Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons Free Pick and Betting Odds. The Philadelphia Eagles will do battle away from home against Atlanta’s Falcons in the Georgia Dome next Monday night, this being the 2015 regular season opener for both teams. The away team of the Eagles are currently in favour, with 5Dimes offering a -3 point lead for them with -105 odds. Points on the odds board stand at 55, and kickoff is scheduled to take place at 19:10 ET.

Betting Odds
Point Spread: Eagles-3/Falcons +3
Total Line: 55

Several changes took place within the Philadelphia Eagles camp during the offseason, thanks to head coach, Chip Kelly. His rearrangement of the roster has seen regular players like LeSean McCoy and Nick Foles departing the team, while newcomers DeMarco Murray and Sam Bradford have been moved into position to take their places. It seems only logical that these acquirements will have all eyes focused on them during this game. Last season saw Philadelphia claim fifth place for total yards per game and third position for points. Such achievements saw them ranked second in the NFC East team, losing out to the Dallas Cowboys.

The 2015 preseason allowed the Eagles to show off their fine form once more, claiming joint first position with the Redskins of Washington. Both teams claimed three victories and a single loss in the four weeks, with Philadelphia gathering the highest amount of points – 133 to be exact, the highest in the entire preseason stats, and a feat they’ll no doubt be looking to duplicate in the regular season.

The Falcons were overrun by several opposing teams in the 2014 season, resulting in a poor 6-10 outcome. Despite such a low placing, Atlanta still proved their strong offence line, ranking eighth overall in the season. Star player, Matt Ryan claimed 4,694 passing yards, the second most in his career so far, and a total of 28 touchdowns. Meanwhile, expert receiver, Julio Jones recorded 1,593 receiving yards as well as six of his own touchdowns in 15 games. In order to improve upon the terrible defence line up, new head coach, Dan Quinn spent his first two draft picks on linebacker, Vic Beasley and cornerback, Jalen Collins. These acquisitions are what the Falcons hope will bring them better fortunes this year.

The 2015 preseason was the team’s chance to show they could play a good game, and they finished joint second with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC South Team. However, they did give away more points than they earned, resulting in a net points total of -4. The preseason saw them claim a total of 261.8 yards, comprising 192.5 passing and 69.2 rushing, while their defence still didn’t give much in terms of improvement, yielding 322.8 yards in total to opponents.

Philadelphia at Atlanta Betting Trends

The Eagles are 17-8 straight up in their last 25 games overall
Philadelphia is 10-3-1 against the spread in their last 14 games against Atlanta
The game total has gone under in 5 of Philly’s last 6 road games against Atlanta.
The Falcons are 2-4 against the spread in their last 6 home games.
Atlanta is 4-2 straight up in their 6 games at home against Philadelphia.

Injury Report

PHILADELPHIA
Zach Ertz TE Questionable Week 1 (groin)
Marcus Smith LB Questionable Week 1 (hamstring)

ATLANTA
Devin Hester WR Out Week 1 (toe)
Brooks Reed LB Out Week 1 (groin)
Joplo Bartu LB Probable Week 1 (quadricep)
Devonta Freeman RB Probable Week 1 (hamstring)
Jake Matthews T Probable Week 1 (back)
Robenson Therezie Probable Week 1 (groin)
Roddy White WR Probable Week 1 (elbow)

Consensus Pick (ATS)
Philadelphia: 70%
Atlanta: 30%

Free NFL Pick

The Eagles had a big advantage with their QB rotation of three NFL starters facing a lot of 2nd and 3rd string defenses. They have a new QB who has barely played in two years and a backfield of running backs who like QB Bradford are playing in a new system. The Falcons have an above average offense but we believe that the Eagles defense is underrated and Atlanta won’t be marching up and down field at will. We think that both teams can score in the twenties, but in the end we think that the total fall short of the inflated line.

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