Quote Originally Posted by fubah2:
Lost my -295 bet on Commandos but won my *BB live bet on Bears when they jumped to a 10- 0 lead late 1Q...I have nothing against the 4 - 0 EAGLES. SB participant who really should have won last season but for great fortune going to the lucky CHIEFS. Philly has a good team! I have bet on them this year. BUT.....upon further review, a few things: 1/ they were lucky as well to win that first game against the mediocre PATSLUCKY EAGLES! ...not superior strength! 2/ then they were lucky as hell to win AT HOME vs the hapless Vikes - who played EVEN with the EAGLES but shockingly lost a net of 4 fumbles, including giving a cheapie to the Eagles at the 7, and then fumbling a sure TD pass in the endzone out of bounds for a touchback (unforced errors!) Eagles only won by 6...LUCKY EAGLES! ...not superior strength! 3/ Eagles did have a VERY SOLID 25 - 11 win in Tampa, albeit vs a mediocre team 4/ EAGLES luckily escape with a 3 pt win in O.T. AT HOME against their 4th consecutive mediocre opp Thus, EAGLES played 4 mediocre teams who are collectively 7 - 9, but at least 2 can be questioned as "fortunate" wins. Now they hit the ROAD
I have nothing against the 4 - 0 EAGLES. BUT.....upon further review, a few things:
1/ they were lucky as well to win that first game against the mediocre PATS
LUCKY EAGLES! ...not superior strength!
2/ then they were lucky as hell to win AT HOME vs the hapless Vikes - who played EVEN with the EAGLES but shockingly lost a net of 4 fumbles, including giving a cheapie to the Eagles at the 7, and then fumbling a sure TD pass in the endzone out of bounds for a touchback (unforced errors!) Eagles only won by 6...
LUCKY EAGLES! ...not superior strength!
3/ Eagles did have a VERY SOLID 25 - 11 win in Tampa, albeit vs a mediocre team
4/ EAGLES luckily escape with a 3 pt win in O.T. AT HOME against their 4th consecutive mediocre opp
Thus, EAGLES played 4 mediocre teams who are collectively 7 - 9, but at least 2 can be questioned as "fortunate" wins.
Now they hit the ROAD to face the very determined 2 - 2 RAMS - who played even with the best team in the league and only lost by one score and lost on the road by only 3 to the Bengals who were believed to be primed for a deep run in the playoffs.
Keep in mind RAMS get their star WR Kupp back finally and with top of the NFL receiver Nakua, will have TWO STAR wideouts to test the Eagles secondary! They achieved their 2 - 2 record despite 3 of those games being ROAD games (all without Kupp!), and while facing tougher opps collectively, who are 10- 6 on the season.
Yes, Matt Stafford got a hip bruise in the 3rdQ last game, but he played through it, and won it in OT. He'll still be a little sore, sure, but is good to go for Sunday.
So unless Stafford has a bad day, with multiple turnovers to the lucky EAGLES,
this is an even matchup at worst and more likely a slight edge to the hometeam.
Yet RAMS are inexplicably +4 pt underdogs to a team that has clearly been fortunate to date, including a game they could have just as easily LOST last Sunday AT HOME.