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Sunday Philadelphia Eagles T-Shirt , 1 p.m. ET, FoxOPENING LINE — Eagles by 4RECORD VS. SPREAD — Panthers 2-3, Eagles 2-4SERIES RECORD — Eagles lead 7-4LAST MEETING — Eagles beat Panthers 28-23, Oct. 17, 2017LAST WEEK — Panthers lost to Redskins 23-17; Eagles beat Giants 34-13AP PRO32 RANKING — Panthers No. 12, Eagles No. 10PANTHERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (22), RUSH (4), PASS (26)PANTHERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (14T), RUSH (15), PASS (15)EAGLES OFFENSE — OVERALL (18) Philadelphia Eagles Hats , RUSH (14), PASS (20)EAGLES DEFENSE — OVERALL (12), RUSH (2), PASS (23)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Panthers coach Ron Rivera was Philadelphia's linebackers coach 1999-2003. ... Panthers WR Torrey Smith started for Eagles last season. ... Panthers face third straight NFC East opponent. ... Panthers visit defending Super Bowl champion third straight season. ... QB Cam Newton has been sacked only eight times. Newton leads NFL with 115.7 passer rating in red zone to go with five TDs passing and three TDs rushing. ... RB Christian McCaffrey has 587 scrimmage yards but only one TD. ... LB Luke Kuechly has 67 tackles, sack, forced fumble, fumble recovery and two interceptions, including 49-yard TD return, in last eight vs. NFC East. ... LB Thomas Davis plays second game after serving four-game suspension for violating league's policy on performance enhancers. ... DE Mario Addison has seven sacks in his past eight road games. ... Eagles are 17-4 at home since 2016. ... Eagles have ranked first in time of possession since coach Doug Pederson arrived in 2016. ... Eagles rank first in opponent red-zone TD efficiency at 34.8 percent. ... QB Carson Wentz has thrown at least one TD in last 19 games played Philadelphia Eagles Hoodie , longest streak in franchise history and second-longest active streak behind Andrew Luck (28). ... Wentz has thrown 133 consecutive passes without a pick. His longest streak is 135 passes. ... RB Darren Sproles expected to return after missing five games with hamstring injury. ... Zach Ertz ranks second in receptions (48) behind Adam Thielen (58) and leads all TEs in yards (480). ... DE Michael Bennett is tied with James Harrison for second-most sacks (56) by undrafted player since 2009, trailing Cameron Wake (93). ... Fantasy tip: McCaffrey might not pile up a ton of yards rushing vs. Eagles but he should catch plenty of passes and pile up total yards. Eagles starting right tackle Lane Johnson reportedly suffered a “Grade 2 sprained MCL” that could keep him “sidelined [for] about a month” during Philadelphia’s Week 8 win over the Jaguars. But perhaps Johnson actually won’t miss any starts? For what it’s worth, Eagles offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland was not willing to rule out Johnson for this week’s game against the Dallas Cowboys.“You’re not counting Lane out, are you,” Stoutland asked, via The Morning Call. “I mean, I think he’s a tough guy. I think that, knowing Lane Johnson, anything he can do to be out on that field, he’ll be [there]. I’m not a doctor or anything like that Cheap Customized Philadelphia Eagles Jerseys , but I just, I know how he operates.”Earlier this season, Stoutland essentially revealed that Jason Peters would be starting at left tackle against the Panthers in Week 7 despite reports suggesting he might miss a game or two. So with in mind, maybe his optimism bodes well for Johnson’s playing chances in this case.The Eagles could really use Johnson’s presence given that they’ll be tasked with slowing down DeMarcus Lawrence on Sunday evening. Lawrence ranks tied for 13th in sacks this season with 6.5. He finished second overall last season with 14.5. Lawrence has forced five fumbles in his last 24 games, which is concerning due to Carson Wentz’s issues with losing the ball this season. Even if Johnson plays, it’s clear he’ll impacted by injury to some extent. But even at least than 100% he could still be a better option than a healthy Halapoulivaati Vaitai, who ranks 65th out of 79 offensive tackles in pass protection this season by PFF. Johnson comes in at 38th. Doug Pederson will likely address the status of Johnson (among other injured players) during his Wednesday morning press conference. The Eagles will then release their first official injury report later that day. Speaking of other injured players, Zack Rosenblatt of NJ.com notes defensive backs coach Cory Undlin referred to Sidney Jones (hamstring) and Jalen Mills (foot) as “week-to-week.” That makes it sound like they won’t be suiting up against Dallas. It could be Rasul Douglas starting on the outside in place of Mills with newly acquired Cre’Von LeBlanc manning the nickel corner position. UPDATE: Perhaps this tweet is a sign Johnson plans on playing?