Great post Chris, Detroit M/L is my 1st bet of the week and most of the reasons are the same. Statistically Philly are the better team and certainly with less injuries but I think the Lions are catching them at the right time. The Lions are not only on an upward curve but the team and coaches are all buying into the energy, especially after another gritty performance Sunday. Goff must draw loads of confidence from this game and the level of play far exceeds that of a 0-7 team. They lost another CB Sunday and Ragnow is gone for the year, being paper thin now in nearly all positions there’s a good chance of a collapse further down the line but that's for another week.
The Eagles appear to be going the other way with plenty of under performing players and indecision by the coaches, it seems the problem is worse on the defensive side where the DC is close to losing the players. Their 2 wins have come against lowly Atlanta and Carolina, last week they played a sad game against what I consider an overrated team which is an accident waiting to happen. It looks like they lost Sanders this week which is a blow as he’s been playing reasonably well while according to Philly fans Hurts is completely off his game at the moment.
As I said earlier, there’s very little in any stats I use so just a heavy lean that the Detroit facility will be a lot more enthusiastic making plans than the Eagles facility. Of course it is the Lions and I don't see the point of playing the spread, I just hope my comment a few weeks back ( never bet the Lions no matter) doesn’t come back to bite me.
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