2022 Philadelphia Eagles Odds, Schedule, & Fantasy Football Team Preview
Despite a Wild Card loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, many NFL pundits would classify the Eagles as overachievers in 2021, as they accrued a 9-8 record overall en route to a playoff berth. Looking forward to the 2022 season, expectations for the Eagles have skyrocketed with a vastly improved defense and the acquisition of former Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown on draft night. In this article, we’ll explore the impacts of these storylines for sports betting and fantasy football drafts, so that we can profit from the various betting and daily fantasy sites this season.
Using RotoGrinders NFL 2022 projections, we’ll preview all 32 NFL Teams this summer and uncover all the best bets and league-winning picks we can find. Among the questions we will look at to answer in this article:
- Philadelphia Eagles Betting Odds: Is there any remaining value on the Eagles winning the NFC East despite a drastic shift in odds over the summer months?
- Team Overview: Can Jalen Hurts take the next step in his development as a pocket-passer and allow head coach Nick Sirianni to move away from the run-heavy approach that propelled the Eagles playoff run last season?
- Fantasy Football Drafts: Can the Eagles passing game sustain fantasy value for all three of A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith, and Dallas Goedert? What to do with the Eagles backfield?
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2022 Philadelphia Eagles Schedule, Lines, and Best Bets
Projected Odds, derived & modified from data originally published by Sean Koerner here.
Win Total and Total Games Favored:
9.5 (-120) / 11 Games Favored ( 1 Big Favorites / 0 Big Dogs)
It’s always difficult to rationalize locking up a portion of your betting bankroll for an entire season, but if you were interested in futures betting the Eagles or any of their players, the over 9.5-win total, which can be found on several books, appears to have the most expected value considering the Eagles won nine games last season, have substantially improved rosters, and have a relatively unimposing schedule. All while the Cowboys appear to have taken a step back with several key losses on both sides of the ball.
Another bet to consider, which is more of a long-shot, is Jalen Hurts to win MVP at +3000 on Caesars Sportsbook. The hope here would be that Hurts excels as both a passer and runner with an upgraded supporting cast that is anchored by Pro Football Focus’s top rated offensive line and leads the Eagles to an NFC East title and a deep playoff run to cap off his 2022 campaign.
Philadelphia Eagles Props
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Favorite Prop: Miles Sanders UNDER 800.5 rush yards
We’ve yet to touch upon Sanders and what his role in this offense could be this season, but the RotoGrinders season long projections currently have him at 730 rushing yards, and that’s without projecting a potentially much larger role for Kenneth Gainwell, who showed flashes in his rookie season of a dual threat skillset that is extremely desired by teams in the present NFL landscape. Even further, Boston Scott remains a prominent member of the running back committee, giving Sanders several avenues to land well below the above PrizePicks prop line of 800.5 rush yards.
Philadelphia Eagles Fantasy Football Projections
Team Rankings and Ratings
Offense Ranks:Rank 18/ Strong Rush / Average Pass/ Rank 19 Points For)
Defense Ranks:Rank 12/ Very Strong Rush / Very Strong pass / Rank 28 Points Allowed)
Opponent Strength – Rushing:8 difficult vs. rush. 4 soft vs. rush.
Opponent Strength – Passing:5 difficult vs. pass. 7 soft vs. pass.
It was a little surprising to see the Eagles defense fall outside the top ten of the RotoGrinders rankings with all of the upgrades general manager Howie Roseman made at the cornerback and linebacker positions, signing James Bradberry, Hassan Reddick, Kyzir White, and not to mention drafting super-freak athlete Jordan Davis to bolster an aging but already deep defensive line. Even so, the unit is clearly improved, which could be worrisome for game stacking purposes in daily fantasy contests if the Eagles are able to maintain sizable leads and bleed out the clock with their running game.
Philadelphia Eagles Top Fantasy Football Plays & Picks
Noteworthy Depth Chart
QB: Jalen Hurts – Underdog Rank: 59 (ADP 61 / 3.39% ADP Gap)
RB: Miles Sanders – Underdog Rank: 70 (ADP 77 / 10% ADP Gap)
RB: Kenneth Gainwell – Underdog Rank: 181 (ADP 156 / -13.81% ADP Gap)
WR: A.J. Brown – Underdog Rank: 24 (ADP 26 / 8.33% ADP Gap)
WR: DeVonta Smith – Underdog Rank: 89 (ADP 69 / -22.47% ADP Gap)
WR: Zach Pascal – Underdog Rank: 235 (ADP 302 – 28.51% ADP Gap)
TE: Dallas Goedert – Underdog Rank: 88 (ADP 95 / 7.95% ADP Gap)
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New Additions of Note: A.J. Brown, Zach Pascal
Departures of Note: Jordan Howard
Jalen Hurts has already been thoroughly discussed throughout this article, but it’s difficult not to be excited for his fantasy outlook for the 2022 season as he managed to finish as QB8 in 2021, easily paying off his late-round ADP value, despite being one of the league’s worst passers from a clean pocket (68.8%). Hurts led the quarterback position in rushing attempts, yards, and touchdowns last season. So if he’s able to rise to the occasion as a passer with upgraded weapons and an elite offensive line this year, it’s firmly in his range outcomes to finish as the top fantasy quarterback when all is said and done come January.
A.J. Brown is being drafted in the late second or early third round of UnderDog best ball drafts at the time of this writing, so him being a worthwhile investment in fantasy drafts may come down to the play of Jalen Hurts and the game-planning of Nick Sirianni, who captained the league’s least frequent passing offense last season. However, the run-heavy approach was out of necessity with the offensive personnel he had at his disposal, making it entirely possible, with Brown and DeVonta Smith now at the wide receiver position, that Sirianni expands the playbook and makes the Eagles a more diverse and faster-paced offense this season.
Kenneth Gainwell was mentioned briefly in a prior section of this preview article as a potential deterrent to the fantasy value of Miles Sanders, who is presently being drafted a full six-to-seven rounds ahead of his backfield running mate. The Eagles are not a team to invest a sizable portion of their salary cap in the running back position. So with Sanders in the final year of his rookie contract and his inconsistent play, it could open the door for Gainwell to surpass Sanders in the running back committee pecking order and easily pay off his late round ADP for zero-RB drafters everywhere.
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