{"id":29640,"date":"2013-08-14T18:53:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T23:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29640"},"modified":"2013-08-14T18:55:33","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T23:55:33","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-2-picks-carolina-panthers-vs-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-2-picks-carolina-panthers-vs-philadelphia-eagles-29640\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 2 Picks: Carolina Panthers vs. Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carolina Panthers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
\nThursday, 8\/15\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Carolina Panthers won their preseason opener over the Chicago Bears last week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carolina picked up a 24-17 victory over the Chicago Bears as three-point home favorites in its NFL preseason opener last Friday, while going OVER the betting total of 34.\u00a0 The Panthers were concerned about their secondary heading into camp, but they managed to play well against quarterback Jay Cutler and wide receiver Brandon Marshall.\u00a0 On the offensive end, quarterback Cam Newton played three series and completed 3 of 6 passes, which should be considered when making your pro football picks Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have been busy preparing to face a new type of offense this week, as the Eagles have a new look with first year head coach Chip Kelly.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to play very fast because I knew they are going to come out no-huddle and try to catch us on our heels,\u201d commented Eagles corner back Captain Munnerlyn.\u00a0 Offensively, the running game will likely be featured in this affair, as it faces a defense that allowed 248 rushing yards in its preseason opener against New England Patriots.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia is surprisingly the betting favorite on the NFL odds page, as it looks to bounce back from a 31-22 setback to the Patriots last Friday, while going well over the betting total of 40.\u00a0 The Eagles are still deciding on their starting quarterback, with Nick Foles and Michael Vick both playing two series first time out, with Kelly likely to determine a winner after the third preseason game on Aug. 24 against Jacksonville.\u00a0 Foles will open this contest under center after completing 5 of 6 passes for 43 yards.\u00a0 Philadelphia will be looking to gain revenge from a 30-22 setback to Carolina as three-point home underdogs on Nov. 26 of last season.<\/p>\n

The Eagles offensive line will face a Panthers front seven that is anchored in the middle by the team\u2019s two most recent first-round picks, which should provide a major test.\u00a0 Philadelphia may also have to worry about Carolina linebacker Charles Johnson, who recorded 12.5 sacks and seven forced fumbles a year ago.\u00a0 Running back LeSean McCoy should see his first action of the preseason after sitting out the first affair with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Panthers in this affair, as they should be able to gain big yards on the ground in this matchup.<\/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":"

Carolina Panthers vs. Philadelphia Eagles Thursday, 8\/15\/13, 7:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 42.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Carolina picked up a 24-17 victory over the Chicago Bears as three-point home favorites in its NFL preseason opener last Friday, while going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3365,279,5425,685,31,3584,344],"class_list":["post-29640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-lesean-mccoy","tag-michael-vick","tag-nfl","tag-nick-foles","tag-philadelphia-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29640","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=29640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29642,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29640\/revisions\/29642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}