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Costello’s keys to the game:

MINSHEW MANIA: Reports emerged Saturday night that the Eagles reportedly will be without starting quarterback Jalen Hurts in this one. Hurts injured his ankle in last week’s loss to the Giants.

Gardner Minshew is expected to make his first start of the season for the Eagles. He has appeared in one game this season after coming over in a trade from the Jaguars before the season. Minshew faced the Jets as a rookie in 2019 when he was with the Jaguars — beating the Jets and completing 22 of 34 for 279 yards and three touchdowns.

It will be interesting to see how much the Eagles offense change. A key to their offense has been using Hurts as a runner. He has run for 695 yards this season, the 10th most in the NFL among all runners and second among QBs, trailing only Lamar Jackson.

GOING STREAKING: The Jets have had some nice wins this season, after which they have felt good about themselves, only to fall apart in their next game. They have not won two in a row since the end of last season, when they beat the Rams and Browns for their only two wins of the season. The Jets would love to go on a run to end this season after beating the Texans last week.

“It’s great to get a win, but in this league it’s about the next week and what you can do the next Sunday,” tight end Ryan Griffin said. “We’ve got one win. But we’ve got to get better.”

ALL-TIME UGLINESS: The Jets are 0-11 all-time against the Eagles. The two teams first played in 1973 and don’t play too often, but it is an odd chapter in Jets history that they have never beaten Philadelphia. “That’s history,” head coach Robert Saleh said this week about the 0-fer.

Saleh is right, but this season’s Jets surely would love to be the one to end this odd streak of futility. It is currently the most losses without a win for any NFL team against another franchise. The Jets have come close to beating the Eagles numerous times before finding ways to lose. Can they break the curse Sunday?

RUSH HOUR: The Jets’ running game has shown signs of life lately after being a rumor for most of the season. The Jets rushed for 157 yards against the Texans last week and the run game played a key role in the win. The Jets have averaged 129.5 rushing yards per game in the past two weeks after averaging 86 in the first 10 games.

“We challenged them early in the week,” offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur said, “just like we do every week, but the guys really showed up.”