Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The Philadelphia Eagles travel west to take on the Oakland Raiders in an NFL football game Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Oakland is set for 4PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by Fox. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Philadelphia Eagles opened as a 13 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 42 ½. The early money from the NFL bettors has come in on the favorite, as the Philadelphia Eagles are currently a 14-point favorite. The total has seen action to the under as the over under is currently lined at 40 ½ for the NFL betting public to play into. NFL money line bettors can make a play on the favored Philadelphia Eagles at –925 with the underdog Oakland Raiders returning +675 to win without the aid of getting points on their side.
The Oakland Raiders return home after back-to-back road games. The team was embarrassed last week losing 44-7 to the New York Giants last week. The Oakland Raiders offense has been miserable scoring just 3 at home to Denver, 6 on the road to Houston and just 7 on the road to the New York Giants the past 3 weeks. Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell’s performance continues to be embarrassing. Russell is completing just 42% of his passes with 1 touchdown and 4 interceptions. He has also been sacked 15 times in 5 games this season. And with a blitzing style of defense that Philadelphia runs it could get worse for the Oakland quarterback. Oakland was a miserable 1 of 11 on third down last week. The Raiders are 16 of 63 on third down conversions this season. The Raiders heralded running game has riddled into mediocrity as the team averages just 3.3 yards per carry on the season. As the Raiders have come to the conclusion of no hope in winning with JaMarcus Russell at quarterback it has infected all areas of the team and a team that cannot be backed unless there is a quarterback change. The team already this young season has the look of a team that is just playing out the string and is looking forward to the off season. The Eagles are entering this game 3-1 on the season coming off a 33-14 home victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Three of the four opponents the Eagles have faced are winless teams, which resulted in wins. Their lone loss was a 48-22 loss at home to New Orleans. Against their three bad opponents on their schedule the Philadelphia Eagles have outscored them 105-38 with closest margin being a 19 point win at home to Tampa Bay last week. Donovan McNabb returned to the lineup and posted a 16 of 21 day for 264 yards and three touchdowns last week. The Eagles two main running backs did not combine for much yardage last week with just 12 carries for 32 yards.
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NFL Trend: Oakland Raiders are 1-8 ATS in their past 9 games versus NFC opponents
The Wagerline consensus has 80.4% of the NFL bettors on Philadelphia Eagles -14
The Wagerline consensus has 74.3% the NFL bettors playing over 40 1/
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