I was looking at the Pats/Philly under also. BOL with your picks
This article is from today's Boston Herald...
Third time's no charm
Conventional wisdom has it that the third exhibition game is the most significant, the one that most resembles a regular-season matchup. Since the Eagles and Patriots actually have a regular-season matchup scheduled a little over three weeks from Friday (Sept. 21), that won't be the case this time.
Belichick said his team would run a bare-bones game plan against Philadelphia, not to hide things from the Eagles, but to enable the coach to see his own team more clearly.
``For the most part in preseason, and I think this is true for most other teams, we try not to overly get into game-planning,'' Belichick said. ``It doesn't help you evaluate a player if he succeeds because of scheming and matchups.
``We want our guys to have a chance to look good. But we want them to make plays because they're making plays.''
