#454 ASA PLAY ON Philadelphia Eagles -1.5 -120 over Green Bay Packers, Friday at 8:20 PM ET – Game being played in Brazil - We think the Eagles will have a huge chip on their shoulders entering this season after losing 6 of their last 7 games a year ago including an embarrassing 32-9 loss in the playoffs to Tampa Bay. The fact is, they were very banged up down the stretch, including QB Hurts who was nowhere near 100% in the 2nd half of the season. They also upgraded big time at both coordinator positions which will help dramatically in 2024. Kellen Moore will call the offensive plays after successful stints at Dallas and LA Chargers where his teams averaged 26 points in his 5 years as coordinator. Vic Fangio, one of the top defensive minds in the NFL, will handle the stop unit. The Eagles fell off a cliff last year after finishing #1 in total defense in 2022 they dropped to 26th last season and we expect a big improvement under Fangio. The Packers are a bit overvalued in our opinion. Let’s not forget this team was just 9-8 last season, squeaked into the playoffs at a 7 seed after beating Carolina, Minnesota (with Nick Mullens at QB), and then Chicago to close out the season. Their win over Dallas in the playoffs was impressive but how good is this team? Their defense needs to take a huge step forward under new DC Hafley (HC at Boston College last year) after finishing 22nd in total defense each of the last 2 seasons. The favorite has been money in the bank in NFL International Games with a SU record of 33-10-1 and a spread record of 29-15 (66%). We’ll call for Philly to win this one by a FG or more.