{"id":25442,"date":"2012-10-12T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T17:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25442"},"modified":"2012-10-12T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T17:20:13","slug":"detroit-lions-vs-philadelphia-eagles-nfl-week-6-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/detroit-lions-vs-philadelphia-eagles-nfl-week-6-betting-odds-and-picks-25442\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions vs. Philadelphia Eagles: NFL Week 6 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles
\nSunday, 10\/14\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 48
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Detroit Lions are looking to get back on track after coming off a bye week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detroit will look to snap its three-game losing streak after coming off a bye, as the team has failed to build off last year\u2019s 10-6 season and playoff berth.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s our challenge right now to dig our way out of this,\u201d stated Lions head coach Jim Schwartz.\u00a0 The Loins rank in the top 10 in both offense (third) and defense (ninth), but are finding more ways to lose games than they are finding ways to win them.\u00a0 One thing that needs to clean up is penalties, as the squad is averaging nearly eight per game over its previous three games.\u00a0 Detroit is 3-2 ATS as a road underdog of 3.5 to 7 points, with the OVER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Lions haven\u2019t been able to run the football this year, which isn\u2019t something new, ranking 24th in the league in that particular category.\u00a0 Detroit may potentially get running back Jahvid Best back in the lineup, as he\u2019s been on the PUP list due to concussion issues.\u00a0 Quarterback Matthew Stafford has thrown for just three touchdowns, but he\u2019s still managing to find his main target downfield, with wide receiver Calvin Johnson ranking second in the league with 105.8 receiving yards per game.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, while going UNDER the total in three consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Eagles are coming off a disappointing 16-14 setback to the Pittsburgh Steelers as four-point road underdogs, but it served as their first against-the-spread victory of the 2012 NFL campaign.\u00a0 A bounce-back performance is certainly possible if the squad takes care of the football, as it will face a defense that ranks tied for last in the league with only three takeaways.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 0-6 ATS versus NFC North opponents.<\/p>\n

The Eagles need to start getting after opposing quarterbacks, as they\u2019ve tallied just seven this year after finishing last season tied for the league lead in that category.\u00a0 Philadelphia cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie will likely cover Johnson for most of the game, as he limited him to three catches for 35 yards during his time with the Arizona Cardinals in 2009, while also notching two interceptions.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Eagles due to their 4-1 ATS mark at home in this series, while the Lions are 1-11 ATS in their last 12 games against NFC opponents.<\/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":"

Detroit Lions at Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, 10\/14\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 48 Current Total:\u00a0 47.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Detroit will look to snap its three-game losing streak after coming off a bye, as the team has failed to build off last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2753,542,7086,616,344],"class_list":["post-25442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-calvin-johnson","tag-detroit-lions","tag-dominque-rodgers-cromartie","tag-matthew-stafford","tag-philadelphia-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25442","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=25442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25443,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25442\/revisions\/25443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}