Sunday, 11 October 2015

Live NFL - New Orleans Saints at Philadelphia Eagles 6pm

The much vaunted Eagles' offense has failed to find any sort of rhythm and with an already under-performing O line badly banged up, Sam Bradford (who admittedly flashed some form last week in a losing cause) may struggle again, even against a mediocre Saints defense. Really, Chip Kelly has to run the ball all day, but his reticence to do so thus far makes that unlikely. They really struggle to convert on third down and that just throttles a high tempo offense. I'm not thrilled with the atmosphere in Philly (no-one ever is!) and Kelly saying Sturgis stays on the roster just because there's nothing in the FA pool was hilarious.

Drew Brees is gimpy and not throwing the ball as deep as often as usual, and he too could have protection problems. Brees doesn't have a stellar cast downfield but they do have some speed and the Eagles' secondary struggles. Also the Saints' backs are catching and having seen Kirk Cousins dink and dunk the Eagles to death last week, I'll take the points.

Pick: New Orleans Saints +6 @ 1.95

Pick: 1st TD DeMarco Murray @ 9.5
Pick: Anytime TD Willie Snead @ 3.75

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