{"id":30183,"date":"2013-09-19T12:43:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T17:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30183"},"modified":"2013-09-19T12:43:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T17:43:20","slug":"nfl-week-3-picks-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-3-picks-kansas-city-chiefs-vs-philadelphia-eagles-30183\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 3 Picks: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles
\nThursday, 9\/19\/13, 8:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 50
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Philadelphia Eagles will face their former head coach Thursday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas City has opened up its 2013 season with a pair of victories, including a 17-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys as three-point home favorites Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total for a second consecutive contest.\u00a0 Chiefs head coach Andy Reid will face a franchise that he led for 14 years, which is important to consider when making your NFL expert picks Thursday night.\u00a0 \u201cI want to make sure I concentrate on the game at hand,\u201d commented Reid this week.\u00a0 Kansas City is 3-1 SUATS as road underdogs of three points or less the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs are 2-4 all-time against the Eagles, including a 1-1 mark when playing in the City of Brotherly Love.\u00a0 Kansas City is tied for second in the league in turnover differential, as the offense is one of two in the league to have zero giveaways heading into Week 3.\u00a0 Offensively, the team possesses a perfect red zone percentage, as it has converted on all five attempts and scored 35 points in the process.\u00a0 Running back Jamaal Charles is the player to watch on that side of the ball, as he\u2019s averaged 5.72 yards per carry over the course of his career.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia has split its first two games, but it has been clearly outplayed in its last five quarters of action, as it looks to bounce back from a 33-30 defeat to the San Diego Chargers as 7.5-point home favorites in Week 2.\u00a0 The Eagles have gained 954 yards and scored seven touchdowns in first-year head coach Chip Kelly\u2019s system, with running back LeSean McCoy accounting for 356 of those yards.\u00a0 Wide receiver DeSean Jackson is enjoying a bounce-back campaign\u2014catching 16 passes for 297 yards.\u00a0 Philadelphia is 6-13 ATS as a favorite since 2011, with no clear edge in terms of the betting total (9-9-1 Over\/Under).<\/p>\n

The Eagles have been pretty good defensively inside the red zone\u2014forcing a couple turnovers in that area a week ago.\u00a0 Philadelphia is hoping its offensive tackles can continue their strong play in this matchup, as it prepares to face a pair of terrific edge pass rushers in Tamba Hall and Justin Houston.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Chiefs due to the Eagles being 0-6-1 ATS in their last seven games versus teams with a winning record.<\/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

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Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles Thursday, 9\/19\/13, 8:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Philadelphia -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 50 Current Total:\u00a0 50 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas City has opened up its 2013 season with a pair of victories, including a 17-16 win over the Dallas Cowboys as three-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3728,1122,63,3729,303,5425,31,344],"class_list":["post-30183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-reid","tag-chip-kelly","tag-desean-jackson","tag-jamaal-charles","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-lesean-mccoy","tag-nfl","tag-philadelphia-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30183","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=30183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30184,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30183\/revisions\/30184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}