Posted: Monday, February 6, 2012, 12:33 PM | 51 comments |
 

Oddsmakers liking Eagles in 2012
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Oddsmakers already have been taking future bets on who will win the Super Bowl next year, but with the season officially over, we wanted to look at the early odds.

Of course, these will change with free agency and the draft, but they provide a starting point.

And in checking a few sites today, the oddsmakers really like the Eagles.

The Birds's odds are hovering around the third choice among NFC teams and among the top five teams overall.

Vegas Insider has the Eagles at 12-1, as does Vegas-based Bovada.

Vegas Insider has the Packers at 5-1, the Saints at 6-1, the Patriots at 7-1, and the Steelers, the Eagles and the Ravens at 12-1.

Bovada has the Packers as the top choice at 6-1, followed by New England at 7-1, New Orleans at 8-1, and Houston, the Eagles and Pittsburgh all at 12-1.
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:49 PM, 02/06/2012
    sounds about right - eagles are right in the mix of average teams that have a slim chance of winning the super bowl.
    — CosmoK
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:52 PM, 02/06/2012
    I'm a Birds fan through and through, but how can the odds on them be so low, yet the Super Bowl winning Giants are not even top three in the conference?
    We may hate the G-men, but you gotta respect that they get to the Super Bowl... alot more than Andy gets the Birds.
    — kecward78
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:07 PM, 02/06/2012
    where do I sign up to money on them NOT getting to the super bowl? That is easy money.
    — birds748
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:46 PM, 02/06/2012
    Reid should be canned now that the nyg have won 2 SB in the last 5 years.
    — The Philly Shadow
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:11 PM, 02/06/2012
    Shadow, that makes no sense. Reid's record against the Giants in that time has been 8-1, including a playoff win. What does the Giants beating other teams to advance have to do with Reid? Judge Reid on his performance, not on another team's.
    — Commish
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:16 AM, 02/07/2012
    I agree, who needs 2 Super Bowl wins when we have 8 regular season wins!! 8 is greater than 2, right?
    Commish Jeffrey would be proud of you.
    — Phils_World_Champs
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:33 PM, 02/06/2012
    National media always overate Eagles and Reid. They never learn. Odds makers listen to the national media types and then overate the Eagles too.
    — Lets Eat
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:37 PM, 02/06/2012
    Let's go Sixers! Get with the season, people.
    — Leegles
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:52 PM, 02/06/2012
    Well of course they are up there in the odds, they are the gold standard with so many weapons.
    — gob1234
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:31 PM, 02/06/2012
    @Commish - ur a idoit!!! Andy can beat average teams, but he still loses to less talented or better prepared teams (ex. Tampa NFC champ game, Carolina NFC Champ game). To tell me that his season record ranking him as great is totally ridiculous. They lost to Dallas twice in two week period 47-6. Andy will not make the playoffs next year for one reason only. HIs coaching style is old and predictible. Good coaches (excluding AR) know how to play against his WC Offense.... I am looking toward Them getting the hopes up for everyone and then having it crash again. Ownership should dump the over matched GM and VP of Players operations.....
    — UGHROLF
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:41 PM, 02/06/2012
    The issue with Reid's coaching is not that his style is old or predictable. There have been teams that won the Super Bowl with a style designed to be simple and they were very predictable. It's about consistantly executing plays. We see the proof every game. There are plays that are defended perfectly but still succeed. Reid has had an issue with getting his teams to excute successfully for his entire tenure. Players say it takes two years in the offense until a player gets it down. Their defense was very complex until Juan simplified it last year. There's significant turn over every year these days. While it's fun for the coaches to have all these options, the players can't consistantly execute plays. Consistancy should be priority number one.
    — MikeP
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:09 PM, 02/06/2012
    FOOLS!!!!!
    — Bama
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:18 PM, 02/06/2012
    Oddsmakers keep forgetting that Reid makes all draft/personnel decisons. The Giants,Packers and Saints have proven records in putting together teams. The Eagles will never win the Superbowl with Reid.
    — farley
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:23 PM, 02/06/2012
    We can expect the Eagles to have a losing record after 5 games next year. Andy never "puts his players in a position to win" until about game 10. But when they're 5-8, they really turn it on!
    — 4thand10
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:25 PM, 02/06/2012
    The only thing that is a stone cold guaranteed lock is that Lurie will laughing all the way to the bank with your money.
    — eaglephanatic


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