If and when the Philadelphia Eagles start winning this season, the world is going to be a much calmer place. The Eagles winning, after all, is how things were supposed to be.
Sadly, the Eagles are really no different from any other team with defense and turnover problems. You just can't count on them.
For some strange reason, the Eagles are actually favored to win on the road against the Washington Redskins this weekend. Bodog has the spread at two points in favor of Philly.
This despite the fact the Redskins are 3-1 and leading the NFC East. As if that wasn't enough, they're also coming off a bye week.
Clearly, the oddsmakers are daring you to pick the Eagles to win this game. Do you feel lucky?
Here's a hint: don't feel lucky. In fact, don't feel anything. Just pick the Redskins.
There are a couple of reasons I make this suggestion.
The first and foremost is that I worry about the Eagles going up against a Redskins team that has been one of the elite defensive teams in the NFL in the early portion of the season, as they rank in the top 10 in the league against both the run and the pass. The Eagles will get their points, but not many of them.
The other issue I have is that the Redskins have a very good stable of running backs, and they should delight in going up against an Eagles defense that has been very poor against the run. It's partially a coaching problem, but the Eagles also just don't have the proper personnel to put up a good fight against the run.
Like all the other games the Eagles have played to this point in the season, I don't think their matchup with the Redskins is going to be a pretty affair. The Redskins are not the kind of team to light up the scoreboard, and they won't against Philly. The way to beat the Eagles is to keep grinding, and the Redskins will do that without fail.
Redskins 27, Eagles 24
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