Why is Philadelphia favored over Seattle?

[BlueThunder]

I wonder if the odds would be different had the game not been flexed? Seahawks traditionally are much better in prime time games. 10 am is "traditionally" our Achilles heel. Just because we happened to win the first 3 doesn't make it the new trend. I'd give us an advantage if they'd stuck to the schedule as printed before the season started. Although I totally understand the NFL's decision to flex us. NFC #1 against #2 is a no brainer. Still sucks for us though, no matter how you slice it.

 

[Rat]

Just think how the rest of us feel seeing these same tired everyone hates us threads week after week.

Thank you.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

If a 7 AM PST start is a problem--and I think it could be--why aren't they flying out a couple days early? Surely some soccer field in a major metro area would be up for rent for a practice. Philly isn't really a instant party town either, meaning players would probably by themselves recuse to whatever suburban Hyatt they are staying at and watch tape.

 

[RolandDeschain]

It's crazy how many people don't realize that betting lines have nothing to do with who Las Vegas thinks will win, but rather, they set and adjust the lines based on betting to keep betting approximately even between both sides so that no matter who wins and who loses, Las Vegas still makes money. You can literally watch big bets by a single bettor change the lines; Floyd Mayweather's ridiculous bets have done this before, for example.

Did his bet ACTUALLY CHANGE the chances of one team winning over the other, or change peoples' minds about who would win? Of course not.

 

[94Smith]

If a 7 AM PST start is a problem--and I think it could be--why aren't they flying out a couple days early? Surely some soccer field in a major metro area would be up for rent for a practice. Philly isn't really a instant party town either, meaning players would probably by themselves recuse to whatever suburban Hyatt they are staying at and watch tape.

10 AM PST, 1 PM EST

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

If a 7 AM PST start is a problem--and I think it could be--why aren't they flying out a couple days early? Surely some soccer field in a major metro area would be up for rent for a practice. Philly isn't really a instant party town either, meaning players would probably by themselves recuse to whatever suburban Hyatt they are staying at and watch tape.

10 AM PST, 1 PM EST

You're right! Total brain fart there.

 

[Sports Hernia]

If a 7 AM PST start is a problem--and I think it could be--why aren't they flying out a couple days early? Surely some soccer field in a major metro area would be up for rent for a practice. Philly isn't really a instant party town either, meaning players would probably by themselves recuse to whatever suburban Hyatt they are staying at and watch tape.

10 AM PST, 1 PM EST

Correct. Beat me to it.

 

[NINEster]

If a 7 AM PST start is a problem--and I think it could be--why aren't they flying out a couple days early? Surely some soccer field in a major metro area would be up for rent for a practice. Philly isn't really a instant party town either, meaning players would probably by themselves recuse to whatever suburban Hyatt they are staying at and watch tape.

10 AM PST, 1 PM EST

You're right! Total brain fart there.

Did you catch all of those 7 am PST 49er games that 2011 season?

I know you saw every snap. :mrgreen:

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Ha ha! I saw several, but not "every." I was more into the SF Giants tbh.

 

[RiverDog]

Here we have the most unbiased thing in sports, betting odds............that are created by insanely complex algorithms by cold hearted greedy money grubbing casino sportsbooks that only care about one thing and one thing only, being right in order to make the most money possible.

This.

Betting lines are determined by exclusively objective means. All they are is an attempt by bookies to even the risk of what they would have to pay out in the event one team loses or wins and doesn't cover the spread. If Philly has a lot of bat shit crazy people betting on their team no matter who they are playing and no matter what the odds...and they know this from betting trends from previous games...they'll start favoring the Eagles so as to reduce the risk of their losing so many bets. Casual betters that just throw down a bet on their team without regard to the point spread skew any appraisal of which team might be better than the other.

Bookies could care less who wins. If they do their jobs right, they'll end up with 50% of the bets on the Eagles to win and cover the spread and 50% on the Hawks to win or lose by less than the spread. The house takes a fixed percentage, usually 5%, off of all bets. That's where they make their money.

 

[kmeleon]

I took the +6.5 against the niners and won $100.... and I never bet. But I saw that line and said that's a gimme.

I've been thinking about the +2 for the Eagles. Still thinking.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Shoot, I don't care what their record is, they are a good team. Injuries have played a big part in it, and they are getting some guys back. They need this win big time, and will fight us til the end, and they should be favored imo.
I expect a low scoring ugly battle w/the Hawks challenging our hearts, yet again

 

[loafoftatupu]

Philly looks like trouble to me, they are still a dangerous team and a few breaks from being a different team. The Hawks would be lucky to get out of there with a win, especially in that time slot instead of in Prime Time where it is like Russell Time.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Nah, not lucky at all. Game is likely a toss up, but I won't be surprised if we win or vice versa.
Hawks 20-16

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

Even Philadelphia's fan board is surprised by these odds!

A poll was run there. Three of four would take Seattle.

https://www.bleedinggreennation.com/201 ... ball-games

 

[Largent80]

5-0 on the road, perfect in 10:00am starts, definitely an underdog (HA ha)...I'll take that and the points

Not only that but their offense is in disarray.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Hoping to see a similar energy and discipline that we saw from the D in Santa Clara. That was $

 

[Subzero717]

If its so crazy empty the 401k and let it ride!!!!!!

Like ithers have mentioned its not predictiong a winner. Home teams typically get 3 points as a rule of thumb. At 1.5 which is what it was this morning, its badically a push and the money coming in is fairly equal.

 

[AirStrike]

They don’t have receivers so I have no idea how they’re gonna score points. This is an easy game where you hammer the Seahawks. Easy coast bias and a 10am local start time are why the Eagles are favoured.