Eagles-Vikings: Pre-game stats that matter | Paul Domowitch

Everything — and I mean everything — you need to know about today's Eagles-Vikings game:

— The Eagles used "11" personnel (1 RB, 1 TE) 67.2 percent of the time against the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game. They used "12" personnel (1 RB, 2 TE) 10.9 percent and "13" personnel (1 RB, 3 TE) 20.3 percent. Nick Foles completed 22 of 26 passes for 194 yards with 11 personnel.

— Jay Ajayi averaged 4.9 yards per carry on first down against the Vikings in January.

— The Eagles converted 10 of 14 third-down opportunities against the Vikings in their 38-7 win. Foles completed 10 of 11 passes for 159 yards and two touchdowns on third down against them. Nine of those 10 completions produced first downs.

— Five of tight end Zach Ertz's eight catches against the Vikings in the NFC Championship Game were on third down.

— The Vikings had just four rushing first downs and one run of 10 yards or more against the Eagles in January.

Vikings QB Case Keenum completed 28 passes against the Eagles. Thirteen of them were to running backs (for 97 yards).

— Carson Wentz has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 17 straight games. He's thrown two or more in 12 of those 17 games.

— Wentz has just four multiple-interception games in 31 career starts. He hasn't thrown more than one interception in a game since a 32-14 loss to the Bengals in Week 12 of his rookie season (2016), when he had three.

— In Wentz's two starts, 10.7 percent of his throws have been 20 or more yards, 20.2 percent have been 11 to 19 yards, 57.1 percent have been zero to 10 yards and 11.9 percent have been behind the line of scrimmage. A by-distance breakdown of Nick Foles' throws in his two starts: 20-plus yards (10.1 percent), 11-19 yards (15.2 percent), zero to 10 yards (54.4 percent) and behind LOS (20.2 percent).

— Wentz has just three touchdown passes in 87 attempts (1 every 29 attempts). Last year, he averaged one every 13.3 attempts.

— Wentz has targeted tight end Zach Ertz on 24 of his 87 pass attempts in his two starts.

— The Eagles used 12 personnel (1 RB, 2 TE) on 30 of 76 offensive plays against the Titans last week. Twenty-three of those 30 plays were pass plays. Wentz was 17-for-21 for 243 yards and two touchdowns with 12 personnel.

— In his two starts, Wentz has a 112.9 passer rating with 12 personnel and just a 72.5 rating with 11 personnel (1 RB, 1 TE). He has a 77.1 completion percentage and is averaging 9.4 yards per attempt with 12 personnel. With 11 personnel: a 57.9 completion percentage and 5.3 yards per attempt.

— The Eagles are 23rd in the league in run-play percentage (37.0). They've run the ball on 108 of 292 offensive plays. Last year, they ran the ball on 44.1 percent of their plays. They're 12th in rushing attempts per game (27.0).

— The Eagles have a 41.1 run percentage on first down. That's the fifth lowest in the league. They've run the ball on just 53 of 129 first-down plays.

— Wendell Smallwood is averaging 5.67 yards per carry on first down (12-68). Jay Ajayi is averaging 5.63 (16-90).

— Ten of Ajayi's 37 carries have produced first downs. He has five runs of 10 yards or more. Corey Clement has four 10-plus-yard runs in 27 carries.

— The Eagles have nine touchdown drives. None of them have been fewer than eight plays. Five have been 11 plays or more. Last year, 20 of their 45 touchdown drives were six plays or less.

— The Eagles are 28th in average drive start through the first four games (24.5). They are 27th in opponent average drive start (30.5). That's a minus-six-yard drive start differential. Last year, they had a plus-1.8 drive differential.

— The Eagles have started at their own 40-yard line or better just six times in 47 possessions (12.8 percent). Last year, they started at the 40 or better on 43 of 191 possessions (22.5 percent).

— They are 25th in average points per possession (1.72).

— The Eagles have been outscored in the first quarter in the first four games, 20-7. Last year, they had a league-high plus-58 first-quarter point differential.

— They are averaging just 3.8 yards per play on their first two possessions. Opponents are averaging 6.5 yards per play against the Eagles on their first two possessions.

— Alshon Jeffery was impressive in his first game back last week. Targeted nine times by Wentz, he had eight catches for 105 yards and a touchdown. Six of his eight catches resulted in first downs. He had three of the team's four third-down receptions, all for first downs.

— Zach Ertz has 31 catches. That's the best four-game start of his career. He had 26 catches at this point last year. Ertz has a team-high 14 receiving first downs. Nelson Agholor is second with 11. No one else has more than six (Jeffery).

— Twenty-three of Ertz's 31 receptions have been on throws of zero to 10 yards. He's been targeted 46 times by Eagles QBs. Thirty-three of them have been on 0-to-10-yard throws

— Agholor has 25 catches, but is averaging just 6.7 yards per catch. Thirteen of his 25 receptions have gained four yards or less. He has just three catches of more than 10 yards.

— Titans QB Marcus Mariota completed 11 of 13 passes for 97 yards and a touchdown last week when the Eagles blitzed him. The Eagles blitzed on 14 of 46 pass plays (30.4 percent), which was their highest blitz percentage of the season. One of the Eagles' three sacks of Mariota came on a blitz. They sent seven rushers on Michael Bennett's first-quarter sack on a third-and-eight play.

— Schwartz blitzed on five of the Titans' first 13 pass plays. He twice sent eight rushers after Mariota during the game. He had used an eight-man rush just once in the previous three games.

— The Eagles faced Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins twice last season when he was with the Redskins. The Eagles won both games, but Cousins had a 91.8 passer rating in those games.

— Cousins was sacked eight times in his two starts against the Eagles last season. Three of those eight sacks came on blitzes. The Eagles blitzed him 11 times on 44 pass plays in the first game (25.0 percent) and 12 times on 44 pass plays in the second game (27.3 percent). Cousins completed just 10 of 20 passes for 120 yards and threw two interceptions when the Eagles blitzed, in addition to the three sacks.

— The Eagles are first against the run (63.8 yards per game) and second in opponent rush average (3.4).

— They've been run on less than any team in the league (19.0 opponent rushing attempts per game). Since the start of last season, just two teams have run the ball more than 25 times against them — Dallas (twice) and Oakland. That's not likely to change Sunday. The Vikings are averaging a league-low 18.2 rushing attempts per game.

— The Eagles have held opponents to 3.12 yards per carry on first down. That's the best in the league.

— The Eagles have allowed a league-best 11 rushing first downs and just six runs of 10 yards or more.

— Forty-three of 76 rushing attempts against the Eagles have gained two yards or less.

— The Eagles are tied for 16th in third-down efficiency, with a 40.0 conversion rate. Wentz was 4-for-11 for 70 yards and one TD on third down vs. the Titans. In his two starts, he's 9-for-20 for 108 yards, one TD, three sacks and just seven passing first downs on third down.

— Last year, 99 of 230 of the Eagles' third down opportunities 943.0 percent) were eight yards or more. But they converted a league-best 32.3 percent of them. In the first four games this year, they've converted just 14.8 percent of their third-and-eight-pluses. All three of Wentz's sacks in his first two starts have been in third-and-eight-plus situations. Last year, he was sacked four times all season on third-and-eight or more.

— The Eagles lead the NFL in time of possession (34:12). They've won the time-of-possession battle in all four of their games. They led the league in time of possession last year as well (32:41).

— The Eagles already have lost five fumbles in the first four games. That's the most in the league. Last year, they lost 11 fumbles the entire season. Breakdown of the five lost fumbles: Carson Wentz (2), Nick Foles, Wendell Smallwood and Tre Sullivan.

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