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FLYGAME EAGLESINFORMATION FLY CINCINNATI BENGALS (0-2) REGULAR-SEASON RANKINGS Head Coach: Zac Taylor (2nd Year) OFFENSE Division: AFC North (4th) BENGALS EAGLES PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (0-2) Category Stats Rank Stats Rank Head Coach: Doug Pederson (5th Year) Total Offense 324.0 26 314.0 28 Division: NFC East (T-3rd) Rush Offense 95.0 26 89.0 29 ► Philadelphia hosts Cincinnati at Lincoln Financial Field for just the Pass Offense 229.0 22 225.0 23 third time in the all-time series and first time since 2012. Sunday Points Per Game 21.5 23 18.0 27t marks the 14th overall meeting between the two teams. 3rd-Down Offense % 43.8 15 46.2 11t ► The Eagles are 23-10 (.697) at home in the regular season under 4th-Down Offense % 100.0 1t 0.0 25t head coach Doug Pederson, which is tied for the 6th-best home Red Zone Offense % 40.0 30 60.0 14t winning percentage in the NFL since 2016, trailing only New En- DEFENSE gland (.818, 27-6), Baltimore (.758, 25-8), Kansas City (.758, 25-8), New Orleans (.727, 24-9) and Green Bay (.712, 23-9-1). BENGALS EAGLES Category Stats Rank Stats Rank ► In Week 2 vs. L.A. Rams, Miles Sanders combined for 131 scrim- mage yards (3rd-most in a single game in his career), including Total Defense 398.0 22 344.0 9 95 rushing (1 TD) and 36 receiving. In 2019, Sanders led his class Rush Defense 185.0 30 135.5 22 with a franchise-rookie-record 1,327 scrimmage yards. Pass Defense 213.0 7 208.5 5 ► Brandon Graham recorded sack No. 52 of his NFL career against Points Per Game 25.5 16t 32.0 26 Rams QB Jared Goff in Week 2 vs. L.A. Rams. His 52.0 sacks are 3rd-Down Defense % 45.8 20 40.0 10 the 5th-most in Eagles history, behind (124.0, 1985- Reggie White 4th-Down Defense % 25.0 9t 66.7 19t 92), Trent Cole (85.5, 2005-14), Clyde Simmons (76.0, 1986-93) Red Zone Defense % 62.5 16 77.8 27 and Hugh Douglas (54.5, 1998-2002, ‘04). TEAM BENGALS EAGLES BROADCAST INFORMATION Category Stats Rank Stats Rank TELEVISION (CBS) Turnover Differential -2 25t -5 32 Spero Dedes (play-by-play) Total Penalties 11 12t 8 5 Adam Archuleta (analyst) Total Penalty Yards 89 13 50 2 EAGLES RADIO (94 WIP) Merrill Reese (play-by-play) Mike Quick (analyst) • Howard Eskin (sideline) NATIONAL RADIO (Compass Media Networks) Chris Carrino (play-by-play) Brian Baldinger (analyst) EAGLES SPANISH RADIO (Mega Nation | 105.7 FM) Rickie Ricardo (play-by-play) • Bill Kulik (analyst) REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 SUN • SEP 13 SUN • SEP 20 SUN • SEP 27 SUN • OCT 4 SUN • OCT 11 SUN • OCT 18 THU • OCT 22 SUN • NOV 1 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:20 PM 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:20 PM 8:20 PM FEDEXFIELD LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD LEVI’S STADIUM HEINZ FIELD LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD L, 17-27 L, 19-37 WEEK 10 WEEK 11 WEEK 12 WEEK 13 WEEK 14 WEEK 15 WEEK 16 WEEK 17 SUN • NOV 15 SUN • NOV 22 MON • NOV 30 SUN • DEC 6 SUN • DEC 13 SUN • DEC 20 SUN • DEC 27 SUN • JAN 3 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 8:15 PM 4:25 PM 4:25 PM 4:05 PM 4:25 PM 1:00 PM METLIFE STADIUM FIRSTENERGY STADIUM LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD LAMBEAU FIELD LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD STATE FARM STADIUM AT&T STADIUM LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD HOME AWAY WILD CARD JAN 9-10 DIVISIONAL JAN 16-17 CHAMPIONSHIP JAN 24 PRO BOWL JAN 31 SUPER BOWL LV FEB 7 2020 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES GAME NOTES FLYDOUG EAGLES PEDERSON HEAD COACH FLY After a long and successful career as a team to a 31-17 regular-season record over three seasons. Pederson backup quarterback and assistant coach in the helped quarterback Alex Smith experience the most productive stretch NFL, Doug Pederson was named head coach of his career with three consecutive 3,000-yard seasons. of the Philadelphia Eagles on January 18, 2016. Before joining Kansas City, Pederson coached the quarterbacks in Pederson has quickly established himself as one Philadelphia from 2011-12. In his first year in that role, Pederson saw of the top head coaches in the league, earning Michael Vick become the second quarterback in NFL history to top a 42-28 overall record in his first four seasons, the 3,000-yard passing and 500-yard rushing plateaus in consecutive including three trips to the playoffs and two seasons. Vick set career highs in completions (253) and passing yards NFC East titles. In just his second season at the (3,303), while throwing the third-most touchdowns of his career (18). helm, Pederson led Philadelphia to its first Super Bowl championship Pederson began his pro coaching career as an offensive quality on February 4, 2018, when the Eagles defeated the New England Patri- control coach with the Eagles from 2009-10. ots, 41-33, in Super Bowl LII. A 12-year NFL veteran, Pederson played quarterback for the Green Under Pederson’s direction, Philadelphia has made the playoffs in Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns three consecutive seasons (2017-19), including two NFC East titles and after originally being drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 ex- four combined postseason victories. Altogether, the Eagles are one of pansion draft. Pederson was coached by three of the most successful only four NFL teams with playoff berths every year since 2017, joining coaches in NFL history: Don Shula, Mike Holmgren and Andy Reid. He Kansas City, New England and New Orleans. Philadelphia is also one of also played alongside Pro Bowl quarterbacks Brett Favre, Dan Marino, just three franchises to win the Super Bowl and then follow it with back- Donovan McNabb and Jim McMahon. to-back postseason appearances since 1995, when the league’s salary Pederson served as a backup for Green Bay from 1995-98 and cap was introduced (also New England and Seattle). 2001-04 and was part of Packer teams that won Super Bowl XXXI, two The Eagles’ offense has flourished during Pederson’s tenure as NFC Championships (1996 and 1997) and six division titles. head coach, ranking among the Top 10 in the NFL in points per game Pederson made nine starts for the Eagles during the 1999 season, (24.6), yards per game (357.3), first downs per game (19.4), third-down completing 119 passes for 1,276 yards and seven touchdowns. offense (41.7 pct.) and red zone offense (59.7 pct.) from 2016-19. Ped- In a 1993 contest against vs. Philadelphia, Pederson was pressed erson has been key in the development of Pro Bowl quarterback Carson into duty when Dolphins starter Scott Mitchell left the game with a Wentz, who has established single-season franchise records in com- shoulder injury. In the second half, he helped guide Miami to a 19-14 pletions (388 in 2019), completion percentage (69.6 pct. in 2018), pass- win that marked Don Shula’s 325th career victory. ing yards (4,039 in 2019) and passing touchdowns (33 in 2017) under Pederson attended Northeast Louisiana (now Louisiana Monroe), Pederson’s tutelage. where he was a three-year starter at quarterback. He finished his career Pederson directed a historic campaign in 2017, as Philadelphia fin- with 6,445 yards and 33 touchdowns on 571-of-1,032 passing. As a ished the regular season with a franchise-record-tying 13 wins, earned senior, Pederson led the Southland Conference in passing, completing an NFC East title and the No. 1 seed in the NFC Playoffs, and delivered 205-of-367 attempts for 2,282 yards and 10 touchdowns. In 1989, he the first Super Bowl championship in Eagles history. Pederson became set a school record with 619 passing yards against Stephen F. Austin. the eighth head coach in NFL history to win the Super Bowl in his first Pederson graduated with a B.B.A. in business management. two seasons and seventh to win the Super Bowl in his first playoff ap- The Bellingham, WA, native (born January 31, 1968) lettered in foot- pearance. Additionally, Pederson became just the fourth head coach ball, baseball and basketball at Ferndale (WA) High School, where he was in league history to lead his team to a Super Bowl title after a sub-.500 an all-league selection at quarterback, safety and kicker and finished his record the previous year, joining Bill Walsh (1981 49ers), Dick Vermeil career with 1,880 yards and 19 touchdowns on 106-of-250 passing. (1999 Rams) and Bill Belichick (2001 Patriots). Pederson and his wife, Jeannie, have three sons: Drew, Josh and Following a season-ending injury to Wentz late in 2017, Pederson Joel. Jeannie played basketball at Louisiana College. prepared backup quarterback Nick Foles to take over Philadelphia’s of- fense. Foles recorded a 100-plus passer rating in all three playoff con- tests, recorded the highest completion percentage (72.6%) in NFL sin- gle-postseason history, and garnered Super Bowl LII MVP honors. Pederson then guided the Eagles back to the playoffs in 2018 after winning five of the last six regular-season contests to secure a 9-7 re- cord. The Eagles advanced to the NFC Divisional Playoff after defeating Chicago on the road in the Wild Card round.