belcherboy
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It also could be Tampa -1.5...
Long time before the game.
Do lines change that much this close to the game? Regardless, I've heard that home games often give the home team at least a 2-3 point advantage.
It also could be Tampa -1.5...
Long time before the game.
The number of stunts, twists, and games they run is unacceptable. They think they’re going to get pressure from having 4 guys rush the passer with no threat of that. Just beat your guy one on one. It doesn’t work and is quite honestly malpractice.The Eagles need to figure out a way to pressure the QB for that to happen. They haven't done that in a long while.
Vegas hit's close to their mark more often than not. If they still see the Eagles as the better team, in light of what both teams have done the past 6 games, that speaks volumes to what the best predictors of sports outcomes think.That tells me that fans/bettors see an 11 win team as better than a 9 win team.
Yeah....especially if Brown is hurt.Do lines change that much this close to the game? Regardless, I've heard that home games often give the home team at least a 2-3 point advantage.
Vegas hit's close to their mark more often than not. If they still see the Eagles as the better team, in light of what both teams have done the past 6 games, that speaks volumes to what the best predictors of sports outcomes think.
The line opened Eagles -2½ -118 and it has stayed there for 12 hours. The money line is -145, +125. It suggests the Eagles have a 57.5% chance of winning. For the spread to go to 4 the Eagles would need to be a 65% chance. I don't see that big a movement happening without an injury. I had the Eagles as a 59% chance which is just into -3 territory.Eagles -2.5 on both of my apps. I suspect it goes off at -4 if all of the Eagles players are playing
Right now there is at least a small concern over some possible Eagles injuries to key players. If those go away the line will move. It's just a question of whether it comes down closer to pick'em first, but it will move if all of Hurts, Brown, Smith and Slay are playingThe line opened Eagles -2½ -118 and it has stayed there for 12 hours. The money line is -145, +125. It suggests the Eagles have a 57.5% chance of winning. For the spread to go to 4 the Eagles would need to be a 65% chance. I don't see that big a movement happening without an injury. I had the Eagles as a 59% chance which is just into -3 territory.
I'm just quoting an average line:Right now there is at least a small concern over some possible Eagles injuries to key players. If those go away the line will move. It's just a question of whether it comes down closer to pick'em first, but it will move if all of Hurts, Brown, Smith and Slay are playing
Also one of my apps is at -154/+130 (and -2.5)
I would be, but I don't think they'll lose.All I gotta say is, some of you are apparently going to be very surprised when the Eagles fire Nick Sirianni after losing to Tampa Bay next weekend.
I think Nick comes back with his feet cut out from under him. Roseman and Lurie will pick his next set of offensive and defensive coordinators. The offense looks like a young coordinator in over his head with game plan and playcalling. The defensive side of the ball just looks straight incompetent. The offense is just stale with no adaptation evident. If you see guys like Vrabel, Tomlin, or Belichick on the street this could change. I just think if they do the lay of the land, you don’t see a clear improvement to Nick available right now. They’d rather keep working with the Nick investment. He’s a yes man. They value yes men. Additionally, if Lurie and Roseman are being fair and solid decision makers they have to take some ownership for what’s happened here as well. There’s no defensive staff in the world that can make those LBs and Safeties work.
Patricia has been set up to fail. He’s running another man’s scheme with another man’s terminology. He’s essentially been handcuffed. Bailing on Desai midseason has turned out to be a major blunder making a marginal defense absolutely horrible.Geez, they even had a rocket scientist running the defence.
All I gotta say is, some of you are apparently going to be very surprised when the Eagles fire Nick Sirianni after losing to Tampa Bay next weekend.
The ironic thing is they did it because of the pass defense and it actually improved a little bit ( maybe due somewhat to who they played) but the run defense then bottomed out to make it so much worse overall. One thing I'll never understand is their insistence on dropping Reddick into coverage. I guess it was because the LBs were so horrible but still, Reddick seems like the only guy that can beat blocks and pressure the QB on a regular basis.Patricia has been set up to fail. He’s running another man’s scheme with another man’s terminology. He’s essentially been handcuffed. Bailing on Desai midseason has turned out to be a major blunder making a marginal defense absolutely horrible.
The actual stated reason wasn’t the pass d, it was the 3rd down defense which has actually gotten worse since they first took that responsibility away from Desai at the bye, even before they went to the next level and took play calling away from Desai.The ironic thing is they did it because of the pass defense and it actually improved a little bit ( maybe due somewhat to who they played) but the run defense then bottomed out to make it so much worse overall. One thing I'll never understand is their insistence on dropping Reddick into coverage. I guess it was because the LBs were so horrible but still, Reddick seems like the only guy that can beat blocks and pressure the QB on a regular basis.