Super Bowl LIX MVP Jalen Hurts and the defending Super Bowlchampion Philadelphia Eagles (7-2) are atop the NFC East andhost Jared Goff and the NFC North-leading Detroit Lions (6-3)in a Week 11 matchup of first-place NFC clubs. SNF return toPhiladelphia after opening the season with the NFL Kickoff Gamewhen the Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 24-20. In thismilestone 20th season of NBC Sunday Night Football,Lions-Eagles is the 20th game in the SNF package to be playedat Lincoln Financial Field (fourth-most among all NFLstadiums). The two winningest NFC teams since 2022, theEagles (46 regular-season wins) and Detroit (42) are the onlytwo NFC teams with at least 40 regular-season wins over thepast four seasons.The Lions and Eagles meet for the 37th timeon Sunday, including the postseason, with Philadelphialeading the series, 19-16-2. They last played to open the 2022regular season at Ford Field, where Detroit fell toPhiladelphia, 38-35.
