2016 Philadelphia Eagles Expert Predictions and Season Win Totals Picks

2016 Philadelphia Eagles Expert Predictions and Season Win Totals Picks

by Robert Ferringo - 8/25/2016

2015 Record: 7-9

2016 Las Vegas Season Win Total: 6.5

2016 Season Win Total Pick: 'Under'

It's a new, old era in Philadelphia this year as former Andy Reid assistant Doug Pederson makes his head coaching debut for in The City of Battery Love. The irony of Pederson's hiring is pretty thick; Eagles fans and management ran uber-successful Andy Reid out of town - the scapegoat of some horrific personnel decisions gone wrong. Now just three years later the Eagles bring in a guy who will try to mimic everything Reid did and to pick up the pieces of the failed Chip Kelly experiment.

In a way, hiring Pederson is like going through a nasty divorce from your wife and then three years later marrying her less-attractive younger sister.

The Eagles roster has some rough spots. But it's not completely devoid of talent. I have felt that Philadelphia's defense has been better than its No. 30 and No. 28 rankings, respectively, the past two seasons. The Eagles D was often hung out to dry by a fast-paced offense that simply couldn't sustain or cash in on enough drives. Injuries, frustration and coaching also contributed to their demise.

New defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz is one of the best in the business. He has ditched Philadelphia's goofy "hybrid" scheme and gone back to a flat 4-3 base. Schwartz has rebuilt the secondary with trusted players from his time in Buffalo, and the switch back to the 4-3 mitigates one of Philadelphia's big weakness (linebackers). As long as the defensive line holds up (depth is an issue), I expect this group to make huge leaps this season.

The offense is a whole other story. I contend that Kelly's scheme failed in Philadelphia mainly because of his atrocious personnel moves. Last year the offense was a very average No. 12 in yardage and No. 13 in scoring with Sam Bradford at the helm. Bradford took all the blame despite the fact that A) he hadn't played since 2013 and was learning a completely foreign system and B) the Eagles had by far the worst receiving corps in the league.

But Philadelphia's receivers are still terrible, and that's a big problem. Jordan Matthews stinks. Josh Huff is practice-squad caliber. Who knows if second-year man Nelson Agholor is any good? And the rest of the options are castoffs or rookies. I expect Bradford - who, ironically, was plagued by a comically bad supporting cast in St. Louis - to struggle again.

The Eagles gave a bunch of games away last year. Part of that was Kelly. Part of that was Bradford. Part of that was just a sloppy, disjointed organization with bad karma. I think the Eagles are going to be better than people expect this season. But their schedule is pretty unrelenting, especially the stretch of four road games in five weeks (three of which are divisional games).

I think Philadelphia will be a strong ATS wager, and they will definitely spring some upsets. But I think seven wins is asking a lot for a team that still has a lot of holes, minimal depth, and a new coaching staff that is making a systemic scheme change.

Eagles Regular Season Schedule (All times Eastern)

1	Sun, Sep 11th, 2016	Cleveland	01:00 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
2	Mon, Sep 19th, 2016	at Chicago	08:30 PM	Soldier Field
3	Sun, Sep 25th, 2016	Pittsburgh	04:25 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
4	Bye
5	Sun, Oct 9th, 2016	at Detroit	01:00 PM	Ford Field
6	Sun, Oct 16th, 2016	at Washington	01:00 PM	FedEx Field
7	Sun, Oct 23rd, 2016	Minnesota	01:00 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
8	Sun, Oct 30th, 2016	at Dallas	08:30 PM	AT&T Stadium
9	Sun, Nov 6th, 2016	at Ny_Giants	01:00 PM	MetLife Stadium
10	Sun, Nov 13th, 2016	Atlanta	01:00 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
11	Sun, Nov 20th, 2016	at Seattle	04:25 PM	CenturyLink Field
12	Mon, Nov 28th, 2016	Green_Bay	08:30 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
13	Sun, Dec 4th, 2016	at Cincinnati	01:00 PM	Paul Brown Stadium
14	Sun, Dec 11th, 2016	Washington	01:00 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
15	Sun, Dec 18th, 2016	at Baltimore	01:00 PM	M&T Bank Stadium
16	Thu, Dec 22nd, 2016	Ny_Giants	08:25 PM	Lincoln Financial Field
17	Sun, Jan 1st, 2017	Dallas	01:00 PM	Lincoln Financial Field

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Pick:	CHICAGO BEARS +3
Start:	November 24, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
Expert:	Doc's Sports

Analysis:

Free Play from Doc’s Sports. Take #256 Chicago Bears +3 over Minnesota Vikings (1p.m., Sunday, November 24 FOX) We used the Bears as a free play winner last Sunday and easily covered the spread and should have been an underdog outright winner. Now we will ride them for a second straight week against another NFC North rival, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings are 8-2 on the season, yet are only around a field goal favorite. I still do not trust Sam Donald to win consistently over the course of a 17 game regular season. Minnesota is not as good as their 8-2 record would indicate and playing outdoors in Chicago on Sunday will cause issues for them on both sides of the ball. Chicago has been hit or miss this season, but they will be up to play another divisional rival and we expect them to take this down to the wire as well. Do not miss out on Doc’s Sports Weekend Card featuring top plays in college and NFL football. Read More Read Less

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