#401/402 ASA PLAY ON Under 36.5 Points - Philadelphia Eagles vs New England Patriots, Thursday at 7 PM ET - Neither offense looked good in their preseason opener with the Eagles putting up just 16 points on 3.3 YPP vs Baltimore. The Pats scored 17 points on just 4.3 YPP in their win over Carolina last week. Both defenses, on the other hand, looked very good in their preseason games last week with Philly holding Baltimore to 13 points on 3.4 YPPG & New England limiting Carolina to 3 points on 2.9 YPP. We don’t see either team doing much offensively in this game. As of this writing, the Eagles haven’t said much about who is going to play but we can assume starting QB Hurts will not. He’s coming off an injury plagued 2023/24 season and head coach Sirianni kept him on the sidelines the entire preseason last year. Backup QB Kenny Pickett played a lot last week so we wouldn’t be surprised if the Eagles gave 3rd stringer McKee (played 3 series last week) and 4th stringer Grier (didn’t play last week) some more run on Thursday. The Pats gave Bailey Zappe the most snaps at QB last week and we would anticipate rookies Maye & Milton to play more this week. These teams were involved in a joint practice on Tuesday and the defenses dominated. The 4 New England QB’s had 48 drop backs vs the Eagles on Tuesday and were sacked a whopping 10 times. Not surprising as the Pats offensive line is banged up and not a strong point. On the other side, Philadelphia starting QB Hurts didn’t get many opportunities from a clean pocket with the New England defensive front getting solid pressure throughout the day. Hurts was sacked 7 times in the live 11 vs 11’s on that Tuesday practice vs New England. With both teams most likely leaning on inexperienced QB’s on Thursday night, we look for the defenses to dominate. Under is the call.