A 3-0 record: Will it Help NFL Teams Make The Playoffs and Win The Tournament?

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How Do NFL Teams That Start 3 0 Usually Finish The Season
Gus Herman
Gus Herman Writer
Publication date: 2022-10-07 Last updated: 2022-11-15

With just 1 game to go in 3rd week of the regular season the great question to ask: Is there a team that is feeling more in harmony, than the Philadelphia Eagles?

The Eagles is one of the three undefeated teams in the league heading into Week 4. Two others are Miami Dolphins and New York Giants (with their win against NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys)

Eagles own Jalen Hurts still getting to the peak of his performance week after week, getting all the attention from the people involved in Pennsylvania sports betting

Hurts made throw for 340 yards and 3 TDs in a Sundays 24-8 road victory against the Washington Commanders. Hurts was on top of the meeting with Washington’s new leader, former Eagles starting QB Carson Wentz, on the other sideline.

How important is 3-0 start?

Experts took time to determine the statistics and trends for all the teams that have started 3-0 over the NFL history.

Here is vital didgits: 

  • 75.4% of teams that start with 3-0 have made the playoffs since 1970
  • 54.5% of Super Bowl-winning teams since 1977 started their season with score 3-0.

So, as you can see, the Eagles' 3-0 start is often a springboard for teams in big seasons, and its sure where will be a buzz by Philadelphia market on Pennsylvania sports betting apps.

Eagles, Hurts jump high in revitalized futures markets

Here are some interesting facts and figures provided by FanDuel PR director Kevin Hennessy. Inside the  NFC East winner market 67 percent of bets are on Philadelphia and 74 percent of the handle nationwide at FanDuel. On the NFC champion market 24 percent of the bets belong to Eagles with 26 percent of the handle. At the Super Bowl champion market 5% of both bets and the handle are on Philly and is the 2nd biggest liability at FanDuel behind the Buffalo Bills

Hurts started the season at FanDuel at +2500 in PA NFL betting and is now staying at +700 in the NFL MVP futures market. He's getting 8 percent of the best and 7.5 percents of the handle.
After the Sunday game against Commanders on the MVP market Hurts recieved 41 percents on the bets znd 42 percents on the handle since midnight. He was second to Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson.

At the DraftKings Penndylvsnia the Eagles got a favorite spot to win the NFC East Division (-330) by a wide margin. On the second spot are aforementioned Cowboys (+550) with the Giants (+650) and the Commanders (+2800) behind them.

The Eagles also are the current favorite to win the NFC at +350 with the Green Bay Packers (+400) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+450) rounding out the top three.

Philly also moved to third favorite place in the run for Super Bowl win with +850, behind the 2-1 Buffalo Bills (+400) and 2-1 Kansas City Chiefs (+750).

A close look at Hurts

At the moment he's third in the league with 916 passing yards (just nine behind his ex Alabama teammate, Tua Tagovailoa, who's with the Miami Dolphins now).

He is the first quarterback in league history to throw for more than 900 yards and run for more than 150 yards in the first 3 games of a season since  1950.

Hurts has averaged 305.3 passing yards and 55.7 rushing yards per game thus far this season. No one ever has done 300 passing yards and 50 rushing yards per one game for an entire season.

He has done  67.4% of his passes (66-for-98) with 4 TDs  and 1 interception.He has a QB rating of 106.5 and also has 37 carries for 167 rushing yards and three scores.

With all that Hurts data, he has moved into the second favorite spot at DraftKings to win the league’s Most Valuable Player award (+600), behind only Bills quarterback Josh Allen (+300).

Here is some other future odds on Hurts at DraftKings Sportsbook and where he ranks:

  • Offensive Player of the Year Award: 3rd (+900) 
  • Regular Season Most Passing Yards: 7th (+1200) 
  • Regular Season Most Passing TDs: 19th (+5000) 
  • Regular Season Most Rushing TDs: 5th (+1100) 
  • Regular Season Most Rushing Yards: T22 (+5000)

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