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49ers desperate for a win Sunday vs. 3-0 Eagles
By: Zach Cohen - StatFox
Published: 9/28/2014  at  4:31:00 AM
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PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (3-0)
at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (1-2)

Kickoff: Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET
Line: San Francisco -4.5, Total: 51

The 49ers look to get back to .500 on Sunday when they host the undefeated Eagles.

Here is the BetDSI Sportsbook betting preview for this matchup:

Philadelphia has yet to put together a complete game of good football, but is still 3-0 after a 37-34 home victory over the Redskins in Week 3. San Francisco fell to 1-2 after a 23-14 loss to a Carson Palmer-less Cardinals team. The Eagles will try to speed this game up, but the 49ers may attempt to control the clock in order to prevent QB Colin Kaepernick (694 yards, 4 TD, 3 INT) from turning the ball over. Since 1992, the Eagles are 8-6 SU and 9-5 ATS versus the 49ers, which includes an impressive 6-3 SU mark (7-2 ATS) in San Francisco. However, Jim Harbaugh is 8-1 ATS versus defenses that allow 260+ passing yards per game since becoming the Niners head coach, and his team is also 18-5 ATS off of an upset loss as a road favorite since 1992. But Philadelphia is 18-7 ATS in road games after being outgained by 100+ total yards since 1992. TE Vernon Davis (ankle) has been upgraded to probable for the 49ers while LB Mychal Kendricks (calf) is questionable for the Eagles, who have serious offensive line issues with C Jason Kelce (hernia) out, OT Lane Johnson suspended and OT Matt Tobin (ankle) questionable to play on Sunday.

Can the Niners snap their losing skid with a comfortable victory? For the answer, connect to NFL Best Bets for all the StatFox Experts picks throughout the 2014 regular season and playoffs. The experts were on fire in Week 3, combining for a 13-3 ATS mark (81%), while going 8-1 (89%) in NFL Totals. StatFox Dave was 5-0 ATS in Best Bets to improve to 60% ATS (9-6) on the season. StatFox Scott was 4-0 ATS in Best Bets and 3-0 in Totals in Week 3, while StatFox Brian had his third straight perfect week of Totals at 3-0, and is now 9-0 for the season.

Philadelphia is off to a 3-0 start in 2014 despite not playing its A-game. The Eagles have struggled in the first halves of their first three games, but have rallied to win in each of them. QB Nick Foles (978 yards, 6 TD, 2 INT) was huge in the Week 3 victory over the Redskins, completing 27-of-41 passes for 325 yards, 3 TD and 0 INT. Foles will need to take care of the ball against a ball-hawking 49ers’ secondary. He also needs to get rid of the football quicker, as he took some gigantic hits last week that almost left him sidelined. RB LeSean McCoy (175 rush yards, 2.9 YPC, 1 TD) was completely ineffective against the Redskins, rushing 19 times for just 22 yards. The team will definitely make it a goal to get him back on track against the 49ers. The Eagles’ defense has not been good this year. They are allowing 26.0 PPG and are getting picked apart through the air, allowing 280.3 passing yards per game (30th in NFL). They will need to put pressure on Colin Kaepernick to force him into poor decisions, which he’s done fairly often early in the season.

The 49ers started their season off with a 28-17 road win against the Cowboys, but it has been downhill from there. They have lost back-to-back games, including last week's disappointment when they could not beat the Cardinals, even without starting QB Carson Palmer. QB Colin Kaepernick was solid in the game, throwing for 245 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 54 yards. He did not turn the ball over like he did four times in the Week 2 loss to Chicago, but he was unable to get his team into the end zone in the second half. The 49ers should really do a better job of involving RB Frank Gore (139 rush yards, 4.0 YPC, 1 TD) in their offense. After 29 combined carries in the first two weeks of the season, Gore had just six rushing attempts for 10 yards against the Cardinals. The 10-year veteran has rushed for more than 1,100 yards in the past three seasons and is one of the most reliable rushers in the NFL. The 49ers will, however, involve WR Michael Crabtree (19 rec, 187 yards, 2 TD) often against this porous Eagles’ secondary. Crabtree caught 10 passes for 80 yards and a touchdown against Patrick Peterson and the Cardinals, so he should have no problem getting it going against the Eagles. The 49ers defense has allowed only 85.7 rushing yards per game (7th in NFL), but it's not an easy task to stop LeSean McCoy, who led the NFL with 1,607 rushing yards last year.


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