![]() George Pickens is now the Steelers' leading receiver in terms of yardage.When throwing between the numbers on Sunday night, Pickett completed 10 of his 12 attempts.The Eagles pass defense is the best in the NFL in completion rate (56.8 percent) and is second best (5.5) in yards per attempt allowed.Philadelphia's defensive EPA is fourth behind the Cowboys, Broncos, and Bills, but their defensive EPA per dropback is only behind Buffalo.On a points per drive basis, only four defenses are better than Philadelphia's.Two of those three wins belong to Ben Roethlisberger and one his wins was against the Eagles. Since the 1970 NFL merger, rookie quarterbacks have won just three of the 15 meetings against a team that entered the game at 6-0 or better.If the Eagles get a win on Sunday, it will be the best start in their franchise's history.Based on yardage, the Eagles and Bills are the only two teams ranked in the top five in offense and defense.No other team has scored even 50 percent of their points in an isolated quarter of play. 70 percent of the Eagles' points have come in the second quarter of games. That is the most points scored by any team in any quarter of play this year and the Eagles have played one less game than many teams. In the second quarter of games this year, Philadelphia has outscored opponents 112-27.Only the Saints defense starts in a more precarious spot on the field on average than Pittsburgh's defense. Philadelphia's defense starts with the league's best field position. The Eagles begin drives with the NFL's eighth best field position.However, Philadelphia rushes for 4.2 yards per attempt, but gives up 5.0 yards per rush. Their opponents have just 132 rushing attempts. The Eagles have run the ball 225 times this year.Their defense surrenders 5.5 yards per pass attempt. Philadelphia's offense averages 8.2 yards per pass attempt. ![]() In terms of rushing first downs this year, the Eagles have generated 61 compared to just 35 by their collective opponents.However, the Eagles are best in the league by a wide margin here. The Steelers possess the football for 29 minutes per game.Since 1940, the Eagles are the only team with 14 or more takeaways and two or fewer giveaways through the first six games of the season.But only the Bills and Eagles defenses have more interceptions than Pittsburgh. They are the only offense in the league with under four turnovers. Offensively, the Eagles have yet to lose a fumble and have thrown just two interceptions. They have the NFL's most takeaways and the second-most interceptions. The next best team in the league is plus-6. They have taken the ball away a dozen more times than they have given it away. The Eagles are blowing the rest of the league away right now in turnover differential.Philadelphia has won six of its last seven home games with the only loss coming in Week 18 of last year, a game in which Philadelphia rested starters to prepare for the playoffs the following week.The average Eagles game this year ends with a final score in Philadelphia's favor of 26.8-17.5.If you include the Eagles, that jumps to 32-21 and plus-206. They also collectively have a plus-150-point differential. The collective record of the Steelers' seven opponents is 26-21 going into Week 8.The Eagles defense surrenders just 4.7 yards per play. ![]()
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