Eagles at Saints predictions for Week 3 of the NFL season

Eagles at Saints predictions for Week 3 of the NFL season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles (1-1) will travel to New Orleans to face the Saints (2-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Caesars Superdome.

Let’s get to the predictions:

Reuben Frank (0-2)

Derek Carr has played 16 drives this year. The Saints have scored on 15 of them – 10 touchdowns and five field goals. And the one drive they didn’t score they were already up 41-19 on the Cowboys in the fourth quarter. With 47 points vs. the Panthers and 44 vs. the Cowboys, the Saints have scored the 4th-most points in NFL history through two games and 2nd-most since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. That’s what the Eagles are up against Sunday on the fast track at the Superdome, where they’re 1-5 the last 20 years, allowing 29 points per game. The Eagles rank in the bottom six in every significant defensive category, and unless they magically figure out how to stop the run, pressure the quarterback and make routine tackles it’s going to be impossible to slow down Carr, Alvin Kamara, Rashid Shaheed, Chris Olave and Company. Now, I don’t think the Saints will put up 40 on the Eagles. They have a lot more talent than the Panthers and they won’t give up like the Cowboys. But I don’t think – likely still without A.J. Brown – they’ll be able to put up enough points to get out of New Orleans with a win.

Saints 31, Eagles 24

Dave Zangaro (1-1)

If the Eagles were at full strength in this game, I’d probably pick them. The Saints have looked great through two weeks but I’m not just not ready to crown them. The sample size is too small. Despite the temptation to pick the Eagles, not having A.J. Brown and C.J. Gardner-Johnson has swayed me the other way. This is a tough game. The Saints’ offense has looked really good running the football and the Eagles just simply can’t stop the run right now and I don’t have a ton of confidence that they’re suddenly going to figure it out this week….

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Publish date : 2024-09-21 11:00:00

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