Two of last year’s best receivers will be the players to watch when A.J. Brown and the Philadelphia Eagles host Justin Jefferson and the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
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Eagles vs. Vikings Game Info
- Game Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023
- Time: 8:15 PM ET
- Venue: Lincoln Financial Field
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- TV: Amazon Prime Video
Top Eagles Players
- Jalen Hurts threw for 3,701 yards (246.7 per game) while completing 66.5% of his passes (306-for-460), with 22 touchdowns and six interceptions last season. He also carried the ball 165 times for 760 yards and 13 touchdowns, averaging 50.7 yards per game.
- Last year D’Andre Swift ran for 542 yards on 99 carries (38.7 yards per game), with five rushing touchdowns. He also caught 48 passes for 389 yards (27.8 per game) and three TDs.
- Last year Brown was targeted 145 times and collected 88 catches for 1,496 yards with 11 touchdowns.
- DeVonta Smith contributed with 1,196 receiving yards on 95 grabs and seven touchdowns. He was targeted 136 times, and averaged 70.4 yards per game.
- Dallas Goedert caught 55 passes for 702 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 58.5 yards per game.
- Haason Reddick put together an impressive stat line of 16 sacks, 11 TFL and 49 tackles last year.
- Terrell Edmunds’ 2022 campaign saw him total 70 tackles, three TFL, and two sacks.
- Last season, Darius Slay reeled in three interceptions and added 55 tackles and 14 passes defended.
Top Vikings Players
- Last year Kirk Cousins racked up 4,547 passing yards (267.5 per game) while going 424-for-643 (65.9%) and throwing for 29 touchdowns with 14 interceptions.
- Alexander Mattison took 74 carries for 283 rushing yards a season ago (16.6 per game) and scored five touchdowns.
- Last year Jefferson grabbed 128 passes for 1,809 yards (106.4 per game) and eight touchdowns.
- T.J. Hockenson’s stat line last season was 86 grabs for 914 yards and six touchdowns. He put up 53.8 receiving yards per game.
- K.J. Osborn totaled 650 yards on 60 catches with five touchdowns in 2022.
- Last season Danielle Hunter collected 10.5 sacks, 12 TFL and 65 tackles.
- Jordan Hicks collected 129 tackles, two TFL, three sacks, and one interception over his 2022 campaign.
- Harrison Smith intercepted five passes and tacked on 85 tackles, one TFL, and 10 passes defended last season.
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Eagles Fantasy Stats
- Hurts ended the season third overall among all players and third among all QBs in 2022 with 378.1 fantasy points (25.2 per game).
- Brown’s 211.6 total fantasy points a season ago (an average of 12.4 per game), were good enough to rank him 28th overall and fourth among WRs.
- Last year, Marcus Mariota averaged 15.1 fantasy points per game on the way to 196.7 total fantasy points. That made him the 35th-ranked fantasy player overall and the 19th-ranked QB.
- DeVonta Smith’s 2022 fantasy season saw him finish 54th overall and 10th among WRs with 159.6 points (9.4 per game).
Vikings Fantasy Stats
- In 2022, Cousins finished as the eighth-best fantasy player overall and the eighth-best QB after racking up 291.6 total fantasy points (17.2 per game).
- Jefferson was the 18th-ranked player overall and the top-ranked WR after collecting 240.6 fantasy points (14.2 per game) last year.
- Hockenson was the third-best TE and the 83rd-best fantasy player overall with 129.4 fantasy points last season, averaging 7.6 per game.
- Osborn scored 95.6 fantasy points in the 2022 campaign (5.6 per game). He was the 43rd-ranked WR and the 124th-ranked player overall.
