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NFL Week 15: 49ers vs. Eagles Predictions

The San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Lincoln Financial Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Eagles listed as 8-point favorites versus the 49ers, while the game’s total is sitting at 40½…

NFL Week 15 Lock Alert – San Francisco 49ers vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Games like this with a touchdown spread are seriously difficult to gage. I usually wait until the line dips a little lower for my liking but as long as this game is sitting underneath -8.0 in favor of the Eagles, I’m taking the Niners. San Francisco isn’t a great team, but they’re a sneaky team and a road team that can catch you off guard if you just think “Niners suck” and bet against them.

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Against the betting line they’ve gone 5-1 ATS in their last 6 when playing the Eagles in Philadelphia. I know that Philadelphia is 6-3 ATS in their last 9 at home, and that they’re 14-7 ATS overall in 21 games, but something about Philadelphia makes me terribly nervous. I just think that they have too many injuries, and when your hopes are hinged on Donavan McNabb, and you literally have no safety net other than Michael Vick, it’s just too fragile of a situation to have serious stock in.

The Eagles are in a precarious situation and they are a virtual lock for the playoffs with the Giants taking on the Redskins and the Cowboys getting served up on a platter for New Orleans this weekend. But they simply can’t afford to be another team in a long list of upset specials carved out by the Niners this season. With San Fran coming off a huge, 7-turnover game against Arizona, I’d be a bit more worried about Philly than usual.
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San Francisco 49ers (6-7) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (9-4)
Sunday, December 20th — Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia — 1:00pm EST
NFL Betting Line: Philadelphia -7.5 (42.5)

Any team that has to purely rely on passing can fall victim to the Niners, who feast on turnovers like a murder of ravenous vultures (I actually don’t know what you call a group of vultures…I know it’s a “murder of crows”…so it just seems more fitting…and it’s certainly more dramatic!). McNabb is a great quarterback, but throwing bombs against the Niners is going to be more difficult than he’d like and the front-seven of San Fran can slam the breaks on McNabb trying to scramble or McCoy trying to do anything productive.

I also think that Philadelphia is a team that just crumbles whenever things are going their way. They escaped a Manning onslaught last weekend, but they’re also talking this week with a sense of entitlement that really isn’t befitting of Philly in general. Hey, they deserve to make the playoffs and I don’t doubt that in the least. They’re probably the most stable team in their division right now (other than Washington which has somehow gotten its act together), but against a sneaky Niners team which is full of big playmakers, I hate the idea of taking Philly -8.0 or more. I love the line where it is, so grab it before it moves up!

Free Pick: San Francisco -7.5 (OVER)

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