Will the Washington Redskins cover the spread against the Philadelphia Eagles in week 16?

In an amazing come from behind wrapping up of the regular season, the Washington Redskins have been putting on an impressive show for football fan. They started the season with a 3 and 6 and have won the last 5 games.

This has earned them the 4th seed spot in the wild card round for the NFC. They are tied for first place in the NFC East Division with the Cowboys and the Giants. They would currently win a tiebreaker in their division at this point. A win against their division rivals Eagles and a loss by Dallas and New York and they would clinch the Division Title.

The Eagles and Redskins met during week 11 and the Redskins won that game 31 to 6. That was their first game after a bye week and Washington has not lost a game since then. It is still not known whether quarterback Robert Griffin III will play in the football game on Sunday, since he had recently had a knee injury.

After last week’s game in which quarterback Kirk Cousins gave an impressive display and had a great game I think the Washington Redskins are building a team that will be playoff caliber for years to come. In the game against the Browns Cousins completed 70% and threw for 329 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Washington is in an interesting situation by having two very talented rookie quarterbacks. RG3 has clearly shown his worth this season and if Cousins can turn in another game like he did against the Eagles I see no reason why the Skins can’t win the game against the Eagles.

What is the line and are the Redskins a slam dunk over the Eagles?

I don’t think that Washington should treat the game as a slam dunk. Yes I do think they will win, but a slam dunk it is not. The sports books have this game with Washington winning by 4.5 points. I think the line partially comes from the fact the Eagles quarterback Nick Foles can be explosive and he has had games recently over 250 yards.

To be honest though, even if RG3 does not play and Washington depends solely on Cousins this week, I would set the line a little higher. I will pick the Redskins to win this game by 6 points. And I would be tempted to go even higher if Griffin plays.

One of the places where the Eagles are venerable is their offensive line. As an example in the game against Tampa Bay 2 weeks ago the Buccaneers defense managed to sack Foles 6 times for over 40 yards.

And don’t forget about the running game that Washington has going for them. Although it has been directly affected with the yards that RG3 has gotten this year, rookie running back Alfred Morris is also having a fantastic year and will be looking to add many more yards and carries to his stats this week.

The Washington Redskins truly are preparing the way for a playoff run and will be there in the first round. Whether you want to bet on regular season games, or if you are ready to bet on the playoffs or even make your superbowl picks,m you need a good sportsbook to place your bets safely. Bet Online is that sports bookie just for that.