The Philadelphia Eagles are days away from opening the 2017 season against the Washington Redskins...and already are facing adversity against their NFC East rivals.

Philadelphia opens as 2.5-point underdogs (+2.5) against Washington, per VegasInsider.com. Typically the home team gets three points at home, so Vegas must believe the Eagles have a good opportunity to take the Week 1 opener on the road.

The over/under is set at 48.

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The Eagles finished 7-9 in 2016 en route to a last-place finish in the NFC East. Washington went 8-7-1 to finish third in the division.

Philadelphia went just 1-7 on the road in 2016 while Washington went just 4-3 at FedEx Field (site of Sunday's game).

The Eagles haven't beat the Redskins in five straight meetings, with the last one coming on September 21, 2014.

Philadelphia hasn't won at FedEx Field since September 9, 2013 and currently have lost its last seven games on the road.

Washington is 4-1 in it last five games at FedEx Field.

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