{"id":25339,"date":"2012-10-05T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25339"},"modified":"2012-10-05T11:27:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T16:27:27","slug":"nfl-week-5-predictions-philadelphia-eagles-vs-pittsburgh-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-5-predictions-philadelphia-eagles-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-25339\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5 Predictions: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Pittsburgh Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers
\nSunday, 10\/7\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Steelers<\/a>
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been tremendous against NFC opponents at Heinz Field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia sits atop the NFC East division with a 3-1 record, as it hits the road after picking up a 19-17 win over the New York Giants as two-point home favorites last week.\u00a0 The Eagles have won the statistical battle in all four of their games, but are 0-3-1 against the spread, while the UNDER has cashed in three of the contests.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019d like to keep winning,\u201d stated Eagles head coach Andy Reid.\u00a0 \u201cI honestly don\u2019t feel like we\u2019ve come close to playing our best football.\u201d\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranks 30th in the league in averaging just 16.5 points per game.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 0-2 ATS off a home win against a division rival the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Eagles have one of the best cornerback duos in the entire NFL, with Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie playing at high level in the first part of the season.\u00a0 Philadelphia certainly matches up with Pittsburgh\u2019s talented wide receivers, but will also need to account for its star running back coming back into the fold.\u00a0 On the offensive side of the ball, it\u2019s important to keep quarterback Michael Vick upright, who has been knocked down 44 times.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has won four of its five games following the bye week under the direction of head coach Mike Tomlin, while also compiling a solid 14-6 record against NFC opponents during the regular season with him on the sideline.\u00a0 Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger strengthens one of those statistics, entering with a dominating 13-1 record at home against out-of-conference opponents.\u00a0 Pittsburgh is 9-0 ATS after a straight-up loss over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Steelers have been getting a tremendous amount of production out of Roethlisberger, as he\u2019s performed well in a new offensive scheme under first-year coordinator Todd Haley.\u00a0 He is looking to register his third consecutive game with a passer rating of at least 120.0 in the same season for the first time in his career.\u00a0 On the defensive side of the ball, Pittsburgh expected to have linebacker James Harrison and safety Troy Polamalu back on the field.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 5-2 ATS record on the road with a total of 42.5 to 45, while the Steelers are 1-4 ATS in their last five 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 Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday, 10\/7\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Pittsburgh -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Philadelphia sits atop the NFC East division with a 3-1 record, as it hits the road after picking up a 19-17 win over […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":8020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3728,349,685,3737,2586,344,346],"class_list":["post-25339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-reid","tag-ben-roethlisberger","tag-michael-vick","tag-mike-tomlin","tag-nfc-east","tag-philadelphia-eagles","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25339","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=25339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25342,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25339\/revisions\/25342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}