Mad Bets: Will the Seahawks cover -5 vs. Eagles?
Matt Gothard & Jared Quay are joined by comedian Sean Green give their picks for the Seahawks-Eagles game on Monday Night.
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MATT GOTHARD: Welcome back to Mad Bets, everybody. We are talking Monday Night Football where the Seattle Seahawks are playing the Philadelphia Eagles. Seahawks are 5-point favorites, and we are joined by Sean Green, co-host of the "Sports Gambling Podcast" and stand-up comic and, he doesn't really want to admit it probably, but is a diehard Eagles fan. So we had to have him on the show for this one.
Sean, how's it going? You like the Eagles in this one?
SEAN GREEN: You used the term diehard right, because it's been a hard, long death. This team will just not get out of first place. They most likely will be out of first place when the game takes place Monday. But last week, I finally picked the Browns against the Eagles, laid the points, and it worked out. Because you can't take this Eagles team at all. The offense is just so horrible. The defense comes in and out as far as, like, playing a decent game.
But right now, the Eagles, 30th in passing DVOA, and you're supposed to take them against Russell Wilson? The whole phrase for Russell Wilson this season has been, let Russ cook. Maybe it was the fan of me, but I'm like, you know, Carson Wentz, outside shot of the Hall of Fame to now, I don't even want him starting. Put in Jalen Hurts, blow the whole thing up. It's just-- they're in a bad spot right now.
MATT GOTHARD: Yeah, I have a soft spot for the Eagles after they won me quite a bit of money upsetting Nick Mullens and the Niners.
SEAN GREEN: Oh, yeah.
MATT GOTHARD: But it seems to be a little bit on the downhill from there. Jared, is there any hope for the birds in this one?
JARED QUAY: You know what? I actually like them. I mean, this is a crazy line. Think about it, you got a West Coast team traveling to the East Coast on a primetime spot as a 5-point favorite. I think the Eagles could lose by 3. And on top of that, the Seahawks defense is not. Like, Carson Wentz is getting sacked. When he's under pressure, he's terrible. But who's the leading sack getter on the Seahawks? Jamal Adams.
Come on, man. I just think that this game is going to be a lot closer than you think.
SEAN GREEN: And Jared brings up a good point. Jamal Adams, [INAUDIBLE] the leading pass rusher for the Seahawks. I'd see a strip sack coming on Carson Wentz's blindside. Like, they just don't know how to pick up a blitz. Jared kind of summed up the entire season with his optimistic look of the Eagles can lose by 3, and that probably is the best-case scenario. I'll be rooting for the Eagles. I'll be crying when they get their ass kicked. But you gotta lay the points here with Seattle.
MATT GOTHARD: I don't even know if you have to lay the points. Because to be honest, I know I'll get roasted for saying this, but minus 250 on the money line is a 70% win probability. And I think the real win probability for the Eagles is probably around zero in this one. So 250 is kind of a steal. I know a lot of people out there are going to say that I'm copping out here, but Seahawks' defense is bad.
If there's somehow you can tie this into a different parlay with the team earlier on Sunday, that would be the only way I'm betting on this game. I'm hoping for good football. I'm usually an underdog guy. But minus 250, don't argue with me, Jared.
JARED QUAY: No. Man, don't be a moneyline guy, you're a moneyline opposite. Take the Eagles' moneyline, Gothard, don't-- be you, man, don't change, man, be you.
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