The Washington Redskins (4-4) host the Philadelphia Eagles (5-3) on Monday Night Football at FedEx Field in the week nine match up. Here is a look at the projected starters and statistical leaders for both teams and the their offensive and defensive rankings.
The Projected Starting Line-ups:
The Washington Redskins Starting Defense
DE 94 Adam Carriker
NT/DT 96 Ma’ake Kemoeatu
DE/DT 64 Kedric Golston
LB/DE 97 Lorenzo Alexander
LB 59 London Fletcher
LB 52 Rocky McIntosh
LB 98 Brian Orakpo
LCB 23 DeAngelo Hall
RCB 22 Carlos Rogers
SS 30 LaRon Landry
FS 41 Kareem Moore
The Washington Redskins Starting Offense
WR 89 Santana Moss
LT 71 Trent Williams
LG 78 K. Lichtensteiger
C 61 Casey Rabach
RG 75 Artis Hicks
RT 69 Jammal Brown
TE 47 Chris Cooley
WR 13 Anthony Armstrong
QB 5 Donovan McNabb
FB 45 Mike Sellers
RB 46 Ryan Torain
The Philadelphia Eagles Starting Defense
DE 54 Brandon Graham
NT/DE 98 Mike Patterson
DE/DT 97 Brodrick Bunkley
LB/DE 58 Trent Cole
LB 50 Ernie Sims
LB 55 Stewart Bradley
LB 53 Moise Fokou
CB 22 Asante Samuel
CB 31 Ellis Hobbs
SS 27 Quinton Mikell
FS 29 Nate Allen
The Philadelphia Eagles Starting Offense
WR 10 DeSean Jackson
LT 71 Jason Peters
LG 79 Todd Herremans
C 77 Mike McGlynn
RG 59 Nick Cole
RT 74 Winston Justice
TE 87 Brent Celek
WR 18 Jeremy Maclin
QB 7 Michael Vick
FB 32 Owen Schmitt
RB 29 LeSean McCoy
Comparing Team Leaders:
The Eagles are lead by QB Michael Vick who has 1017 passing yards and a QB rating of 105.3, he has thrown 7 touchdowns and 0 interceptions compared to Redskins’ QB Donovan McNabb who has 1975 yards passing and a QB rating of 76.0, he has thrown 7 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.
The Eagles leading rusher is RB Lesean McCoy who is averaging 4.7 yards per carry with 572 yards on 121 carries and has 5 touchdowns compared to Redskins RB Ryan Torain who is averaging 4.3 yards per carry with 391 yards on 91 carries and 3 touchdowns.
WR Jeremy Maclin is the Eagles top pass catcher averaging 14.9 yards per catch with 34 receptions for 506 yards, and he has 6 receptions for touchdowns. WR Santana Moss is the leading receiver for the Redskins averaging 12.6 yards per catch with 48 receptions for 604 yards, and has 2 receptions for touchdowns.
The Eagles defensive leaders are Quentin Mikell with 47 combined tackles, Trent Cole leads the team in sacks with 7 and Asante Samuel leads the team with 5 interceptions.
The Redskins defensive leaders are Laron Landry with 76 tackles. Brian Orakpo has a team high 7 sacks and Deangelo Hall has a team high 6 interceptions.
Complete Tale of the Tapes:
Total Offense: Washington is ranked 19th with 325.5 yards per game and Philadelphia ranks 4th with 376.2 ypg.
Rushing Offense: Washington is ranked 23rd with 94.6 yards per game and Philadelphia ranks 5th with 137.5 ypg.
Passing Offense: Washington is ranked 13th with 230.9 yards per game and Philadelphia ranks 10th with 238.2 ypg.
Total Defense: Washington is ranked 31st giving up 393.2 yards per game and Philadelphia ranks 12th allowing 318.8 ypg.
Rushing Defense: Washington is ranked 18th giving up 112.4 yards per game and Philadelphia ranks 12th allowing 103.9 ypg.
Passing Defense: Washington is ranked 31st giving up 280.9 yards per game and Philadelphia ranks 15th allowing 214.9 ypg.
Edit: This blog was archived in May of 2016 from our original articles database.It was originally posted by Bernie Marshall