NFL Week 3 Preview, Stats, Storylines for Seven-Game FOX Slate
There will be plenty of NFL football on FOX this Sunday.
FOX's Week 3 slate features seven games – five in the early window and two more at 4:25 p.m. ET. The matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears highlights the slate with Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt on the call for "America's Game of the Week."
There's also a playoff rematch at 1 p.m. ET, when the Los Angeles Rams seek to avenge their divisional round loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, with both teams sitting at 2-0 entering the matchup.
Let's take a closer look at the top stats and storylines to know ahead of all seven games airing on FOX this Sunday.
These teams will meet for the third time since November on Sunday. In the Rams' last 12 games, they're 0-2 against the Eagles and 9-1 against everyone else.
The common problem for Los Angeles? Letting Saquon Barkley have four touchdown runs of 60-plus yards in those two losses. There were 10 runs of 70-plus yards in the NFL last year, including the playoffs, and Barkley had three of them, all against the Rams – scores of 70 and 72 in the regular season, then 62 and 78 in the playoffs.
Saquon Barkley ran for two long touchdowns in the Eagles' playoff win over the Rams last season. (Kara Durrette/Getty Images)
The good news for Los Angeles? The Rams have the NFL's best scoring defense after two weeks, giving up just 14 points per game.
The key battleground will be in the red zone, with the Eagles scoring a touchdown on 100% of their red zone trips. The Rams' defense, meanwhile, has only allowed a touchdown on 25% of red zone drives, which is tied for second-best in the league.
Los Angeles just lost corner Ahkello Witherspoon to a broken clavicle, so there's a vulnerability if Philadelphia wants to