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NFL Week 5 Predictions: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Philadelphia Eagles

by Steve Hastings on Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Philadelphia Eagles NFL Week 5 Predictions: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Philadelphia Eagles will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Lincoln Financial Field. The Bucs are 1-3 against the spread this season while the Eagles are 2-1 so far as well as Philadelphia is 4-1 against the spread in its last 5 games at home. The NFL Week 5 Predictions experts at online sportsbook Bodog.com have the Philadelphia Eagles -15 point favorites at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Josh Johnson threw for 106 yards and a first-quarter score in Week 4 as the Buccaneers fell 16-13 to the Redskins. Rookie DE Jeremy Jarmon forced Buccaneers RB Clifton Smith to fumble with 48 seconds to play and safety Chris Horton recovered the ball at the Tampa Bay 29-yard line. With only two timeouts remaining, the Bucs were unable to get the ball back. The Redskins failed to cover the 9-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day's posted total (35.5). The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia. The NFL Week 5 Predictions experts at Bodog.com have the Eagles vs Bucs Total set at 43 points.

The Eagles defeated Kansas City 34-14 as a 7.5-point favorite in Week 3. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (39). Kevin Kolb passed for 327 yards with two touchdown passes and a TD run for Philadelphia, while DeSean Jackson caught six passes for 149 yards and a touchdown.

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