Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The Washington Redskins will travel in NFC East division action when they face the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFL game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Philadelphia is scheduled at 1PM 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 9 point favorite with the over under coming in at 40 ½. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the home favorite, as the Philadelphia Eagles are currently a 9-½ point favorite. The total has seen early action towards the over, as the total is currently lined at 41. NFL money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Philadelphia Eagles at –500 with the underdog Washington Redskins bringing back +400 to win without the points on their side.
The Philadelphia Eagles were able to creep within of a game of the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East off their 24-20 victory last week against the Chicago Bears. The Eagles were a bit fortunate last week as Bears quarterback Jay Cutler missed on wide-open receivers that cost the Bears a victory. Donovan McNabb hit on 23 of 32 passes last week with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception last week. On the season McNabb has hit on 61% of his passes with 14 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. In the Eagles first meeting of the year against the Redskins it was McNabb hitting on 15 of 25 for 156 yards and a touchdown against a good Washington Redskins defense in a 27-17 victory. Despite the victory the Eagles committed 3 turnovers. The Eagles now have 8 turnovers in their past 4 games. It has been reported that running back Brian Westbrook is out for this game with the Redskins and he could miss the game against the Falcons as well. LeSean McCoy is the leading ball carrier for the Eagles with a 4.3 yards a carry average on the season. The rookie back is coming off his best game of his career with 99 yards rushing on 20 carries and a touchdown. Defensively the Eagles allow 20 points per game this season. The Redskins secondary does not give up big plays as they allow just 9.5 yards a completion ranking 2nd in the NFL. It was another loss last week for the Washington Redskins as the team fell to the Dallas Cowboys 7-6 to fall to 3-7 on the year. Bad news for the Redskins as running back Ladell Betts is out with a torn MCL. Clinton Portis has a concussion so it will be third string Rock Cartwright as the lead running back against the Eagles. The 8-year pro had 67 yards on 13 carries in relief last week. The veteran has made 30 carries this season with 4.5 yards a carry average. Jason Campbell moved the team but could not get into the end zone last week hitting on 24 of 37 for 256 yards and an interception in defeat. The Redskins only produce an average of 14.6 points per game on the season. The Redskins defense has hung in pretty well this season as the team allows just 17.8 points per game. The Redskins secondary allows only 161 yards per game through the air ranking 1st in the NFL.
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NFL Trend: Washington Redskins are 7-2 ATS in their past 9 meetings
The Wagerline consensus has 61.6% of the NFL bettors on Philadelphia -9 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 50.9% of the NFL bettors playing over 41 1/2
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