{"id":34817,"date":"2014-08-07T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=34817"},"modified":"2014-08-07T15:15:26","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T20:15:26","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-1-preview-philadelphia-eagles-vs-chicago-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-1-preview-philadelphia-eagles-vs-chicago-bears-34817\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 1 Preview: Philadelphia Eagles vs. Chicago Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia Eagles vs. Chicago Bears
\nFriday, 8\/8\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 39.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler might be a MVP candidate by the end of the 2014 regular season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Philadelphia is getting ready to defend its 2013 NFC East division title, but it must first get through its second preseason under head coach Chip Kelly, which is important to consider when checking out the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 The Eagles have compiled a dismal 13-30-1 SU regular season record against the Bears, but have split only two exhibition meetings.\u00a0 Quarterback Nick Foles takes over the controls under center as the clear No. 1 option after recording a 119.2 passer rating and earning a Pro Bowl selection a year ago, while former New York Jets signal-caller Mark Sanchez is expected to be his backup.<\/p>\n

The Eagles have numerous playmakers on the offensive side of the ball, with MVP candidate LeSean McCoy leading the way, as he ran for a franchise-record 1,607 yards in 2013.\u00a0 Philadelphia added a dynamic player in running back Darren Sproles during the offseason, which could make this unit unstoppable at times.\u00a0 Defensively, the squad will once again be led by the play of linebacker Trent Cole, who finished with a flurry of sacks in registering nine in the final nine contests\u2014including the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Chicago is starting to gain a look as a Super Bowl contender due to wide receiver Brandon Marshall\u2019s high praise of quarterback Jay Cutler, who he expects to potentially win the MVP award, which is important to consider when making your NFL predictions on a weekly basis.\u00a0 Cutler finished last year with the second-highest completion percentage in franchise history\u2014in addition to posting a career-best passer rating of 89.2.\u00a0 The only question mark on that side of the football is the third wide receiver spot, as Marquess Wilson went down with a broken right clavicle this week.<\/p>\n

The Bears went 2-2 SU and 1-3 ATS in their first preseason under Marc Trestman, which includes failing to cover the number as underdogs in two opportunities.\u00a0 Chicago\u2019s main priority in camp is trying to fix a defense that ranked 15th and 32nd in passing and rushing defensive respectively a year ago.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bears in this spot, as they look to gain revenge from last year\u2019s 54-11 blowout loss to the Eagles as 2.5-point road underdogs.<\/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 vs. Chicago Bears Friday, 8\/8\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 39.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Philadelphia is getting ready to defend its 2013 NFC East division title, but it must first get through its second preseason under head coach Chip […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[359,1122,763,31,3584,344],"class_list":["post-34817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chicago-bears","tag-chip-kelly","tag-jay-cutler","tag-nfl","tag-nick-foles","tag-philadelphia-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34817","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=34817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34818,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34817\/revisions\/34818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}