Eagles line moves to 8
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Eagles line moves to 8
Sheil Kapadia, Philly.com
Update: Our friend Dave Staley of sportsbook.com informs us that the Eagles-Redskins line has moved to Birds (minus-8). When we spoke to Dave last week, it was Eagles (minus-7). But a lot of money seems to be coming in on the Birds. Currently, 88 percent of the action on sportsbook.com is on the Eagles to cover.
Some links to pass along as we wait for Monday night:
** Danny Amendola had five catches for 39 yards Sunday in the Rams' loss against the Colts. He has 13 catches in the past three weeks. Too bad the Eagles couldn't keep Amendola, who spent training camp here and was signed to the practice squad. He'd provide some nice depth, given the way their receiver situation has unfolded.
** Did you notice which ex-Eagle helped lift the Cardinals over the Giants yesterday? How about former third-round pick Matt Ware. He knocked the ball out of Ahmad Bradshaw's grasp when the Giants were driving in the fourth quarter. Ware was best known here for his 65-yard game-winning touchdown return on a blocked field goal against the Chargers back in 2005.
** More ammo for those of you in the "Just run the damn ball, Andy!" corner. The Jets ran it 54 times for 316 yards in their 38-0 win over the Raiders yesterday. They threw it just 15 times. A week before, the Eagles threw it 46 times and ran it 14 (including two by Donovan McNabb).
** Hank Baskett had his first catch with the Colts, a 5-yarder against St. Louis.
** Could A.J. Feeley's chance be coming in Carolina? Jake Delhomme was intercepted three times in the Panthers' loss to the Bills Sunday. Per the Charlotte Observer, coach John Fox would not commit to Delhomme for the first time all season.
"Like all positions, we'll evaluate it and whatever changes we need to make, we'll make," he said.
** SI.com's Peter King has the Eagles 14th in his Fine Fifteen, but he does have the Eagles winning tonight:
You know, maybe Michael Vick is just a lousy option quarterback. Maybe. But I still think the Eagles have to find a way to make Vick more of a factor, perhaps starting tonight against Washington. It's on Andy Reid and Marty Mornhinweg.
** The Cowboys might have themselves a wide receiver. Miles Austin has 421 yards in his last two games.
** We wrote about the Giants' loss to the Cardinals after the game yesterday. I also DVR'd the game and hope to watch it and provide notes before Sunday.
** Yesterday, we took a glance at national opinion on tonight's game. And a reminder that we'll be live chatting at 8:15.
** And finally, my pick. The Eagles' offensive line concerns me. A brutal performance last week, and now they've got a couple guys banged up (Jason Peters and Nick Cole) and are counting on Todd Herremans to have success right away. Plus you've got a new middle linebacker on defense, which could be a good thing, but I'm not sure he'll be able to have an impact instantly. I think the Birds win ugly, and the Redskins cover the 7-point spread. Let's say Eagles 17, Redskins 13.
Why on earth don't they just get Runyan already? And teh guy from the Rams was not even on their starting roster....They do not plan well do they?
I don't know Sheil, not feeling an Eagles win tonight. Really feeling that the Oakland game was more of what this team is about this year. Maybe they will make us feel better after tonight but don't be surprised.— CoEagle- Sheil, you sure have the Skins scoring a lot of points for them. Then again, the Birds d is proving to be as average as the offense. Time for Reid to say bye bye, his act is tired.— trainrdt
- Love what the Jets did to the Raiders. They knew the Raiders have suspect run defense and are good against the pass, so THEY EXPLOITED THE OPPONENTS' WEAKNESS! ARE YOU LISTENING, CAP'N ANDY?
- Keep pushing, firing until you get that square peg into that round hole Andy! It will happen sooner or later.— Voytas
- toss a coin...— rwright611
- For all the young and up and coming talent this team has on offense, this is just an average football team overall when you factor in the lack of coaching.
- Philly, what is Runyan going to do? RT isn't our problem. If runyan was so great, he would have been snatched up already— phigglesfan75
- Stop with Runyan already. Sheesh.— PhillyPhantastico
- THAT MATT WEAR TOUCHDOWN WAS AGAINST THE OAKLAND RAIDERS AT HOME IN 2005. WON A GAME THAT WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A LOSS.— JACK V
- peter king is an o.k. writer who's opinion is becomming stagnent about coffee and pro-football.— JACK V
- Andy is determined to prove his pass happy style is the next "big thing" since Bill Walsh's west coast offense. Determined!! He'll never back off that. Redskins is good against the pass but can't stop the run...Andy could care less. Skins 15 Eagles 9— dapmman
Comment removed.- hank feeley looked perty good running off the field yesterday in cleveland. he wasn't even out of breath.— JACK V
- Agree with CoEagle, think performance in the Black Hole was more representative of Birds' actual talent level (so much for Banner being a talent evaluator) and moreso coaching than folks care to admit. For a guy who is so damn boring by appearance, Reid certainly is a hypster when it comes to talking up lame players like Peters and Andrews among many others. My prediction is Eagles end up somewhere between 4-12 and 6-10 this season and Laurie figures out a way to finesse AR out of the coaching seat— davi
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