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Positional Breakdown: How Eagles and Chargers stack up for Week 14

The final game of Week 14 is set, and the Los Angeles Chargers host the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night Football, marking the fifth prime-time game for both teams—Kickoff from SoFi Stadium on 8:20 p.m. ET. Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters, and Laura Rutledge have the call on ESPN and ABC.The Chargers are 8-5 (.615) against the Eagles, and will enter Monday night’s contest against Philadelphia having won three of the last four contests in the series. The Chargers hold a 7-1 mark all-time against the Eagles when scoring at least 20 points.With kickoff fast approaching, we’re looking at which team has the edge at each key position. QB: EvenAny advantage for Justin Herbert went away after the Chargers’ star quarterback had surgery on his left hand last week. Herbert has practiced with a brace this week, and it will be a game-time decision. Hurts has been balanced this season, throwing 19 touchdowns to just two interceptions and adding eight rushing scores. Herbert needs 158 passing yards to join Hall of Fame QB Peyton Manning and QB Russell Wilson as the only players to begin a career with 3,000 yards and 20 touchdowns in six consecutive seasons.RB: EaglesWith star rookie running back Omarion Hampton out seven games, second-year running back Kimani Vidal had his third 100-yard rushing performance in the Week 13 victory over Las Vegas. For Philadelphia, running back Saquon Barkley leads the unit with 740 rushing yards and is well below his 2,005-yard pace from 2024. WR: EvenLadd McConkey has 683 yards and five touchdowns in his second season after a record-setting rookie year. Keenan Allen has 622 yards and four scores. For Philadelphia, DeVonta Smith leads the NFL with 344 receiving yards on thirddown this season. Smith ranks 11th in the NFL with 802 receiving yards. Since Week 5, Smith has the 4th-most receiving yards (644) among WRs, behind Jaxon Smith-Njigba (934), George Pickens, and Ja’Marr Chase (707). A.J. Brown leads the NFL in receiving yards (242) since Week 12. TE: EaglesOronde Gadsden enters Week 14 ranked third on the Chargers in receiving, hauling in 38 passes for 534 yards and two touchdowns through the air. Goedert ranks T-5th in the NFL and tied for-2nd among tight ends with a career-high 7 receiving TDs, trailing only Davante Adams (14), Amon-Ra St. Brown (9), George Pickens (8), and Trey McBride (8).Offense Line: EaglesIn the Black Friday loss to the Bears, Philadelphia’s offensive line surrendered only four pressures on 32 pass attempts, allowing no sacks and one quarterback hit en route to a 93.7 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating (third-best). With Lane Johnson out, Fred Johnson led the Eagles with a 79.2 PFF pass-blocking grade after not allowing a single pressure against Chicago. Jordan Mailata is on pace to earn only a 74.5 PFF run-blocking grade this season, which would be his lowest mark since his rookie campaign. With two elite offensive tackles out for the season, the Chargers’ offensive line has been average at best. In Week 13, the unit surrendered seven pressures — including two sacks — to the Raiders across 28 dropbacks. The unit’s 83.9 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating ranked only 23rd this week. Center Bradley Bozeman played well in pass protection, logging an 82.6 PFF pass-blocking grade that ranked eighth among centers this week. Johnson gave up just one pressure and earned an 81.5 PFF pass-blocking grade in Week 13. DL: Even With Jalen Carter out, the Eagles will need standout performances from Jordan Davis and Moro Ojomo. The Chargers will counter with DA’SHAWN HAND, JAMAREE CALDWELL, and TEAIR TART. Reserve defensive tackle Justin Eboigbe is among the team leaders in sacks. Edge Rushers: ChargersThe brother of former Eagles defensive tackle Marlon Tuipulotu, Tuli Tuipulotu, needs two sacks to be the sixth Charger to reach 25.0 sacks within the first three seasons of a career. Tuipulotu needs four sacks to reach 14.0 on the season and tie DE Lee Williams (1989) for the fifth-most in a single season by a Charger since sacks became an official stat in 1982. Tuipulotu leads the unit with a career-best 10.0 sacks, including four that have come in the last month. Former Ravens pass rusher Odafe Oweh has four sacks. Khalil Mack needs 1.5 sacks to reach six on the season, which would extend his streak of seasons with at least six sacks to 11 consecutive, tied for the fourth-longest since 1982, whenSacks became an official statistic.LB: EvenDaiyan Henley needs 27 total defensive tackles to reach 100 on the year for his second-straight 100-tackle season. Troy Dye needs eight total defensive tackles to reach 53 on the season and set a single-season career high. For Philadelphia, Zack Baun is the only NFL player with 90+ tackles (96), 3.0+ sacks and 2+ takeaways (1 INT, 1 FR) during the 2025 campaign.CB: EaglesQuinyon Mitchell ranks 2nd among NFL CBs in opponent catch rate (41.9%), behind Jamel Dean (41.5%) (min. 40 targets). He also ranks 2nd among CBs in tight windows forced (40.5%) and average target separation (1.8), trailing only Pat Surtain II (45.5%; 1.6) in each category (min. 40 targets). Mitchell, who has matched up with the league’s top three players in receiving TDs (Davante Adams, Amon-Ra St. Brown and George Pickens has allowed 0 TDs in 467 coverage snaps.Safety: ChargersRJ Mickens needs one more interception to have three on the season, the most by a Chargers rookie selected in the sixth round or later in the Super Bowl era (since 1966). Derwin James needs a sack to be the sixth NFL player and first defensive back since at least 2000 to have 600 tackles, 20.0 sacks and 10 interceptions within their first eight pro seasons.Kicker: ChargersFormer Eagles’ kicker Cam Dickers has been far more productive. Dickerson needs four made field goals to record his third consecutive season with at least 30 made attempts, becoming the seventh player in history with three-straight seasons of at least 30 made field goals. Dicker has made 26-of-28 field goals this season and totaled 105 points.This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Eagles vs. Chargers: Who has the edge at each position on MNF

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