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Jordan Matthews

This week's opponent very tough on wideouts

Jordan Matthews didn't practice Wednesday due to back soreness, so his availability will need to be monitored in advance of Philadelphia's game up in Seattle on Sunday. Assuming he's healthy, the Eagles No. 1 wideout will still face a tough matchup.

There hasn't been much talk about Seattle having a Legion of Boom of late, but it's a very tough secondary to put a wide receiver up against. They've allowed only 5 TDs to wide receivers in nine games, and they allowed only 5 to the position all of last season, too.

Not that Matthews won't still be productive in terms of catches and yards, but odds don't look great for him scoring. And definitely not a week to take a deep-league flier on Nelson Agholor or Dorial Green-Beckham, either.

Touchdowns by wide receivers against the league's 32 teams since the start of last season are shown in the table below. Seattle has allowed just about half as many as every other team but Denver (which also has an elite pass defense).

WR TDs AGAINST DEFENSES, 2015-PRESENT
Defense20152016*Total
Seattle5510
Denver7512
Oakland10919
Arizona14620
Los Angeles12820
Atlanta71421
Houston16521
San Diego111021
Carolina121022
Cincinnati121022
Dallas121123
Detroit14923
Pittsburgh19423
Minnesota17724
New England16925
NY Giants18725
Buffalo19726
Green Bay121426
Jacksonville151126
NY Jets171027
Indianapolis20828
Miami181028
San Francisco131528
Chicago191029
Kansas City191130
Washington23730
Tennessee211031
Philadelphia24933
New Orleans27734
Tampa Bay221335
Cleveland221436
Baltimore261440

*so far

--Andy Richardson

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