The Matchup. Edge: None.

This week on ESPN, we’re going to have awful announcers calling the shots instead the great preseason homers like Kevin Reilly, Ron Wolfley and Don Tollefson, inept ESPN guys Emmitt, Herman Edwards, and aloof people like Jay Cutler. Here’s what it would sound like if some of these dudes (and some special guests) were calling this game:

Reilly: Welcome to the city of Green Gay, home of the Green Gay Fudge Packers and tonight, my Philadelphia Eagles, the greatest team in the history of humanity, and also the history of the entire universe, and also every universe that has ever existed, will defeat the Fudge Packers. But as much as I’d like to finally broadcast a game with my Philadelphia Eagles, I can’t do it live because I’m currently joining you via Zoom from jail. I’ve been holding in my pee for almost 24 hours now because I’m afraid to use the John with my cellmate watching me!

Emmitt: Thanks, John. I do not knowed that you in prism right now. My uncle Frederick Smith IV the III Esq. Dr. the VIII Smith spended five year in prism. When he comed out free, he telleded me, “Earl, you has to try to avoid prism at all costs. Because if you in the shower in prism and you drop a soap, you gonna get violationed.” I does not knowed what he meaned, but I can only guessed that they take your soap away for good and you smell bad for the rest of your times in prism.

Reilly: Emmitt, my first shower is tomorrow, and I already fear what could happen. I heard such things as well, but I can only guess what they might do. Do you think they’ll find my Nick Foles bobblehead dolls and snap their heads off? That would be a big violation for me.

Tollefson: Reilly, you fool, they’re going to stick their kielbasas in your backside in the shower if you drop your soap, to quote the famous Matt Millen. I like to play a similar game with my female slaves. I send them out naked in the woods, and I hunt them down with my dogs, and if I don’t catch them, they get to survive and cook and clean for me until the next hunt. If I catch them? Well, let’s just say that their services won’t be needed anymore. Everyone has a good time with it. If the girls don’t laugh and smile when we do the hunt, I make sure they do. By the way, what are you in prison for? Did you get into trouble for threatening the lives of the Cowboys players last week?

Reilly: I got into trouble for saying that trans fans don’t exist when I said that it was impossible for a Giants fan to become an Eagles fan, no matter how many new jerseys and bobbleheads they get. It’s BS, and I’m not admitting that I was wrong! New Daddy will bail me out of jail though, right New Daddy?

Jay Cutler: Eh. Nah.

Reilly: New Daddy! Please! I love you so much! Maybe Clarissa Thompkins can talk New Daddy into it because they both like to stare at walls and watch paint dry.

Charissa Thompson: Thanks, Jack. I have a breaking story for tonight’s game. We’re going to be honoring Kevin Reilly at halftime tonight as a result of his backside being violated by kielabsas in the shower. Back to you, John!

Reilly: WHAT!? THE ONLY BACKSIDE THAT WILL BE VIOLATED IS YOURS, AND ANYONE WHO OPPOSES MY PHILADELPHIA EAGLES! I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I’M ANGRY!

Mina Kimes: Wow, this is a very toxic work environment. This guy keeps yelling on his Zoom call, and no one is giving me major congratulations on my NFL offseason prediction that Geno Smith would be a top-one quarterback, and that Sam Darnold would be a worse replacement for him in Seattle. I also said you beat quarters coverage by going over the top. Now, I’m going to make another prediction. I predict that one of the men on this panel will get credit for my bold predictions because no one respects Asian female NFL analysts. Which one of you is going to take credit with my Geno Smith top-one quarterback gem? You’re all probably in on it! If I were a cis white man, they’d be enshrining me in the NFL Hall of Fame already for my great takes!

Reilly: What is this crazy lady squawking about? I’m trying to see if my cellmate is asleep so I can finally do a pee-pee.

Sarah Spain: EX-CA-USE ME! DID YOU SAY SQUAWKING!? EX-CA-USE ME!? DON’T YOU REALIZE YOU’RE TALKING TO THE MINA KIMES!? SHE GIVES THE AUDIENCE SO MANY GREAT FOOTBALL TAKES THAT NOT ONLY WILL SHE BE ENSHRINED IN THE HALL OF FAME, THEY WILL RENAME THE HALL OF FAME THE MINA KIMES HALL OF FAME. BUT THEY WON’T DO IT BECAUSE SHE’S FEMALE AND ASIAN, SO SHE’S REALLY OPPRESSED, AND NO THANKS TO YOU BOZOS ON THIS CHANNEL!

Reilly: Ugh, more squawking. You guys sound like Mother when I don’t complete my homeschool homework because I was too busy playing with my Nick Foles bobblehead dolls. Anyway, it looks like I can finally use the toilet now.

Charles Davis: Kevin, it sounds like you’re talking about things you can do on the toilet, Kevin. Let’s start with simple urination, Kevin. That is called a No. 1, Kevin. That’s something you’ll never be, Kevin, is No. 1, Kevin. How about making a poop, Kevin. Now, there’s all sorts of poop, Kevin. There’s hard poops, Kevin. There’s wet poops, Kevin. And then there are Kevin poops, Kevin, which is redundant, Kevin.

Reilly: Oh, yeah!? Well, what about a Charles Davis poop, Charles Davis!? How would you like it if I hurt your feelings like you hurt mine all the time, you Charles Davis poop!? We’ll be back right after this!

GREEN BAY OFFENSE: It’s unclear exactly why the Packers were so sloppy against the Panthers. Were they flat off a win on national TV versus their former quarterback? Were they looking ahead to this game? Were they hung over from celebrating “No Cookie” Jordan Love’s birthday? Perhaps it was a mix of the three because the Packers shot themselves in the foot offensively on numerous occasions last week, resulting in a shocking loss to the Panthers.

I’d say the Packers could rebound, but there will be two things preventing that from happening. The first is that the Packers suffered a number of injuries to their skill players. Tucker Kraft is out for the year with a torn ACL, while Christian Watson and Matthew Golden both got banged up. We’ve seen how much worse Love plays without Watson, but we haven’t seen him without both Watson and Kraft.

The second thing preventing a Green Bay resurgence is Philadelphia’s defense. The Eagles added a trio of new players ever since they took the field previously, including Jaelan Phillips, who will strengthen the pass rush. There are some holes on Green Bay’s front to exploit. Furthermore, the Eagles are stout against the run, ranking fifth against it. Josh Jacobs won’t find much running room.

PHILADELPHIA OFFENSE: Speaking of the running game, the Eagles surprisingly have not rushed the ball all that well this year. Saquon Barkley ranks second-to-last in yards prior to contact, thanks to some sketchy blocking by an underachieving offensive line.

There’s some cause for optimism, however. The Eagles blocked extremely well against the Giants prior to the bye, as Barkley dashed for a 65-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage. Was this a fluke performance, or a sign of things to come? We’ll see, but it helps that the Packers are just 19th against the run.

If Barkley can get going, that’ll only help Jalen Hurts even more. Hurts has been on fire lately, and he should stay hot in this matchup. The Packers have some liabilities at cornerback that Hurts’ two dynamic receivers can exploit. Green Bay is effective at generating pressure on the quarterback, but Hurts’ pass protection has been very good.

RECAP: Which Packer team will we see? The one that dismantled the Steelers on national TV, or the one that keeps losing or tying mediocre or worse opponents? If Kraft and some of the receivers hadn’t suffered injuries, I suspect that I would have predicted Green Bay to bounce back off its embarrassing loss. However, Love’s weapons aren’t healthy, and he really needed them to be against Philadelphia’s top-10 defense.

While the Packers lost personnel, the Eagles added three defenders via trade. I suspect that Phillips, at the very least, could elevate the Eagles’ 10th-ranked standing upward to the top five. If so, the Eagles will be able to limit what the Packers do offensively. Meanwhile, Green Bay’s suspect defense figures to struggle against Philadelphia’s offense.

Though we lost some line value – the Eagles were three-point favorites on the advance line – I still like Philadelphia to cover this number and win outright. I don’t know if I’ll bet the game – the injury report may dictate the unit count – but I like the Eagles to thwart Green Bay’s attempt to avenge its most recent playoff loss.

THURSDAY THOUGHTS: No injury report has been published yet, so we’ll have to wait and see which injured Packer receivers are practicing.

SATURDAY NOTES: Cam Jurgens doesn’t look likely to play, but the Eagles run blocked well without him prior to the bye. As far as the Green Bay injured receivers, Christian Watson has been limited twice, while Matthew Golden was downgraded to DNP on Friday. Also, cornerback Nate Hobbs may not play, which makes DeVonta Smith’s matchup easier.

SUNDAY MORNING NOTES: The Eagles will have A.J. Brown available. The sharps continue to back them.

The Motivation. Edge: None.

No edge found.

The Spread. Edge: None.

WalterFootball.com Calculated Spread: Packers -1.

Westgate Advance Point Spread: Packers -3.

Computer Model: Packers -3.

The Vegas. Edge: None.

Plenty of action on the Eagles.

Percentage of money on Philadelphia: 88% (55,000 bets)

The Trends. Edge: None.

Eagles are 41-28 ATS as road underdogs since 2005.

Matt LaFleur is 61-46 ATS in the regular season.

Opening Line: Packers -3.

Opening Total: 44.5.

Weather: Slight chance of snow, 27 degrees. Light wind.

The Matchup. Edge: None.

This week on ESPN, we’re going to have awful announcers calling the shots instead the great preseason homers like Kevin Reilly, Ron Wolfley and Don Tollefson, inept ESPN guys Emmitt, Herman Edwards, and aloof people like Jay Cutler. Here’s what it would sound like if some of these dudes (and some special guests) were calling this game:

Reilly: Welcome to the city of Green Gay, home of the Green Gay Fudge Packers and tonight, my Philadelphia Eagles, the greatest team in the history of humanity, and also the history of the entire universe, and also every universe that has ever existed, will defeat the Fudge Packers. But as much as I’d like to finally broadcast a game with my Philadelphia Eagles, I can’t do it live because I’m currently joining you via Zoom from jail. I’ve been holding in my pee for almost 24 hours now because I’m afraid to use the John with my cellmate watching me!

Emmitt: Thanks, John. I do not knowed that you in prism right now. My uncle Frederick Smith IV the III Esq. Dr. the VIII Smith spended five year in prism. When he comed out free, he telleded me, “Earl, you has to try to avoid prism at all costs. Because if you in the shower in prism and you drop a soap, you gonna get violationed.” I does not knowed what he meaned, but I can only guessed that they take your soap away for good and you smell bad for the rest of your times in prism.

Reilly: Emmitt, my first shower is tomorrow, and I already fear what could happen. I heard such things as well, but I can only guess what they might do. Do you think they’ll find my Nick Foles bobblehead dolls and snap their heads off? That would be a big violation for me.

Tollefson: Reilly, you fool, they’re going to stick their kielbasas in your backside in the shower if you drop your soap, to quote the famous Matt Millen. I like to play a similar game with my female slaves. I send them out naked in the woods, and I hunt them down with my dogs, and if I don’t catch them, they get to survive and cook and clean for me until the next hunt. If I catch them? Well, let’s just say that their services won’t be needed anymore. Everyone has a good time with it. If the girls don’t laugh and smile when we do the hunt, I make sure they do. By the way, what are you in prison for? Did you get into trouble for threatening the lives of the Cowboys players last week?

Reilly: I got into trouble for saying that trans fans don’t exist when I said that it was impossible for a Giants fan to become an Eagles fan, no matter how many new jerseys and bobbleheads they get. It’s BS, and I’m not admitting that I was wrong! New Daddy will bail me out of jail though, right New Daddy?

Jay Cutler: Eh. Nah.

Reilly: New Daddy! Please! I love you so much! Maybe Clarissa Thompkins can talk New Daddy into it because they both like to stare at walls and watch paint dry.

Charissa Thompson: Thanks, Jack. I have a breaking story for tonight’s game. We’re going to be honoring Kevin Reilly at halftime tonight as a result of his backside being violated by kielabsas in the shower. Back to you, John!

Reilly: WHAT!? THE ONLY BACKSIDE THAT WILL BE VIOLATED IS YOURS, AND ANYONE WHO OPPOSES MY PHILADELPHIA EAGLES! I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I’M ANGRY!

Mina Kimes: Wow, this is a very toxic work environment. This guy keeps yelling on his Zoom call, and no one is giving me major congratulations on my NFL offseason prediction that Geno Smith would be a top-one quarterback, and that Sam Darnold would be a worse replacement for him in Seattle. I also said you beat quarters coverage by going over the top. Now, I’m going to make another prediction. I predict that one of the men on this panel will get credit for my bold predictions because no one respects Asian female NFL analysts. Which one of you is going to take credit with my Geno Smith top-one quarterback gem? You’re all probably in on it! If I were a cis white man, they’d be enshrining me in the NFL Hall of Fame already for my great takes!

Reilly: What is this crazy lady squawking about? I’m trying to see if my cellmate is asleep so I can finally do a pee-pee.

Sarah Spain: EX-CA-USE ME! DID YOU SAY SQUAWKING!? EX-CA-USE ME!? DON’T YOU REALIZE YOU’RE TALKING TO THE MINA KIMES!? SHE GIVES THE AUDIENCE SO MANY GREAT FOOTBALL TAKES THAT NOT ONLY WILL SHE BE ENSHRINED IN THE HALL OF FAME, THEY WILL RENAME THE HALL OF FAME THE MINA KIMES HALL OF FAME. BUT THEY WON’T DO IT BECAUSE SHE’S FEMALE AND ASIAN, SO SHE’S REALLY OPPRESSED, AND NO THANKS TO YOU BOZOS ON THIS CHANNEL!

Reilly: Ugh, more squawking. You guys sound like Mother when I don’t complete my homeschool homework because I was too busy playing with my Nick Foles bobblehead dolls. Anyway, it looks like I can finally use the toilet now.

Charles Davis: Kevin, it sounds like you’re talking about things you can do on the toilet, Kevin. Let’s start with simple urination, Kevin. That is called a No. 1, Kevin. That’s something you’ll never be, Kevin, is No. 1, Kevin. How about making a poop, Kevin. Now, there’s all sorts of poop, Kevin. There’s hard poops, Kevin. There’s wet poops, Kevin. And then there are Kevin poops, Kevin, which is redundant, Kevin.

Reilly: Oh, yeah!? Well, what about a Charles Davis poop, Charles Davis!? How would you like it if I hurt your feelings like you hurt mine all the time, you Charles Davis poop!? We’ll be back right after this!

GREEN BAY OFFENSE: It’s unclear exactly why the Packers were so sloppy against the Panthers. Were they flat off a win on national TV versus their former quarterback? Were they looking ahead to this game? Were they hung over from celebrating “No Cookie” Jordan Love’s birthday? Perhaps it was a mix of the three because the Packers shot themselves in the foot offensively on numerous occasions last week, resulting in a shocking loss to the Panthers.

I’d say the Packers could rebound, but there will be two things preventing that from happening. The first is that the Packers suffered a number of injuries to their skill players. Tucker Kraft is out for the year with a torn ACL, while Christian Watson and Matthew Golden both got banged up. We’ve seen how much worse Love plays without Watson, but we haven’t seen him without both Watson and Kraft.

The second thing preventing a Green Bay resurgence is Philadelphia’s defense. The Eagles added a trio of new players ever since they took the field previously, including Jaelan Phillips, who will strengthen the pass rush. There are some holes on Green Bay’s front to exploit. Furthermore, the Eagles are stout against the run, ranking fifth against it. Josh Jacobs won’t find much running room.

PHILADELPHIA OFFENSE: Speaking of the running game, the Eagles surprisingly have not rushed the ball all that well this year. Saquon Barkley ranks second-to-last in yards prior to contact, thanks to some sketchy blocking by an underachieving offensive line.

There’s some cause for optimism, however. The Eagles blocked extremely well against the Giants prior to the bye, as Barkley dashed for a 65-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage. Was this a fluke performance, or a sign of things to come? We’ll see, but it helps that the Packers are just 19th against the run.

If Barkley can get going, that’ll only help Jalen Hurts even more. Hurts has been on fire lately, and he should stay hot in this matchup. The Packers have some liabilities at cornerback that Hurts’ two dynamic receivers can exploit. Green Bay is effective at generating pressure on the quarterback, but Hurts’ pass protection has been very good.

RECAP: Which Packer team will we see? The one that dismantled the Steelers on national TV, or the one that keeps losing or tying mediocre or worse opponents? If Kraft and some of the receivers hadn’t suffered injuries, I suspect that I would have predicted Green Bay to bounce back off its embarrassing loss. However, Love’s weapons aren’t healthy, and he really needed them to be against Philadelphia’s top-10 defense.

While the Packers lost personnel, the Eagles added three defenders via trade. I suspect that Phillips, at the very least, could elevate the Eagles’ 10th-ranked standing upward to the top five. If so, the Eagles will be able to limit what the Packers do offensively. Meanwhile, Green Bay’s suspect defense figures to struggle against Philadelphia’s offense.

Though we lost some line value – the Eagles were three-point favorites on the advance line – I still like Philadelphia to cover this number and win outright. I don’t know if I’ll bet the game – the injury report may dictate the unit count – but I like the Eagles to thwart Green Bay’s attempt to avenge its most recent playoff loss.

THURSDAY THOUGHTS: No injury report has been published yet, so we’ll have to wait and see which injured Packer receivers are practicing.

SATURDAY NOTES: Cam Jurgens doesn’t look likely to play, but the Eagles run blocked well without him prior to the bye. As far as the Green Bay injured receivers, Christian Watson has been limited twice, while Matthew Golden was downgraded to DNP on Friday. Also, cornerback Nate Hobbs may not play, which makes DeVonta Smith’s matchup easier.

SUNDAY MORNING NOTES: The Eagles will have A.J. Brown available. The sharps continue to back them.

The Motivation. Edge: None.

No edge found.

The Spread. Edge: None.

WalterFootball.com Calculated Spread: Packers -1.

Westgate Advance Point Spread: Packers -3.

Computer Model: Packers -3.

The Vegas. Edge: None.

Plenty of action on the Eagles.

Percentage of money on Philadelphia: 88% (55,000 bets)

The Trends. Edge: None.

Eagles are 41-28 ATS as road underdogs since 2005.

Matt LaFleur is 61-46 ATS in the regular season.

Opening Line: Packers -3.

Opening Total: 44.5.

Weather: Slight chance of snow, 27 degrees. Light wind.

The Matchup. Edge: None.

This week on ESPN, we’re going to have awful announcers calling the shots instead the great preseason homers like Kevin Reilly, Ron Wolfley and Don Tollefson, inept ESPN guys Emmitt, Herman Edwards, and aloof people like Jay Cutler. Here’s what it would sound like if some of these dudes (and some special guests) were calling this game:

Reilly: Welcome to the city of Green Gay, home of the Green Gay Fudge Packers and tonight, my Philadelphia Eagles, the greatest team in the history of humanity, and also the history of the entire universe, and also every universe that has ever existed, will defeat the Fudge Packers. But as much as I’d like to finally broadcast a game with my Philadelphia Eagles, I can’t do it live because I’m currently joining you via Zoom from jail. I’ve been holding in my pee for almost 24 hours now because I’m afraid to use the John with my cellmate watching me!

Emmitt: Thanks, John. I do not knowed that you in prism right now. My uncle Frederick Smith IV the III Esq. Dr. the VIII Smith spended five year in prism. When he comed out free, he telleded me, “Earl, you has to try to avoid prism at all costs. Because if you in the shower in prism and you drop a soap, you gonna get violationed.” I does not knowed what he meaned, but I can only guessed that they take your soap away for good and you smell bad for the rest of your times in prism.

Reilly: Emmitt, my first shower is tomorrow, and I already fear what could happen. I heard such things as well, but I can only guess what they might do. Do you think they’ll find my Nick Foles bobblehead dolls and snap their heads off? That would be a big violation for me.

Tollefson: Reilly, you fool, they’re going to stick their kielbasas in your backside in the shower if you drop your soap, to quote the famous Matt Millen. I like to play a similar game with my female slaves. I send them out naked in the woods, and I hunt them down with my dogs, and if I don’t catch them, they get to survive and cook and clean for me until the next hunt. If I catch them? Well, let’s just say that their services won’t be needed anymore. Everyone has a good time with it. If the girls don’t laugh and smile when we do the hunt, I make sure they do. By the way, what are you in prison for? Did you get into trouble for threatening the lives of the Cowboys players last week?

Reilly: I got into trouble for saying that trans fans don’t exist when I said that it was impossible for a Giants fan to become an Eagles fan, no matter how many new jerseys and bobbleheads they get. It’s BS, and I’m not admitting that I was wrong! New Daddy will bail me out of jail though, right New Daddy?

Jay Cutler: Eh. Nah.

Reilly: New Daddy! Please! I love you so much! Maybe Clarissa Thompkins can talk New Daddy into it because they both like to stare at walls and watch paint dry.

Charissa Thompson: Thanks, Jack. I have a breaking story for tonight’s game. We’re going to be honoring Kevin Reilly at halftime tonight as a result of his backside being violated by kielabsas in the shower. Back to you, John!

Reilly: WHAT!? THE ONLY BACKSIDE THAT WILL BE VIOLATED IS YOURS, AND ANYONE WHO OPPOSES MY PHILADELPHIA EAGLES! I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I’M ANGRY!

Mina Kimes: Wow, this is a very toxic work environment. This guy keeps yelling on his Zoom call, and no one is giving me major congratulations on my NFL offseason prediction that Geno Smith would be a top-one quarterback, and that Sam Darnold would be a worse replacement for him in Seattle. I also said you beat quarters coverage by going over the top. Now, I’m going to make another prediction. I predict that one of the men on this panel will get credit for my bold predictions because no one respects Asian female NFL analysts. Which one of you is going to take credit with my Geno Smith top-one quarterback gem? You’re all probably in on it! If I were a cis white man, they’d be enshrining me in the NFL Hall of Fame already for my great takes!

Reilly: What is this crazy lady squawking about? I’m trying to see if my cellmate is asleep so I can finally do a pee-pee.

Sarah Spain: EX-CA-USE ME! DID YOU SAY SQUAWKING!? EX-CA-USE ME!? DON’T YOU REALIZE YOU’RE TALKING TO THE MINA KIMES!? SHE GIVES THE AUDIENCE SO MANY GREAT FOOTBALL TAKES THAT NOT ONLY WILL SHE BE ENSHRINED IN THE HALL OF FAME, THEY WILL RENAME THE HALL OF FAME THE MINA KIMES HALL OF FAME. BUT THEY WON’T DO IT BECAUSE SHE’S FEMALE AND ASIAN, SO SHE’S REALLY OPPRESSED, AND NO THANKS TO YOU BOZOS ON THIS CHANNEL!

Reilly: Ugh, more squawking. You guys sound like Mother when I don’t complete my homeschool homework because I was too busy playing with my Nick Foles bobblehead dolls. Anyway, it looks like I can finally use the toilet now.

Charles Davis: Kevin, it sounds like you’re talking about things you can do on the toilet, Kevin. Let’s start with simple urination, Kevin. That is called a No. 1, Kevin. That’s something you’ll never be, Kevin, is No. 1, Kevin. How about making a poop, Kevin. Now, there’s all sorts of poop, Kevin. There’s hard poops, Kevin. There’s wet poops, Kevin. And then there are Kevin poops, Kevin, which is redundant, Kevin.

Reilly: Oh, yeah!? Well, what about a Charles Davis poop, Charles Davis!? How would you like it if I hurt your feelings like you hurt mine all the time, you Charles Davis poop!? We’ll be back right after this!

GREEN BAY OFFENSE: It’s unclear exactly why the Packers were so sloppy against the Panthers. Were they flat off a win on national TV versus their former quarterback? Were they looking ahead to this game? Were they hung over from celebrating “No Cookie” Jordan Love’s birthday? Perhaps it was a mix of the three because the Packers shot themselves in the foot offensively on numerous occasions last week, resulting in a shocking loss to the Panthers.

I’d say the Packers could rebound, but there will be two things preventing that from happening. The first is that the Packers suffered a number of injuries to their skill players. Tucker Kraft is out for the year with a torn ACL, while Christian Watson and Matthew Golden both got banged up. We’ve seen how much worse Love plays without Watson, but we haven’t seen him without both Watson and Kraft.

The second thing preventing a Green Bay resurgence is Philadelphia’s defense. The Eagles added a trio of new players ever since they took the field previously, including Jaelan Phillips, who will strengthen the pass rush. There are some holes on Green Bay’s front to exploit. Furthermore, the Eagles are stout against the run, ranking fifth against it. Josh Jacobs won’t find much running room.

PHILADELPHIA OFFENSE: Speaking of the running game, the Eagles surprisingly have not rushed the ball all that well this year. Saquon Barkley ranks second-to-last in yards prior to contact, thanks to some sketchy blocking by an underachieving offensive line.

There’s some cause for optimism, however. The Eagles blocked extremely well against the Giants prior to the bye, as Barkley dashed for a 65-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage. Was this a fluke performance, or a sign of things to come? We’ll see, but it helps that the Packers are just 19th against the run.

If Barkley can get going, that’ll only help Jalen Hurts even more. Hurts has been on fire lately, and he should stay hot in this matchup. The Packers have some liabilities at cornerback that Hurts’ two dynamic receivers can exploit. Green Bay is effective at generating pressure on the quarterback, but Hurts’ pass protection has been very good.

RECAP: Which Packer team will we see? The one that dismantled the Steelers on national TV, or the one that keeps losing or tying mediocre or worse opponents? If Kraft and some of the receivers hadn’t suffered injuries, I suspect that I would have predicted Green Bay to bounce back off its embarrassing loss. However, Love’s weapons aren’t healthy, and he really needed them to be against Philadelphia’s top-10 defense.

While the Packers lost personnel, the Eagles added three defenders via trade. I suspect that Phillips, at the very least, could elevate the Eagles’ 10th-ranked standing upward to the top five. If so, the Eagles will be able to limit what the Packers do offensively. Meanwhile, Green Bay’s suspect defense figures to struggle against Philadelphia’s offense.

Though we lost some line value – the Eagles were three-point favorites on the advance line – I still like Philadelphia to cover this number and win outright. I don’t know if I’ll bet the game – the injury report may dictate the unit count – but I like the Eagles to thwart Green Bay’s attempt to avenge its most recent playoff loss.

THURSDAY THOUGHTS: No injury report has been published yet, so we’ll have to wait and see which injured Packer receivers are practicing.

SATURDAY NOTES: Cam Jurgens doesn’t look likely to play, but the Eagles run blocked well without him prior to the bye. As far as the Green Bay injured receivers, Christian Watson has been limited twice, while Matthew Golden was downgraded to DNP on Friday. Also, cornerback Nate Hobbs may not play, which makes DeVonta Smith’s matchup easier.

SUNDAY MORNING NOTES: The Eagles will have A.J. Brown available. The sharps continue to back them.

SAME-GAME PARLAY: We’re going to DraftKings to do our same-game parlay because they have a 20-percent boost listed. We’re going with Jordan Love under 235.5 passing yards, Luke Musgrave under 28.5 receiving yards, and DeVonta Smith over 4.5 receptions. This $25 parlay pays $130.50. You can Get $250 in bonus bets from DraftKings by clicking the link.

FINAL THOUGHTS: The sharps are on the Eagles. I somehow can’t find a +1 or a +1.5 line with favorable vig for us. The best I see is PK -104 at Bookmaker. You can Bet on WalterFootball’s favorite sportsbook, Bookmaker by clicking the link.

The Motivation. Edge: None.

No edge found.

The Spread. Edge: None.

WalterFootball.com Calculated Spread: Packers -1.

Westgate Advance Point Spread: Packers -3.

Computer Model: Packers -3.

The Vegas. Edge: None.

Plenty of action on the Eagles.

Percentage of money on Philadelphia: 77% (242,000 bets)

The Trends. Edge: None.

Eagles are 41-28 ATS as road underdogs since 2005.

Matt LaFleur is 61-46 ATS in the regular season.

Opening Line: Packers -3.

Opening Total: 44.5.

Weather: Slight chance of snow, 27 degrees. Light wind.