November 20, 2016

NFL Sunday open thread

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

Nam Y. Huh/AP

Sleevie Wonder sad walk.

The NFL enters Week 11 of the regular season, which means that it's time to start playing closer attention to what is happening around the rest of the league.

The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the Seattle Seahawks at 4:25 p.m., and we'll have a dedicated open thread for that game. For now, there are eight 1 p.m. games this afternoon. Here's the NFL's slate of games this week.

Early afternoon games:

Steelers at Browns
Ravens at Cowboys
Jaguars at Lions
Titans at Colts
Bills at Bengals
Buccaneers at Chiefs
Bears at Giants
Cardinals at Vikings

Late afternoon games:

Dolphins at Rams
Patri*ts at 49ers
Eagles at Seahawks

Sunday Night Football:

Packers at Redskins

Monday Night Football (in Mexico):

Texans at Raiders

All three of the Eagles' NFC East rivals are favored to win this week. The Cowboys are favored by seven over the Ravens, the Giants are favored by 7.5 over the Bears, and the Redskins are favored by 2.5 over the Packers. If the season ended prior to the Week 11 games, the Cowboys would be the NFC East champs, while the Giants and Redskins would both qualify for wildcard berths. Here are the NFC East standings:

NFC East	W	L	T
Cowboys	8	1	0
Giants	6	3	0
Redskins	5	3	1
Eagles	5	4	0

And then, of course, Sleevie Wonder and the Minnesota Vikings are always worth keeping an eye on, as the Eagles own the Vikings' first-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft. If the season ended prior to the Week 11 games, the Vikings' pick owned by the Eagles would be 19th overall. The Eagles' pick owned by the Browns would be 20th.

Here are our Week 11 NFL picks, in case you missed them. Feel free to discuss the early games below.