Weekly line thread: Eagles -7 vs. Saints

[Hawkeye]

Eagles are laying seven at home vs. New Orleans.  This line was set before the Johnson injury news broke, but that won't move the number.  We also don't know whether Hurts will be back under center so we'll be watching this closely all week.

Line: Eagles -7
Total: 43.5/44
Moneyline: Eagles -350/Saints +260

[dawkins4prez]

My guess is Hurts plays this game so they can bubble wrap him til the playoffs.

[Thrive]

I thought the line was -5.5 earlier today or did it jump? At -5.5, that read like a Saints line to me with a hint that Hurts wouldn’t play. -7 implies that Hurts is expected to play imo.

[gameshowfan91]

A win gets Eagles #1 seed and eliminates Saints from Playoff contention.

[opa-opa]

That means the Saints will be playing for their lives. Wont be an easy game.

[CalgarEAGLES]

1 hour ago, gameshowfan91 said:

A win gets Eagles #1 seed and eliminates Saints from Playoff contention.

… & bettering our upcoming draft positioning.  Double/triple/quadruple whammy!  

[Sack that QB]

The Saints have been playing for their lives for weeks and need everything they have to squeak by horrible opponents. They're objectively awful.

[Portyansky]

2 hours ago, gameshowfan91 said:

A win gets Eagles #1 seed and eliminates Saints from Playoff contention.

Saints need a lot more than just winning their last 2 games. 

Saints fans be like....

[pisceschica]

Tampa plays Carolina at the same time Sunday. I was hoping Tamp would play and win before Phi/No 

[$erpentor]

Andy Dalton doing Andy Dalton things

[UK_EaglesFan89]

-7 given our injuries feels a little much. We should win but we are going to need some guys to return this week.

[schuy7]

I lean toward taking Eagles -7.

[Thrive]

By the way, this line is now 4.5 in some spots. So the -7 line was assuming Jalen played.

Doesn’t that scream like a Saints line?

[Hawkeye]

15 hours ago, Thrive said:

By the way, this line is now 4.5 in some spots. So the -7 line was assuming Jalen played.

Doesn’t that scream like a Saints line?

Yeah the line dropped when Hurts missed practice yesterday.  

[time2rock]

On 12/26/2022 at 11:59 AM, dawkins4prez said:

My guess is Hurts plays this game so they can bubble wrap him til the playoffs.

I don't think we see Hurts until the playoffs.  Ditto CJGJ and obviously Johnson. 

[EgyptianEagle]

On 12/27/2022 at 7:25 PM, schuy7 said:

I lean toward taking Eagles -7.

I'm definitely taking the Saints on this, I think it will be a close game and if they Eagles win by 30, I couldn't care less about losing some money.  

[dawkins4prez]

Eagles are taking care of business this week.

[Hawkeye]

The line bounced back to Eagles -6 at MGM (the book we use for this thread).  It feels like a fair price, all things considered. I don't have a sense for the side, but under 42 seems to be the sharp play in this one. 

[FranklinFldEBUpper]

4 hours ago, Hawkeye said:

The line bounced back to Eagles -6 at MGM (the book we use for this thread).  It feels like a fair price, all things considered. I don't have a sense for the side, but under 42 seems to be the sharp play in this one. 

I would take the over for sure. Weather is gonna be nice. Eagles are gonna move the ball and score a lot. Saints might score from time to time along the way.

[Thrive]

5 hours ago, Hawkeye said:

The line bounced back to Eagles -6 at MGM (the book we use for this thread).  It feels like a fair price, all things considered. I don't have a sense for the side, but under 42 seems to be the sharp play in this one. 

It’s -5.5 most everywhere else though. Actually think that’s an Eagles line (would have expected it to be closer to -4/-4.5 with Gardner starting).

[LacesOut]

Birds — 31

Saints — 17

I hope. 🦅

[Hawkeye]

30 total points?  Seriously?

I grossly misjudged Minshew and the overall Eagles offense without Hurts. I also didn’t see the complete mental collapse of the OL and thought this would be a 27-10 kinda deal. 

Blue Bell, we have a problem...

[xxeaglesfanxx]

And they lost by 10 🙄

[LacesOut]

23 hours ago, LacesOut said:

Birds — 31

Saints — 17

I hope. 🦅

Idiot!!