Eagles vs. Packers: 3 things you need to know

Fresh off a Monday night romping of the Carolina Panthers, the Philadelphia Eagles hit the road for a matchup against the Green Bay Packers.

The game pits two of the NFC's best teams against each other, which should make for one of Sunday's more exciting games.

Here's what you need to know:

Rodgers playing like an MVP

Aaron Rodgers has been in the MVP conversation for most of the season, but after his record-setting performance against the Chicago Bears, he's now looking like one of the favorites.

Rodgers threw six touchdown passes in the first half of the Packers 55-14 victory, tying an NFL record. He's also gone 10 games without throwing an interception at home, which, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, is the longest in league history by a two-game margin.

Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com has a comparison of Rodgers' 2011 and 2014 seasons through nine games, which shows that he's on a similar pace to his MVP season of 2011:

Matthews embracing new role

Prior to the Packers' 55-14 victory over the Bears, head coach Mike McCarthy approached Clay Matthews about making the switch to inside linebacker. Matthews was reluctant at first, but responded with his best game of the season, tying a career-high with 10 tackles and sacking Jay Cutler twice.

"Clay's a playmaker," safety Micah Hyde said, according to Tom Silverstein of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "He's a versatile player. You can put him inside, outside. We knew once we moved him inside that he was going to be making plays."

The move provided a boost to the Packers' run defense, too, as they held the Bears to 55 yards rushing. It was the first time all season that Green Bay held an opponent to less than 100 rushing yards.

Eagles trying to get run game back on track

The Packers' new-look run defense could spell trouble for the Eagles, who managed just 37 rushing yards on 23 carries against the Panthers.

Consistency has been the Eagles' biggest issue in terms of the run game. As Reuben Frank of CSNPhilly.com notes, through the first four weeks of the season, Philadelphia ranked 26th in the league with 87 rushing yards per game and 24th with 3.6 yards per carry. The following four weeks, they were second with 166 yards and fourth at 4.8.

LeSean McCoy, last season's rushing leader, has also struggled to find consistency and is in the midst of his worst statistical season ever at 3.7 yards per carry.

But head coach Chip Kelly is quick not to place blame on one player.

"It's individual play," he said, according to Ed Benkin of CBS Philly. "It's not an overall thing. I think LeSean's doing a really good job, but there's a lot of times when it's not blocked up well enough for him to hit anything. It's not all on one guy."