2 storylines to watch in Bears-Eagles NFL Black Friday clash

Listen, Black Friday can be stressful. You've got to run around from store to store looking for the best deals for Christmas, fighting traffic and the post-Thanksgiving hustle and bustle. Some of us have less-than-beloved in-laws still in town, and many of us are back to work while still needing a final turkey nap. So it helps that this year, we can take a mid-day break from the stressful day to catch NFL action as the Bears clash with the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field at 3 PM EST in a showdown between NFC divisional leaders. Here are two storylines to keep an eye on during Friday's action.

Can The Bears Keep An Outright NFC North Lead

With a massive 31-24 win over the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day, the Green Bay Packers moved into a tie for the NFC North lead with the Bears. But that's before Chicago gets to take the field for the week. If Chicago can pull off their own holiday victory against the Eagles, they will move to 9-3 overall and still have an outright lead in the division with both head-to-head matchups with the Packers still looming.

However, if they lose, things in the NFC North get a bit more chaotic. That makes an already-tough game against the defending Super Bowl champions a bit more high-pressure, and the Bears will be in front of a hostile crowd in Philadelphia trying to pull off a win that might not be must-need, but would go a long way in helping them breathe easier as we enter the home stretch of the regular season.

Will The Eagles Solve Their Offensive Woes

To say Eagles fans are frustrated with their team's offense through 11 games this season would be an understatement.

During last season's championship run, the Eagles' offense finished the regular season ranked eighth in yards per game (367.2), seventh in points per game (27.2), and second in rushing yards per game (179.3). Fast forward to the present day, and the Eagles look like a shell of that offense, ranking just 24th in yards per game (303.6), 17th in points per game (23.2), and 21st in rushing offense (110.5).

Philadelphia still commands the lead in the NFC East, but the Cowboys crept one game closer by knocking off the Chiefs on Thanksgiving to extend their winning streak to three games, and the Bears have an offense that is top ten in the NFL in both yards per game and points per game. To win an important game, they'll need their offense clicking on all cylinders on Black Friday.

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