Eagles-Seahawks Odds Preview: Desperate Birds Seek Redemption
Which Wounded Team Can Get Back to Winning?
Philadelphia Favored by a Field Goal and Change
The Philadelphia Eagles visit the Seattle Seahawks in a game with significant playoff implications. These NFL teams are also on losing skids and look more vulnerable each week.
The Eagles-Seahawks odds have Philadelphia as a 3.5-point favorite despite being held to a total of 32 points in its past two contests. Seattle, on the other hand, could be down a few key starters including quarterback Geno Smith. It’s gut-check time regardless of the stipulations.
Philadelphia Eagles vs Seattle Seahawks 
Records: Eagles (10-3), Seahawks (6-7)
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Location: Highmark Stadium, Orchard Park, NY
Stream: FOX
Eagles Hurting in Both Offense and Defense
A 10-3 has not looked this vulnerable since the Minnesota Vikings last season. And we know how that ended, an unceremonious defeat in the Wild Card round. The same fate may await Philadelphia unless it can get its act together. Where should they start?
On offense, the Eagles failed to score a touchdown in the blowout defeat to Dallas last week. Philadelphia managed just 324 total yards and three turnovers. The trio of Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, and DeVonta Smith all lost the football. Hurts, last year’s MVP runner-up, has looked like he’s regressed.
“I thought Jalen, in this game, was decisive with the football. I think he’s been playing good football,” Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said about his quarterback. “It’s easy to look at the last two games and be discouraged. Trust me. We are too… But, if you look at the overall product, I think Jalen has done a nice job this year.”
As for the defense, it looked gassed as it fell for the same plays the 49ers ran against it. This is the third straight game where the defense gave up over 390 yards and 33+ points. Overall, the gassed Eagles have been outgained in their last six games. And all their wins have come by a touchdown or less, barely winning as NFL picks.
Speaking of the bigger picture, Philadelphia still ranks in the top 10 in scoring on both ends as a road team. Playing against Seattle, the Eagles meet a team that is struggling worse than they are. That’s why they remain favored on the latest NFL lines and why roughly three-fifths of bettors are wagering on them.
Seahawks are Spiraling
The Eagles are not the only team having a rough time. The Seahawks have had a worse six weeks (not counting the bye). The team is just 1-5 and its only win came against the freefalling Commanders. Seattle got manhandled by San Francisco, twice, and Baltimore. And it lost heartbreakers to Dallas and the Rams.
Either way, Seattle is having issues on both ends of the ball. On offense, the Seahawks have been held to under 20 points in four of their last six games. And defensively, the team got lit up by 28 or more points four out of the last six times. Even against Washington, the Seahawks barely got by on a 29-26 win.
To exacerbate their situation, Geno Smith is injured while star receiver is breaking helmets and getting thrown out of games. Starting cornerback Devon Witherspoon is also out with a hip injury as well as kick returner D’Wayne Eskridge.
The sky looks to be falling on Pete Carroll’s crew, hence the Eagles-Seahawks odds. To their credit, they are 3-1 against the NFL point spreads (ATS) in their last four games. And against Philadelphia, the Seahawks have won seven straight and are 6-1 ATS. At home in Seattle, the Seahawks have won and covered three straight times.
These home games took place in 2017 or earlier so before this current generation of Eagles. But in two of these games, Seattle was the underdog. It upset Philadelphia 24-10 in 2017 as a 3.5-point underdog.
On top of that, Eagles-Seahawks odds tend to go under the total, including their last six meetings. With both teams laboring on offense, this trend could continue with a relatively high 47.5 total.
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