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NFL Picks New Orleans Saints vs. Philadelphia Eagles Vegas Odds: In what could be considered the NFL game of the week the New Orleans Saints will travel to the Northeast to face the Philadelphia Eagles at 1 PM ET. Both of these teams came storming out of the gate with blowout wins but the Eagles came away nicked up with star QB Donovan McNabb going down with a rib injury. With McNabb out the NFL betting action has been pouring in on the Saints who started as +3 underdogs but are now -1 chalk.  The NFL Picks New Orleans Saints vs Philadelphia Eagles Vegas Odds give the Saints a 52% chance of winning.

Philadelphia Eagles Offense vs. New Orleans Saints Defense: With Donovan McNabb out with a rib injury the offense will be led by QB Kevin Kolb in his first career start. The 32-year old Kevin Kolb has starter’s ability and has been viewed as McNabb’s heir apparent for years and now he gets his chance to show what he’s got. Kevin Kolb’s wideouts hold a small advantage over the Saints DB’s but the Saints defense should be able to create pressure with their exotic blitz packages. The Eagles will use RB’s Brian Westbrook and rookie LeSean McCoy more in this game to take pressure of Kevin Kolb. The Saints run-defense has gotten better but Westbrook and McCoy are big-play backs that will hold the edge. The NFL Picks New Orleans Saints vs Philadelphia Eagles Vegas Odds have the OVER\UNDER at 46.0 points on the NFL Vegas line.

New Orleans Saints Offense vs. Philadelphia Eagles Defense: This should be a titanic match-up between the NFL’s best offense and one of the best defenses in the NFL. Drew Brees is playing better than any QB in the NFL right now and he has 6 viable options in the passing game to do damage with. The Eagles have a great pass-rush out of the 34 defense and they will need to try to test inexperienced LT Jermon Bushrod. The Eagles have a top-5 secondary that matches up equally with the Saints wideouts. On the ground the Eagles should hold a slight advantage with their no-name group of tacklers over grinding Saints RB Mike Bell. The NFL Picks New Orleans Saints vs Philadelphia Eagles Vegas Odds has the Saints at +110 on the Vegas line.

Intangibles: The Eagles have one of the best coaching staffs in the NFL. Saints starting TE Jeremy Shockey and CB Tracy Porter could miss this game. Eagles starting WR and KR DeSean Jackson is listed as probable with a groin injury.

NFL Power Rankings: Philadelphia Eagles #3

NFL Power Rankings: New Orleans Saints #9

NFL Power Rankings: Philadelphia Eagles +3.5 point home-field advantage