Philadelphia Eagles vs Washington Football Team 12/21/21 NFL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Football Team square off Tuesday night in a week 15 NFC East NFL rivalry from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

The Washington Football Team come into this game on the heels of a narrow 27-20 loss to Dallas in their last game. Taylor Heinicke has thrown for 2,931 yards, 19 touchdowns and 12 interceptions on 66.5% passing while Antonio Gibson has 836 rushing yards and 5 scores. Terry McLaurin has 808 receiving yards with 5 touchdowns and a team-high 61 catches while J.D. McKissic and Adam Humphries each have 300+ receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Cole Holcomb leads the WFT with 110 total tackles while Jonathan Allen has a team-high 7.5 sacks this season.

The Philadelphia Eagles will look to build on their 33-18 win over the Jets in their last game. Jalen Hurts has thrown for 2,435 yards, 13 touchdowns and 8 interceptions on 60.1% passing while also leading the Eagles in rushing with 695 rushing yards and 8 scores. Miles Sanders has 578 rushing yards while three other Eagles have at least 200 rushing yards as well on the year. DeVonta Smith leads Philadelphia in receiving with 50 grabs for 701 yards and 4 TDs while Dallas Goedert has 596 receiving yards with 4 TD grabs and Quez Watkins has 491 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Alex Singleton leads the Eagles with 109 total tackles while Javon Hargrave has a team-high 7.5 sacks and Josh Sweat also has 5 sacks for the Eagles this season. Darius Slay also has 3 interceptions for the Eagles this season.

Washington is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 division games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games overall while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games following a loss. Philadelphia is 1-4 ATS in their last 5 division games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games as a favorite while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games following a bye week.

It’s so crazy to me that these two teams are actially in the thick of the wild card hunt in the NFC, but with that said, while trying not to state the obvious, both teams need this win as there’s a 5-team logjam at 6-7 that’s still fighting for the third and final wild card in the new playoff format. I lean towards Washington and the points because I think this ends up being a war, and prior to the loss to Dallas which was still a close affair, Washington had some nice wins including the one over Tampa Bay and the road win over the Raiders while the Eagles dropped a bad decision to the Giants. I’ll side with the points in this one.