Trips to London are a drag for players. Takes them out of their routine, 3,500 miles away, — 6,500 miles if you play on the west coast — jet lag, time changes, blah, blah, blah.
But for sports bettors recently, they've become a gem. Not the trips, however, but the first game for a team following a win in London, Those have been lucrative. This week, the Eagles are that squad.
Teams that won in England since the start of 2015 are 10-1 against the spread in the first game back; 9-2 straight up. The Chargers and Seahawks each won outright as road underdogs this year following victories in the UK.