Eagles vs Redskins Monday Night Football Week 2

[Assani Fisher]

Big Skins fan here, and I figured that there are enough fans of both teams on this board for its own thread...


Sportsbook has Philly at -7. I think thats a tad high, but I clearly think Philly deserves to be favored.

I think that this game will be decided by one or two big plays, and I think that both offenses are capable of making them.

For the Redskins to win they have to:

Have a big game on the ground from Portis/Betts(probably more Portis)

Win battle of turnovers and big plays

Not get completely torched by McNabb/Westbrook(limit them to 250 and 100 yards)


I also think its possible that Philly totally outplays the Skins and Philly still loses by a bunch of "flukes." These past few seasons, Philly constantly seems to be on the bad end of the "we outplayed them and still lost" scenario. After a while, it becomes an expectation and not a fluke imo. Theres a reason why teams like Chicago, Pittsburgh, New England, etc. constantly win "lucky" games, while teams like Philly and Indy(before last year of course) constantly seem to lose them. And while the Redskins certainly aren't in that top tier, I'd say that they're above average in this regard.


Do Philly fans view this as a must win game? Dallas is at Miami and the Giants are at home vs GB...both should be favored. So if they lose then it could be:

Wash 2-0
Dal 2-0
NYG 1-1
Phil 0-2



Also any Vegas 2+2ers want to meet up somewhere for the game? Me and Robert(miami32) will definitely be out at some bar watching it.