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Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins

Carson Wentz's Year Two leap starts Sunday. With question marks in the backfield, Wentz will be asked to take his new receiving toys (Alshon Jeffrey and Torrey Smith) and put up big passing numbers. The pass-catcher to watch this week is tight end Zach Ertz. The Redskins defense gave up the most receptions and yards to tight ends last season. Have the changes on D in Washington solved the issue? If so they didn't show it much in the preseason. We should expect some deep shots to the receivers mixed with a bevy of intermediate to tosses to Ertz on Sunday.

The Washington running game could be the motor this season. Rob Kelley looked spry this offseason and could help grind down opponents while Kirk Cousins and the passing game finds itself this year. The Eagles boast a dynamic front seven, but we've seen offenses run right at Jim Schwartz defenses before (think Ndamukong Suh with the Lions years). The Redskins should pound the ball early to loosen up the Eagles' pass rush for Cousins.

NFL Research stat of the week: Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith have more career production than all the Eagles' wide receivers on the 2016 roster combined (Jeffery/Smith: three 1,000-yard seasons; two 10-TD seasons; 20 100-yard receiving games). The 2016 Eagles corps had just eight 100-yard receiving games combined, zero 1,000-yard seasons and zero 10-TD seasons.

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