NFL Football Spread – Philadelphia Eagles vs New York Jets

The Philadelphia Eagles take on the New York Jets on Thursday night in the final preseason and both teams have a couple of storylines that the media and sports fans will be watching intently as the season progresses.

The NFL odds have set the football spread favoring the Philadelphia Eagles by -1½ point over the New York Jets. The game total is set at 34 points.

NFL Football Spread and Total
September 2, 2010

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New York Jets +1½ -110
Philadelphia Eagles -1½ -110

Game Total 34

Location: Lincoln Financial Field
Game Time: 7:30pm

The Philadelphia Eagles will start Michael Vick against the New York Jets and based on the play of projected starter Kevin Kolb in the first three preseason games, a good game by Vick could have the Philadelphia faithful calling for Kevin Kolb to take the bench when the season begins.

Kevin Kolb has a 63.7 passer rating and is without a touchdown on the preseason. It’s not a good sign for the Eagles supposed quarterback of the future. Against the Chiefs, Kolb threw just 103 yards and an interception. The Eagles offensive line let Kolb take four sacks.

Michael Vick hasn’t been much better than Kolb in limited preseason action; he’s thrown 133 yards and has a quarterback rating of 33.7. Despite the poor play, Vick gives people hope that he’ll recapture the brilliance he had before going to prison. All those Eagles fans that were calling for the end of the McNabb era for the past X number of years could be wishing they had Donovan McNabb back.

Rookie Mike Kafka will play the second half for the Eagles.

The Jets are still without their best defensive player, as Derrelle Revis is still looking for a bigger contract and with the regular season only 13 days away, fans are getting nervous. Revis effectively shut down opponents passing last season and while the Jets brought in Antonio Cromartie to be the second corner, Cromartie hasn’t given the Jets what they need as the number one.

To compound the problem for the Jets defense is that they lost linebacker Calvin Pace with a broken foot this week. Pace is a big hole to fill as he led the Jets last season with eight sacks, despite missing the first four games of 2009 for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Even without Pace and Revis, the Jets defense should be good enough to shut down the Eagles offense. The Eagles first team offense has been lackluster and even though the second team has won two games for the Eagles this preseason, it won’t be enough to beat the Jets, let alone coving the football spread.

NFL Preseason Betting Pick: New York Jets +1½