{"id":18673,"date":"2011-10-16T08:12:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T13:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18673"},"modified":"2011-10-16T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T13:12:11","slug":"nfl-picks-week-6-philadelphia-eagles-vs-washington-redskins-nfc-east-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-6-philadelphia-eagles-vs-washington-redskins-nfc-east-betting-preview-18673\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 6: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Washington Redskins, NFC East Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins
\nSunday, 10\/16\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It hasn't been all fun and games for quarterback Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia is 1-4 on the season and is hoping that Sunday\u2019s opponent will help turn things around due to the team-record 592 yards its racked up in last year\u2019s 59-28 win on Nov. 15, 2010.\u00a0 \u201cThe thing that myself, our coaches, and our players, we\u2019re going to work our tail off to get it right,\u201d commented head coach Andy Reid.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d\u00a0 The Eagles have lost four consecutive games since a season-opening 31-13 win over the St. Louis Rams as 4-point road favorites.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 18-21 ATS over the last two-plus seasons with the \u2018over\u2019 being 24-14 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Eagles will be led offensively by the talents of quarterback Michael Vick, who became the first player in NFL history to accumulate 300 pass yards, 50 rush yards, four passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in the same game in last year\u2019s meeting on this field.\u00a0 His main target will likely be wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who has five touchdowns versus the Washington Redskins, averaging 63 yards per score.\u00a0 Philadelphia is third in total offense this year in averaging 445.6 yards per game, which includes 165.6 rushing yards per contest.<\/p>\n

Washington comes in off its bye week feeling good about itself due to opening with a 3-1 record through four games, as the locker room has a much different feel than last year\u2019s 6-10 record.\u00a0 \u201cI think you\u2019re always more relaxed in your second year,\u201d commented Redskins coach Mike Shanahan.\u00a0 \u201cI think, first year, you have so many things going on.\u201d\u00a0 One player that will have to step it up and slow down Philadelphia\u2019s attack is Brian Orakpo, who has come away with just a half-sack in 14 career games against NFC East rivals.\u00a0 Washington is 3-0 ATS already this year when the line is between a field goal on both sides.<\/p>\n

The Redskins defense is definitely improved, allowing just 15.8 points per game, as the defensive line and linebackers have gotten after opposing quarterbacks.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to pressure whether it\u2019s four, five, or six man front,\u201d commented Redskins defensive coordinator Jim Haslett.\u00a0 It could serve the unit well due to Vick throwing seven interceptions and fumbling three times.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, Washington is still looking for more from signal-caller Rex Grossman, who is ranked 26th in the league with a 78.7 passer rating.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Redskins due to their 4-0 ATS mark versus divisional foes, while the Eagles are 1-6 ATS versus NFC opponents.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia Eagles at Washington Redskins Sunday, 10\/16\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia is 1-4 on the season and is hoping that Sunday\u2019s opponent will help turn things around due to the team-record 592 yards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[685,2586,344,5331,345],"class_list":["post-18673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-michael-vick","tag-nfc-east","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-rex-grossman","tag-washington-redskins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18673","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=18673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18674,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18673\/revisions\/18674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}