Week four of the NFL season is upon us already and it kicks off at Lambeau Field where the unbeaten Green Bay Packers look to continue their fine start to the season when they take on Philadelphia Eagles in a battle between two big NFC sides on Thursday night.
Green Bay have opened up their campaign with three solid wins whereas the Eagles have stuttered out of the starting gate with a 1-2 record. You sense if they lose this match they will be fighting hard to maintain competitiveness in their season even this early in the piece.
Green Bay Packers
It has been a near perfect start to the season for the Green Bay Packers and what has made it even more acceptable is the fact that their offense hasn’t really got firing just yet. That will give them plenty of confidence because when you have a quarterback the quality of Aaron Rodgers the offense isn’t going to stay quiet for too long. As he gets his better weapons back there should be a natural improvement for the Packers.
The huge thing for the Lambeau Field outfit has been the quality of their defence, which was their weakness last season. They have looked strong up front and solid enough in the back field under defensive co-ordinator Mike Pettine. A young unit is getting stuck in and to date they have only surrendered 35 points in their three matches. If they can get their offense playing at the expected level the Packers will be looking very ominous.
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Philadelphia Eagles
It has not been the start to the season that the Philadelphia Eagles would have desired. It looked like it wouldn’t be too bad when they came from behind to see off the Washington Redskins in the opening week of the campaign but we now know that was merely papering over the cracks. Injuries have not helped their cause but even with them some of their play has been sloppy and that has to improve pretty quickly.
They are expected to have Alshon Jeffrey back for this match which should be something of a boost to their chances but they will still need Carson Wentz to up his game if they are going to get back to being competitive. We know that the Eagles have come from a struggling start in the past but recovering from 1-3 were they to lose this one would take some recovering. The Eagles defence needs to make sure they keep the Packers offense quiet to have any chance here you would think.
Betting
Both these sides are flattering to deceive or struggling on the offensive side of the ball and as a result of that I’ve got to think that a point line of 47.5 is a bit too high. There have been no signs that this Green Bay defence is suddenly going to fall apart and although Philadelphia will have Alshon Jeffrey back they need to convince me that they are playing well again before I put faith in them.
The Eagles should have enough about them to keep Green Bay relatively quiet with the ball, especially if Devante Adams fails to discover his mojo while this Packers defence is looking very strong. Even a mild scoring match like 27-20 wouldn’t cover this line and I don’t see this one being any higher scoring than that. Under for me.
Tips
Back Under 47.5pts for a 4/10 stake at 1.83 with William Hill
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