49ers' Kyle Shanahan Surprised by Spread vs. Eagles: 'It Doesn't Make a Lot of Sense'

The visiting San Francisco 49ers are three-point favorites over the host Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, per DraftKings Sportsbook.

On the surface, it's a puzzling line considering the Eagles are at home and sport an NFL-best 10-1 record, while the 8-3 49ers face a cross-country trip to play at the daunting Lincoln Financial Field.

For his part, 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan seemed confused by the line, as noted by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.

"I mean, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I don't really know how that stuff works," Shanahan told reporters Wednesday. "So, I don't really know why. It is random."

The 49ers may have a worse record, but they are clearly one of the best teams (if not the best) in football.

Per Aaron Schatz of FTN's DVOA metric, they are actually the second-best team in the league (and No. 1 in offense by a wide margin). Philadelphia ranks ninth.

Per Ben Baldwin's Objective NFL Power Rankings, they are No. 1. Philadelphia ranks sixth.

The 49ers have also posted some of the most impressive wins of the season, including a 42-10 victory over the 8-3 Dallas Cowboys and a 34-3 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The reigning NFC champion Eagles have skated by against inferior competition, notably a 25-20 victory over the two-win New England Patriots and two narrow victories over the Washington Commanders.

That being said, they still have tremendous talent on both sides of the ball and are 10-1 for a reason. They also beat the 49ers 31-7 in last year's NFC title game, although that matchup would have been different if San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy didn't suffer a torn UCL in his right elbow.

"Not going to get wrapped into what anybody else thinks of us, whether that's another team, whether that's whoever makes the spreads, or anything like that," Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni said at a press conference this week. "We just worry about going to work for ourselves. I think going into the last year and the year before, no one really thought we would be any good. I think it's OK to be the underdog."

Purdy is back and ready to go, and this matchup promises to be a great one. Kickoff in Philadelphia is set for 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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