NFL 2016 Game of the Week Preview, Week 10: Eagles vs Falcons

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A couple of weeks ago, this contest was looking a lot more appealing. Carson Wentz was looking like he had the 'Ginger Magic' and Matt Ryan had Atlanta looking like a Super Bowl contender.

The Falcons have been able to keep up their end of the bargain with an NFC South leading record of 6-3. However it looks like Wentz may be hitting the rookie wall and the Eagles have dropped four of their last five and are at the bottom of the NFC East.

All that being said when you look at the numbers this game appears to be one of the most even matched we've seen this year. Despite their struggles on offense Doug Pederson's defensive unit has remained consistent.

They rank in the top ten for both points and yards allowed. If that's not enough of a selling point according to the DVOA metric used at football-outsiders.com they have the best defense in the NFL.

The DVOA metric also has the Falcons ranked as the top offense and a lot of that has to be attributed to Matt Ryan's MVP season. As for the other side of the ball both teams are ranked #24 respectively.

The key matchup to watch is going to be If the Eagles secondary can contain Atlanta's passing attack. Ryan is leading the league in passing yard touchdowns while Julio Jones is the games top wideout.