{"id":18353,"date":"2011-10-07T11:49:40","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T16:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18353"},"modified":"2011-10-07T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T16:49:40","slug":"nfl-predictions-week-5-philadelphia-eagles-vs-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-week-5-philadelphia-eagles-vs-buffalo-bills-18353\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions Week 5: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles at Buffalo Bills
\nSunday, 10\/9\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia Eagles have struggled in the fourth quarter during their three-game losing streak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia definitely wasn\u2019t expecting to be 1-3 through the first four weeks of the season, but the team can definitely anticipate scoring points, coming in with a four-game streak of scoring 30-or-more points on the road.\u00a0 \u201cOur issue right now is we are unable to close out games,\u201d commented Eagles cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t come into that last quarter and not be able to pull it out.\u201d\u00a0 The team dropped a 24-23 contest to the San Francisco 49ers as 9.5-point home favorites, but it wasn\u2019t quarterback Michael Vick\u2019s fault.\u00a0 He became the first player in league history to pass for 400 yards and rush for 75 in the same game.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 18-20 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 23-14 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Eagles defense has gotten after quarterbacks this year, leading the league with 15 sacks, with all of them coming from the defensive line.\u00a0 Philadelphia\u2019s offense also has a legitimate threat in the backfield, as running back LeSean McCoy is second in the league with six touchdowns, scoring at least one in all four games.\u00a0 Head coach Andy Reid definitely can lead a turnaround in October, posting a 27-20 record during the month in his career, including a 21-13 record since the 2002 campaign.<\/p>\n

Buffalo dropped its first game of the season, failing to hold onto a halftime lead, falling 23-20 to the Cincinnati Bengals as three-point road favorites.\u00a0 The Bills return home and quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick continues to put up big numbers, averaging 280.3 passing yards per game, while also throwing nine touchdowns.\u00a0 \u201cWe were hoping to go 16-0,\u201d Fitzpatrick stated in practice this week.\u00a0 \u201cBut obviously, not too many teams do that.\u201d\u00a0 The Bills may plan to use running back Fred Jackson in a major way this week, as the Eagles have allowed 139.5 rushing yards per game, which is 30th in the NFL.\u00a0 Buffalo is 6-8 ATS at home and the \u2018under\u2019 is 10-7 over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bills defense will be on its heels in this contest, facing one of the more talented offenses in the league, while also giving up 405 yards a game.\u00a0 It\u2019s an incredible number when considering the team surrendered just 213 yards in its season-opening win at Kansas City, but has given up 1,407 yards since, which is the third-highest total in club history in any three-game span.\u00a0 It could be a long day when considering the Eagles are have tallied a 44.3 yards per game differential since the start of the 2006 season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 13-5 ATS mark on the road versus winning home teams, while the Bills are 0-6-1 ATS as an underdog of three points or less.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia Eagles at Buffalo Bills Sunday, 10\/9\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 48.5 Current Total:\u00a0 50 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia definitely wasn\u2019t expecting to be 1-3 through the first four weeks of the season, but the team can definitely anticipate scoring points, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[127,685,344,3720],"class_list":["post-18353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-michael-vick","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-ryan-fitzpatrick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18353","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=18353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18354,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18353\/revisions\/18354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}