The Philadelphia Eagles were a solid 9-8 last yea 'and a Wild-Card team in the first season under Coach Nick Sirianni and with Jalen Hurts as the full-time quarterback. It usually takes at least 13 victories to lead the NFL in wins — as was the case last year in the league's first 17-game season — and many bettors at Caesars Sportsbook apparently think Philly can get there even though the team is a +2500 longer shot to lead the league in victories. Tampa B ay and Buffalo have the shortest odds at +250 apiece.
Here's a sentence I didn't expect to type: The Eagles have not only taken more action than any team to lead the NFL in wins, but more than every other NFC team . That's interesting, considering the jury is still out on Hurts, although Philly did get him an excellent receiver by trading for Tennessee's AJ Brown at the draft.
The dual-threat Hurts has seen his MVP odds drop from +4000 to +3000 recently. He's ninth in both tickets (3.5%) and handle (3.4%) at Caesars – one Indiana bettor put down $1,000 on Hurts to win at +4000 for a potential win of $40,000. Brown is +2500 to lead the NFL in receiving TDs after only logging five last year (granted he only in 13 games with a run-first Titans team; Brown had 11 TDs in 2020) and has received the third-most money on that prop.
Caesars opened the Eagles at over/under nine wins but that has been bet up to 9.5, with the Over a -140 favorite. The O ver has taken 88.6% of the tickets and 90.7% of the handle, and Philadelphia is one of six teams whose win total Over has collected at least 90.0% of the handle put down on the team.