{"id":17638,"date":"2011-09-10T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17638"},"modified":"2011-09-10T14:58:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T19:58:35","slug":"philadelphia-eagles-at-st-louis-rams-2011-pro-football-picks-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/philadelphia-eagles-at-st-louis-rams-2011-pro-football-picks-predictions-17638\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles at St. Louis Rams 2011 Pro Football Picks & Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles at St. Louis Rams
\nSunday, 9\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Michael Vick Show opens up in St. Louis this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia is set to open its season as a road favorite in St. Louis and will be playing the 39th meeting between these two franchises.\u00a0 The Eagles trail in the series, 19-18, but head coach Andy Reid holds a 4-3 advantage.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that quarterback Michael Vick\u2019s last start on opening day came on Sept. 10, 2006, as he spent time in prison and was the backup to start the year in 2010.\u00a0 The former Atlanta Falcons star threw for 3,018 yards and 21 touchdowns in 12 games a season ago, earning comeback player of the year honors.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 1-2 ATS as a road favorite of 3.5 to 7 points the last two years.<\/p>\n

The Eagles scored 38 unanswered points in a 38-3 win over the Rams as 9.5-point home favorites in the last meeting on Sept. 7, 2008.\u00a0 Philadelphia could elect to run LeSean McCoy for more carries than normal, as he averaged 8.4 yards a carry inside dome stadiums last year in games versus Dallas and Detroit.\u00a0 All eyes will be centered on the other side of the ball, with the cornerback trio of Nnamdi Asomugha, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Asante Samuel making their debuts together in the secondary.<\/p>\n

St. Louis showed remarkable improvement last year with 2010 No. 1 pick Sam Bradford as quarterback, winning six more games than the previous season.\u00a0 The Rams are hoping he continues to grow under center, as he set NFL records for a first-year player in passing attempts and passing yards.\u00a0 All signs point to that being the case due to the team\u2019s 4-0 straight-up and 3-1 against-the-spread record in the preseason.\u00a0 St. Louis is 14-13 ATS as an underdog the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

The Rams defense must disturb Vick in the pocket to have success and Philadelphia\u2019s offensive line is vulnerable, allowing 49 sacks a year ago, which was fourth most in the league.\u00a0 St. Louis\u2019 linebackers will also need to keep a close eye on McCoy in the passing game, as the former Pittsburgh Panthers star caught 78 passes for 592 yards in 2010.\u00a0 Completing the trio of assignments for the defense is Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who is difficult for any defense to match up with.\u00a0 The defense ranked 12th in the NFL in allowing 20.5 points per game last year.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 2-0 ATS mark versus NFC West opponents, while the Rams are 3-3 ATS in September games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles at St. Louis Rams Sunday, 9\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia is set to open its season as a road favorite in St. Louis and will be playing the 39th meeting between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3728,5425,685,344,623,863],"class_list":["post-17638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-reid","tag-lesean-mccoy","tag-michael-vick","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-sam-bradford","tag-st-louis-rams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17639,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17638\/revisions\/17639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}