{"id":25175,"date":"2012-09-23T10:30:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25175"},"modified":"2012-09-23T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T14:58:10","slug":"philadelphia-eagles-vs-arizona-cardinals-week-3-nfl-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/philadelphia-eagles-vs-arizona-cardinals-week-3-nfl-betting-odds-and-predictions-25175\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Eagles vs. Arizona Cardinals: Week 3 NFL Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals
\nSunday, 9\/23\/12, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arizona Cardinals QB Kevin Kolb will face his former team Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia possesses the league\u2019s top offense in averaging 471 yards per game, but has failed to cover the spread in its two straight-up victories this season.\u00a0 The Eagles have been very fortunate to comes away with wins in the first two weeks, considering they\u2019ve committed nine turnovers.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to do a better job at holding on to the football,\u201d commented Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.\u00a0 He has thrown for over 300 yards against the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 5-7 ATS as a road favorite over the last two-plus seasons, which is important when making your final Week 3 pro football predictions.<\/p>\n

The Eagles have some big concerns on the offensive line with 14 games left on the 2012 schedule, as starting left tackle Jason Peters and center Jason Kelce are both lost for the season.\u00a0 Philadelphia will be seeking revenge from a 21-17 loss to Arizona in last year\u2019s meeting, as it was out-gained by a 370-289 margin, with Vick throwing for just 128 yards and two interceptions.\u00a0 Running back LeSean McCoy must get going, especially since he gained 81 yards on 14 carries in that contest.<\/p>\n

Arizona may not be thinking about it, but the franchise hasn\u2019t started 3-0 since the 1974 season, but it will be on the minds of many fans inside University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re not even thinking about it,\u201d commented Cardinals wide receiver Early Doucet.\u00a0 The Cardinals will likely be led by quarterback Kevin Kolb this week, who will be facing his old team, as John Skelton is nursing an ankle injury.\u00a0 Arizona has covered four of its last five games against NFC East opponents.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals need to get the ball in wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald\u2019s hands, considering he enters the week with just 67 receiving yards, which is his lowest two-game total since the 2009 campaign.\u00a0 Arizona\u2019s offensive line has done a great job protecting its signal callers in the early going, surrendering just two sacks in the first two contests.\u00a0 It\u2019s still important to note that the squad ranks last in the league in gaining just 251.5 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 5-1 ATS mark in Week 3, while the Cardinals are 0-4 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

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Philadelphia Eagles at Arizona Cardinals Sunday, 9\/23\/12, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 42 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia possesses the league\u2019s top offense in averaging 471 yards per game, but has failed to cover the spread in its two straight-up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[646,3005,3574,5425,685,344,4340],"class_list":["post-25175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-kevin-kolb","tag-larry-fitzgerald","tag-lesean-mccoy","tag-michael-vick","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-university-of-phoenix-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175","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=25175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25177,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25175\/revisions\/25177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}