Game Preview - Week 11: Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles

Miami: Going with this week's trend, the Dolphins will also make a quarterback change as rookie John Beck will make his first NFL start replacing Cleo Lemon who started the last four games for the winless Dolphins. Unfortunately Beck will face the blitzing Eagles defense, which should harass and confuse the youngster into mistakes and another loss for the fins. The other bit of news in Miami this week concerns Ricky Williams' who was reinstated by the NFL this week. Williams is eligible to attend team meetings and practice immediately, but the earliest he would be allowed to play in a game would be Monday night, Nov. 26. The Dolphins have given no indication if they want Williams around but if you have a roster spot and are desperate for a running back you might take a flier a stash (no pun intended) him on your bench.

Start: RB Jesse Chatman
Consider: N/A
Sit: TE David Martin, WR Marty Booker, WR Ted Ginn, QB John Beck, K Jay Feeley

Philadelphia: The Eagles got a big victory over the Redskins last week but can't afford a letdown here if they want to keep their dim playoff hopes alive. The offense continues to revolve around running back Brian Westbrook who turned in a monster game last week (183 total yards, 3 TDs) and leads all running backs with 518 receiving yards. Donovan McNabb is starting to creep up the fantasy QB rankings as well but needs to keep churning out the 240-yard-games to make us a believer. Tight End L.J. Smith has caught 6 passes for 83 yards and 1 TD over the last two weeks and seems to be recovered from his groin injury enough to be worthy of your lineup consideration.

Start: RB Brian Westbrook, QB Donovan McNabb
Consider: WR Reggie Brown, WR Kevin Curtis TE L.J. Smith, Eagles-D/ST
Sit: TE Matt Schobel

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Miami Dolphins
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 31	John Beck	Pass: 155, 0 Rush: 10, 0
RB 10	Jesse Chatman	Rush: 95, 1 Rec: 5-30, 0
WR 75	Marty Booker	Rec: 2-30, 0
WR 76	Ted Ginn Jr.	Rec: 2-30, 0
WR 77	Derek Hagan	Rec: 2-30, 0
TE 24	David Martin	Rec: 3-30, 0

Philadelphia Eagles
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 11	Donovan McNabb	Pass: 245, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 1	Brian Westbrook	Rush: 80, 1 Rec: 6-55, 1
WR 34	Kevin Curtis	Rec: 4-65, 0
WR 42	Reggie Brown	Rec: 4-50, 0
WR 84	Jason Avant	Rec: 2-20, 0
TE 7	L.J. Smith	Rec: 3-35, 1

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Miami Dolphins
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	WAS	A	L 13-16	-3
2	2007-09-16	DAL	H	L 20-37	-17
3	2007-09-23	NYJ	A	L 28-31	-3
4	2007-09-30	OAK	H	L 17-35	-18
5	2007-10-07	HOU	A	L 19-22	-3
6	2007-10-14	CLE	A	L 31-41	-10
7	2007-10-21	NE	H	L 28-49	-21
8	2007-10-28	NYG	H	L 10-13	-3
9		Bye
10	2007-11-11	BUF	H	L 10-13	-3
11	2007-11-18	PHI	A	L 7-17	-10
12	2007-11-26	PIT	A
13	2007-12-02	NYJ	H
14	2007-12-09	BUF	A
15	2007-12-16	BAL	H
16	2007-12-23	NE	A
17	2007-12-30	CIN	H

Philadelphia Eagles
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	GB	A	L 13-16	-3
2	2007-09-17	WAS	H	L 12-20	-8
3	2007-09-23	DET	H	W 56-21	+35
4	2007-09-30	NYG	A	L 3-16	-13
5		Bye
6	2007-10-14	NYJ	A	W 16-9	+7
7	2007-10-21	CHI	H	L 16-19	-3
8	2007-10-28	MIN	A	W 23-16	+7
9	2007-11-04	DAL	H	L 17-38	-21
10	2007-11-11	WAS	A	W 33-25	+8
11	2007-11-18	MIA	H	W 17-7	+10
12	2007-11-25	NE	A
13	2007-12-02	SEA	H
14	2007-12-09	NYG	H
15	2007-12-16	DAL	A
16	2007-12-23	NO	A
17	2007-12-30	BUF	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	MIA Offense	PHI Offense	NFL Average
Points for	19.0	18.7	21.3
Rushing yards	132.0	109.3	108.2
Rushing yards per attempt	4.76	4.29	3.95
Completion %	57.7%	63.1%	61.4%
Passing yards	163.0	250.7	213.6
Passing yards per completion	8.88	11.38	10.44
Passing yards per attempt	5.13	7.18	6.41
Interceptions	0.7	0.3	1.1
Fumbles lost	0.3	0.3	0.7
Sacked	1.3	2.7	2.0

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 5 to 10 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 5 to 10 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	MIA Defense	PHI Defense	NFL Average
Points against	25.3	20.0	21.3
Rushing yards	99.3	124.3	108.2
Rushing yards per attempt	3.74	3.97	3.95
Completion %	60.6%	64.6%	61.4%
Passing yards	224.3	222.7	213.6
Passing yards per completion	13.51	11.59	10.44
Passing yards per attempt	8.19	7.49	6.41
INT return	0.7	0.3	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.7	0.0	0.7
Sacks	1.3	1.7	2.0

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Team vs. Team History

Miami Dolphins vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2003	15	2003-12-15	PHI	MIA	34-27	PHI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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