Pro Football Betting — Eagles After Sixth Win in Row Against Minnesota
The Philadelphia Eagles are a team that seems to be starting to bring it all together offensively. On Sunday afternoon they will be taking on the Minnesota Vikings in NFL betting action that is slated to get underway at 1 PM ET at the Mall of America Field in Minneapolis.
Chip Kelly’s team has not won five games in a row. The Eagles are now 8-5 straight-up and 7-6 against the football pointspread. The Vikings, who have obviously been a disappointment, are 3-9-1 straight-up a year after securing an NFC playoff berth. They are 7-6 against the NFL odds.
In the pro football betting lines that have been posted on this game at BetAnySports,. the Eagles are, of course, road favorites:
Pro Football Betting Lines Courtesy of BetAnySports USA Sportsbook
Philadelphia Eagles -6.5
Minnesota Vikings +6.5
Over 53 Points -110
Under 53 Points -110
Philadelphia has a one-game lead over Dallas in the NFC East, and Chip Kelly is shaping up as a real coach of the year candidate. His team moves the ball to the tune of 409 yards a game. Nick Foles has taken the quarterback reins from Michael Vick and is leading the league in passer rating, averaging nine yards an attempt and throwing 20 touchdown passes with just one interception.
The Eagles (+1200 to win the NFC championship at BetAnySports) have huge weapons; LeSean McCoy has built All-Pro credentials with 1305 yards (five yards a carry) and had his best game of the year in the snow last week against Detroit in Philadelphia’s comeback win. And DeSean Jackson has 1080 yards receiving, with Foles able to spread the ball around to a number of other receivers. During this particular five-game winning streak, Philly has averaged 31.6 points. This is what they want to do; force other teams to go out there and outscore them.
Pro football bettors know that the stop unit can be accommodating. The Eagles have allowed just a shade under 400 yards a game. But the Vikings are just as permissive. And they have permitted 29 touchdown passes this year.
Can the Vikes trade points? Well, the team has been rather feisty lately, getting a tie at Lambeau Field, beating Chicago in overtime and losing a game with a very wild finish against Baltimore over the last three weeks.
But let’s put it this way – it’s going to be very hard for them to get some balance in this offense to assist matt Cassel, who gets the start at quarterback despite Christian Ponder having been cleared to return. Adrian Peterson and Toby Gerhart are going to miss the game. That leaves Matt Asiata and Joe Banyard to man the running back position. Without somebody like Peterson, we wonder whether we could count on Minnesota, which has played eleven of its 13 games over the total in the NFL odds, to continue that trend.
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CHARLES JAY grew up around the gaming business, was raised in the boxing business, and along the way has developed a colorful background through a wide range of experiences. Jay was a veteran of almost two decades actively in the boxing industry, as a writer, publicist, matchmaker, booking agent, manager, and promoter. He was engaged as editorial consultant for USA Network's "Tuesday Night Fights" for seven years, and also did some on-air work for USA. He also served as color commentator for, among others, Sunshine Network and Prime Network, and has called more than a dozen world championship fights for national and/or international television. He has been the host of numerous radio programs, including "Sportswatch with Charles Jay" on KDWN in Las Vegas, "Total Action" on WAXY 790 in Miami, and "Charles Jay's Winning Edge", syndicated into 55 markets by the American Radio Networks. For the past 20 years, he has been a professional sports handicapper, and as a consultant to the casino industry from 1993-95, helped to launch Casino Magic in Mississippi as a major venue for sports promotions. Also, he's been a casino/sports gaming columnist for a number of leading publications, including Sports Form, Casino Player, Card Player, and The Gambler. In the 2000's, he became widely known as one of the world's leading proponents and experts on the subject of boxing reform, having been asked to appear on numerous panels and speak at officials' seminars. He was the author of "Operation Cleanup" and "Operation Cleanup 2: Unfinished Business" - two critically-acclaimed e-books that represent arguably the most comprehensive and in-depth examination of boxing reform issues ever put into publication. In 2004 he published a third electronic book - "Body Shots: Outside the Ring and Inside the Game of Pro Boxing". In 2003 he was the recipient of the "Dignity" Award, in the category of "Best Sports Writer," as bestowed by the Retired Boxers Foundation.
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