Eagles vs. Falcons predictions for Week 2 of NFL season

Eagles vs. Falcons predictions for Week 2 of NFL season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles (1-0) will host the Atlanta Falcons (0-1) in the true home opener at Lincoln Financial Field on Monday Night Football.

The Eagles will honor Nick Foles, who will retire as an Eagle on Monday.

Let’s get to the predictions:

Reuben Frank (0-1)

The Eagles haven’t had a good, old-fashioned laugher in a while. They won their opener vs. the Packers by five points and their last three five wins last year were by an average of 5 1/2 points. Last time they won a game by more than a touchdown was Week 7 last year, when they beat the Dolphins 31-17. But even that was a one-possession game with five minutes left. To find a true lopsided win, you have to go back almost a year to Week 3 last year, when the Eagles led the Bucs 25-3 in the fourth quarter before winning 25-11. And, no, the rematch didn’t go quite so well. All of which brings us to Monday night. It’s time for the Eagles to go out and blast somebody. To dominate a team in a way they haven’t since last September. They’re at home, they’re coming off a mini-bye, they’re almost completely healthy, they’re facing a Falcons team that lost at home by eight as a 3 ½-point favorite to a mediocre Steelers team. A team whose quarterback can barely move, whose offense managed all of 51 yards in the second half in Week 1, whose defense allowed points on five of the Steelers’ first seven possessions. The Eagles need to go out and crush a team and the Falcons seem like a good candidate. If the Eagles win another close game, that’s OK. But this team needs a blowout because as we learned last year when you keep winning close games, you’re playing with fire. Because eventually you’re going to start losing close games. So I’ll go Eagles 31, Falcons 17, and they find their way to 2-0 in three straight seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Eagles 31, Falcons 17

Dave Zangaro (1-0)

The Eagles had…

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