The pros at FiveStarPick are coming off a terrible Saturday in College Football, but plan to get back on track today with two NFL plays on opening weekend.  The focus of this preview is our play on the 4pm game between the Packers and the Eagles.  Las Vegas sportsbooks list the Packers as 3-point road favorties with a total of 38. 

The Packers are coming off a 10-6 season and first-round playoff loss at Arizona, while the Eagles have moved on from Donovan McNabb to Kevin Kolb.

Green Bay has been a great road favorite going 8-4 Against The Spread since 2007, including going 4-2 against the spread last season.  The Packers have outscored their opponents by 10 ppg, with Aaron Rodgers at the helm.  In addition, the Packers have averaged 28.8 ppg under Rodgers, the third-best output in the league last season. The Cheeseheads have also been a great play in their openers, going 3-1 Against The Spread, while compiling a 4-0 Against The Spread record in road openers.

Philadelphia has made the playoffs three of the last four seasons under McNabb, but have not seen a Super Bowl since 2004. The Eagles play the role of a home dog today, a spot they have seen only twice in the last three seasons. The first two times they were in this spot were not good for Philadelphia backers, as the Eagles lost to the Cowboys (2007) and Saints (2009) each by over 21 points. Since 2006, the Eagles are 3-1 Against The Spread in season openers, with the only loss coming at Lambeau Field in 2007, 16-13.

The home team has won each of the previous five meetings between these two teams dating back to January 2004 when the Eagles beat the Packers in the second round of the playoffs, 20-17 in overtime.

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The pros at FiveStarPick.com are looking forward to a brilliant day in the NFL as we give our members several plays on today’s board.  The focus of this preview is the Sunday Night game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears.  Most books list the Eagles as 2.5-point road favorites with a total of 45.

Philadelphia has lost their last two games and tonight’s game will be Philly’s second consecutive road game.  The birds currently sit at 5-4 on the season, a game behind the division leading Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles are coming off a 31-23 loss to the Chargers last week and looked completely one dimensional as they rushed for a measley 29 yards on 13 rushing attempts.  Running back Brian Westbrook suffered his 2nd concussion in 4 weeks against the bolts and is listed as questionable for tonight’s game. Starting quarterback Donovan McNabb threw the ball 55 times last week completing 35 of those passes for 450 yards, 2 TD’s and 1 interception. Philadelphia was terrible in the red zone converting on just 2 of 5 attempts.  On the defensive side of the ball the Eagles are pretty good allowing just 3.7 yards a carry.

The Chicago Bears are 4-5 on the season.  Jay Cutler is completing 62% of his passes, but has a  14:17 touchdown to interception ratio. RB Matt Forte struggled last week rushing the football and had just 41 yards on 20 carries. The Bears have been hit hard with injuries to their defense as well, but turned out a good effort last week against the 49ers. The Bears passing defense is ranked 5th in the NFL giving up just 195 yards per game.  They will need all their swagger to keep the pass happy Eagles at bay in this one.

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Coming off another 2-0 Sunday in the NFL, the pros at FiveStarPick.com look forward to another winner tonight as we give our members the against the spread winner of tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins.  Most Las Vegas sportsbooks opened the Eagles as 6-point road favorties with a total of 38.5.  As of this morning, most books have moved the Eagles to a 7-point chalk with the Total coming down to 37.

The Redskins have had their fair share of problems this year under headcoach Jim Zorn.  After spending mega millions on All-Pro Albert Haynesworth, many thought the Redskins were making all the right moves for a title run. However, the season began with a loss to the Giants in the Meadowlands and hasn’t gotten much better since.  A week later the Redskins pulled out an ugly 9-7 decision over the winless Rams and then managed to give Detroit their first victory since 2007 losing to the Lions 19-14 on the road. Redskin fans wanted blood!  Both of Washington’s victories have come over teams that are still winless, with the other being the Tampa Bay Bucs.  After the 16-13 win over the Bucs, the ‘Skins lost 20-17 at Carolina.

The Redskin offense has really sucked this year, failing to score more than 17 points through six games. Jason Campbell was benched last week and although he’ll start tonight, he could once again be on a short leash.  Campbell has a 65.6 percent completion rate, has thrown for 1,197 passing yards and has a 6/6 touchdown-interception ratio. Backup Todd Collins wasn’t much better completing 6-of-14 passes for 75 yards, with no TD’s or interceptions. Santana Moss seems to be the only playmaker with 22 receptions for 379 yards and two TDs this year. Clinton Portis is recovering from an ankle injury, but he went at full speed in Saturday’s practice and will start according to sources within the Redskin organization. Portis averages 4.2 yards per carry and has 447 rushing yards and one rushing TD this season.

Philadelphia is coming off it’s worst game of the season, a 13-9 loss to the Raiders as 14-point road favorites.  Donovan McNabb was sacked six times by Oakland and only threw for 269 yards.  The offense had to settle for five field-goal attempts, but converted only three.

McNabb cracked a rib in the season opener with Carolina, but appeared to be back to 100 percent in practice this week.  For the season, McNabb has a 5/1 touchdown-interception ratio and his team leads the NFL in passing yards per game (340.7). The Eagles are 3rd in the league in total offense (409 YPG) and will be facing a Washington pass defense that is ranked 24th, giving up 241.3 yards per game through the air.

Redskins DT Albert Haynesworth is listed as “questionable” with an ankle injury for tonight’s game and offensive lineman, Chris Samuels, is out for the year with a neck injury.

Now let’s talk trends…the ‘Skins are 6-2-1 against the spread in their last nine games against the Eagles. The ‘over’ is 4-1 overall for the Eagles, 1-1 in their road games.  Washington has seen the ‘under’ go 5-1 overall, 3-0 in its home outings.  The ‘under’ is 8-2-1 in the last 11 head-to-head meetings between these two teams.

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