter). SIRIUS: 88 (WW1), 83 (Chi.), 82 (GB). XM: 88 (WW1), 83 (Chi.), 82(GB). STATS PASSING Cutler: 192-303-2310-13-6-92.7 Rodgers: 214-347-2482-23 (3L)-3-101.8 (2C) RUSHING Langford (R): 78-250-3.2-5 Lacy: 105-408-3.9-2 RECEIVING Bennett (TE): 50-425-8.5-3 Cobb: 47-553-11.8-6 OFFENSE 352.1 341.9 TAKE/GIVE -3 +8 (3C) DEFENSE 340.9 368.6 SACKS McPhee: 5 Peppers: 6.5 (T3C) INTs 5 tied: 1 4 tied: 2 PUNTING O’Donnell: 45.1 Masthay: 43.0 KICKING Gould: 84 (15/16 PAT; 23/26 FG) Crosby: 75 (24/24 PAT; 17/19 FG) NOTES BEARS: Play 34th Thanksgiving game (2nd in row)…QB JAY CUTLER aims for 4th Thurs. game in row with 2+ TDs…In past 5 vs. GB, RB MATT FORTÉ has 754 scrimmage yards (150.8 per game) & 5 TDs (4 rush, 1 rec.). Rookie RB JEREMY LANGFORD has 5 TDs (4 rush, 1 rec.) in past 5…WR ALSHON JEFFERY has 15 catches for 166 yards (83 per game) & 3 TDs in past 2 on Thurs. TE MARTELLUS BENNETT had TD in Week 1. Since 2014, leads NFL TEs with 140 catches. WR MARQUESS WILSON had 1st 100-yard game (102 yards) last week…LB PERNELL MC PHEE has 5 sacks & INT in his past 7. LB WILLIE YOUNG has sack & INT in past 2. Rookie S ADRIAN AMOS had 1st career sack last week. LB LAMARR HOUSTON has 3 sacks in past 3…PACKERS: Host 1st Thanksgiving game since 1923…QB AARON RODGERS has won 10 of past 11 starts vs.