{"id":20115,"date":"2011-12-09T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=20115"},"modified":"2011-12-09T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T16:50:53","slug":"pro-football-picks-philadelphia-eagles-vs-miami-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-philadelphia-eagles-vs-miami-dolphins-20115\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Miami Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles at Miami Dolphins
\nSunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Dolphins are 3-0 ATS as a favorite this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia continues to be one of the more disappointing teams in the league and has lost four of five games, including a 31-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks as three-point road favorites in Week 13.\u00a0 The Eagles have fallen to 4-8 on the year and are three games back of the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East standings.\u00a0 Turnovers have been a major hindrance for the squad, leading the league with 29 giveaways, which has continued with backup quarterback Vince Young throwing eight interceptions in the last three games.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 4-8 ATS this year and the \u2018over\u2019 is 6-5 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Eagles are just one loss away from potentially having just their second losing season since the 2000 campaign, but will likely have Michael Vick back under center.\u00a0 He has missed the last three games with injured ribs, but should be in the huddle Sunday to lead an offense that ranks No. 3 in the NFL in averaging 412.7 yards per game.\u00a0 Running back LeSean McCoy continues to be the most consistent player offensively, ranking second in the league with 1,134 rushing yards, but will be going up against a defense that allows just 93.2 yards per game on the ground.<\/p>\n

Miami has won four of five games and picked up a 34-14 win over the Oakland Raiders as 3.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 The Dolphins have also covered their last six games, out-gaining four of their opponents over that span.\u00a0 Since starting the 2011 campaign with an 0-7 record, the team has outscored its last five opponents by a 139-54 margin.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re having fun,\u201d commented Dolphins linebacker Kevin Burnett.\u00a0 The four wins in that span have come by an incredible average of 21.5 points.\u00a0 Miami is 3-0 ATS as a favorite this season, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 2-1 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins are extremely pleased with the play of their backup quarterback that took over for the injured Chad Henne, as Matt Moore has managed to connect on 64.3 percent of his passes and has thrown for eight touchdowns over the last five games.\u00a0 Miami\u2019s running game has also started to come on, led by the play of offseason acquisition Reggie Bush, entering with a career-high 667 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Dolphins due to their 4-1 ATS mark when coming off a win of more than 14 points, while the Eagles are 0-6 ATS versus losing teams.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia Eagles at Miami Dolphins Sunday, 12\/11\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 45.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia continues to be one of the more disappointing teams in the league and has lost four of five games, including a 31-14 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5425,3006,320,685,344,1047],"class_list":["post-20115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-lesean-mccoy","tag-matt-moore","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-michael-vick","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-reggie-bush"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20115","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=20115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20117,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20115\/revisions\/20117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}