Monday Night: Eagles vs. Redskins (article by SPORTSBETTING.com)

SportSavant · Oct 26, 2009

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Flush with success from Sunday’s games, sports bettors take aim at the Monday night matchup. Tonight’s game features two NFC East teams that both are in desperate need of a win. The Eagles have to prove that last week’s loss to the lowly Raiders was a complete aberration, while the Redskins have to prove they are actually relevant. <o

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Bettors are coming off a Sunday card that saw them win the battle with the bookmaker, as public favourites <st1:city w:st="on">Green Bay</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">San Diego</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">New Orleans</st1:city>, <st1

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Perhaps because the big road favorites were 6-0 against the spread in Week 7 betting action that online sportsbooks are seeing plenty of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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Looking at the matchup, if there is one thing positive <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city> head coach Andy Reid can take from the Eagles loss at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:city> last week, it’s that there is little fear anyone in his locker room will take shortcuts preparing for the Redskins this week.<o

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The Redskins have their own reasons to get up for this NFC East divisional tilt. <st1:state w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:state> was beaten by the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 6 on the Skins’ own turf. That’s the same 1-6 Chief team that was blown out 37-7 by <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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Staying home for a second straight week has proven to be a big advantage for NFL teams in 2009, especially when hosting a team playing its second consecutive road game. <st1:city w:st="on">Cincinnati</st1:city> was in that spot Sunday against <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:city> and the 45-10 Bengals win improved the home team’s record to 6-1 against the spread. Home underdogs are 3-1 ATS, winning two of the four games straight-up.<o

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Plays on the Redskins this season have only paid off for bettors twice and just barely both times. <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state> earned a cover in Week 1 against the New York Giants, but things started to look shaky in Week 2 when the Skins nearly lost straight-up to <st1:city w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:city> and they hit rock bottom the next week when they lost in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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The Eagles have flip-flopped between SU/ATS wins and losses each game of the season but in the three wins the team has posted scores of 38, 34 and 33 points. It’s helped the Eagles to a record of four overs and just one under on the year.<o

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<st1:state w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:city> could prove too much to handle for Zorn’s weak offense. The last time Philly was held to fewer than 10 points in back-to-back games was in September, 1999. Philly started the year 0-4 SU that year and finished the year with just five total wins.<o

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Sports bettors need to decide if the desire burning in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:city>’s belly is enough to cover the spread that only continues to grow before game time. Other than <st1:city w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:city>, the Eagles had covered as TD-favorites three-straight times going back to last year. And that game in Black Hole was truly an embarrassment.<o

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We should see two focused teams. <o

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