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SEAHAWKS (+3) over Eagles

Vince Young will start in place of the injured Michael Vick for the third straight week. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Vince Young will start in place of the injured Michael Vick for the third straight week. (Alex Brandon/AP)Read more
    by BY VEGAS VIC, For the Daily News
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SEAHAWKS (+3) over Eagles

Raise your hand if when the NFL schedule was released you thought this would be a matchup of 4-7 teams. OK, I see no one with their hand up. No one! What started out as a season with enormous promise for the Birds, has turned into a nightmare. Right now the Eagles trail the Cowboys and the wild-card teams by three games, and with all the injuries, a fourth straight playoff appearance looks like a real longshot. Michael Vick will miss another game, Jeremy Maclin is out, Dominique Rogers-Cromartie is gone, LeSean McCoy is questionable and who knows where DeSean Jackson's mind will be tonight. Seattle ain't exactly ripping the covers off the rest of the NFL, but the Seahawks have been a moneymaker at home, covering nine of the last 15. And we're thinking that Pete Carroll will look to pay back Vince Young for that crushing defeat in the National Championship game.