NFL Week 14 Predictions: Projections for the Early Lines, Spreads and Odds

December 7, 2015   ·   Steve Silverman   ·   Jump to comments

There is a lot of overreacting in the NFL, especially when a team is coming off a particularly good or bad game.
When a team pulls off a big win in unexpected circumstances, it causes handicappers and bettors to take an extra second to think. There's nothing wrong with a little extra thought, but a knee-jerk reaction is never a good thing.
Take the Philadelphia Eagles, who came off back-to-back humiliations at the hands of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Detroit Lions, and walked right into the league's toughest venue and beat the New England Patriots.
It doesn't matter that there were a number of flukish plays, including New England's odd onside kick in the second quarter, a punt block for a touchdown at the end of the second quarter and a punt return for a touchdown in the second half.
The oddsmakers have reacted. The Eagles are 2.5-point home favorites over the Buffalo Bills in Week 14, according to Odds Shark.
From this corner, it seems like the Eagles' wi...

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