{"id":18492,"date":"2021-08-18T02:16:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T02:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=18492"},"modified":"2021-08-18T02:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T02:17:00","slug":"thursday-night-preseason-nfl-new-england-patriots-at-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/thursday-night-preseason-nfl-new-england-patriots-at-philadelphia-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"THURSDAY NIGHT PRESEASON NFL: NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a rough first full week of the preseason for yours truly. After feeling full of myself for nailing the Hall of Fame game I got cocky. Felt like I had these scrub games filled with practice squad players, future Subway sandwich artists and guys that will be rotating your tires at Pep Boys in two weeks figured out. I did not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can argue that these games are not important and you\u2019re right\u2026 unless you\u2019ve got money on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out that the teams that were good in the regular season last year were pretty good in the first week of preseason too. And maybe the squads that are seriously competing for a Super Bowl have developed some solid depth. Who knew?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At any rate, I\u2019ve got two more weeks to figure this out before I toss it all out the window for the NFL regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (+1.5, O\/U 38.5)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadcast:<\/strong> NFL Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kickoff:<\/strong> Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW ENGLAND<\/strong> PATRIOTS (1-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mac Jones didn\u2019t look like complete garbage last week in New England\u2019s 22-13 win over the Washington Football Team, going 13 of 19 for 87 yards, no touchdowns and no picks and Twitter did what it does \u2014 overreact. Regardless of what anyone tweets, spits into their fuzzy mic on talk radio or types into an article, Jones isn\u2019t winning this job over Cam Newton. That\u2019s not to say he won\u2019t get it later in the year if the season goes down the tubes, but I don\u2019t see that happening either. What Jones can do, possibly, is win you some preseason money as he will probably once again play the lion\u2019s share of snaps in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> EAGLES (0-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While both Jones and Newton looked fine for the Pats last week, the Eagles can\u2019t say the same about their starting QB, Jalen Hurts. Hurts finished 3 of 7 in a 24-16 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and while he didn\u2019t play a lot, you\u2019d like to see a little more than that with him on the field. That\u2019s why I expect he\u2019ll get at least a quarter Thursday night before head coach Nick Sirianni tosses the keys to Joe Flacco and Nick Mullins. You know what you have in Flacco. You even know pretty much everything you need to know about Mullins. What you want to see is Hurts make some good decisions and plays before giving him the hook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not ready to jump anywhere near the Mac Jones bandwagon just yet, but I have no complaints about what I saw last week. Even with Hurts playing more and Flacco taking over, I like New England here on the road with a team that, even with its reserves, looks better than last year\u2019s squad. Patriots 20, Eagles 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight up: 6-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the spread: 5-11<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preseason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight up: 7-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the spread: 6-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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