{"id":42891,"date":"2011-09-07T06:58:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=42891"},"modified":"2011-09-08T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T18:43:32","slug":"handicapping-carolina-vs-arizona-odds-free-prediction-7911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nfl\/handicapping-carolina-vs-arizona-odds-free-prediction-7911\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers vs. Cardinals: 2011 Week 1 NFL Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Week 1 Carolina Panthers vs Arizona Cardinals NFL Free Pick &#8211; Odds &#8211; Handicapping Preview<\/h2>\n<p>Could it be that a Panthers vs. Cardinals game may be interesting? It\u2019s true, two highly sought after quarterbacks will make their debut with their new teams.  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Carolina Panthers (0-0) at Arizona Cardinals (0-0)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time\/Date: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, September 11, 2011<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: University of Phoenix Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Broadcast: FOX<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Panthers vs. Cards Betting Lines from betonline.com:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Spread: Cardinals -7<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Moneyline: Panthers +275: Cards -330<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Over\/Under: 37 points<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/capperspicks.sportsdirectinc.com\/football\/nfl-matchups.aspx?page=\/data\/NFL\/matchups\/g1_summary_12.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Get Your Panthers vs. Cardinals ATS Gambling Report Here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Carolina, Cam Newton did enough in camp to start earning his large paycheck and for Arizona, Kevin Kolb who was this year\u2019s free Agent prize. Both teams are very different from a year ago!<\/p>\n<p>Cam Newton will guide an offense that was dead last in almost every category last season. What he does have is perhaps the best running back duo in the NFL \u2013 DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart are healthy and rich and ready to prove some people wrong. He has Steve Smith and two great offseason Tight End acquisitions \u2013 Greg Olsen and Jeremy Shockey.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona has proven that is all about the quarterback in the NFL. It was not that long ago that the Cards were representing the NFC in the Super Bowl. The team isn\u2019t that drastically worse except for at one position \u2013 quarterback. Enter Kevin Kolb. The big fish. It should be interesting. [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Kolb has at his disposal one of the most gifted athletes in the NFL \u2013 Larry Fitzgerald. There is no reason why Fitz. doesn\u2019t return to his old form and dominate his competition. Add in an impressive preseason and training camp by Beanie Wells and things are certainly looking up for the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>The defenses are awash. Carolina boasts Charles Johnson who had 11 \u00bd sacks last season, Jon Beason and James Anderson while the Cardinals counter with Darnell Dockett, Vonnie Holiday and highly touted draft pick Patrick Peterson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL Betting Trends:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CAR are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games overall.<br \/>\nCAR are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games in Week 1.<br \/>\nUnder is 11-4 in CAR last 15 games in Week 1.<br \/>\nOver is 7-2 in ARI last 9 home games.<br \/>\nARI are 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games on grass.<br \/>\nARI are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Betting Prediction<\/strong>: I think the play here is the Over \u2013 37 points. It is hard to imagine that the offenses won\u2019t come out firing in this one. There are legitimate weapons on both teams and I think that there will be some scoring.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Spread, I think 7 points may be a little high but I have faith that the Cards will perform in one of the loudest buildings in the NFL. At the end of the day, Cam Newton has never seen anything like he is about to see on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pick: Arizona Cardinals -7 and the Over \u2013 37 points<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave B weighs in with his free pick and updated NFL odds for the week 1 Carolina Panthers vs. Arizona Cardinals betting matchup. Handicapping oddsmakers currently have the NFL Lines favoring the Cardinals. Listed as 7-point favorites versus the Seahawks, while the game\u2019s Over\/Under total is set at 37\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[28750,1766,1653,8369,19547,548,5990,825,33633,17079,51974,45600,13289],"class_list":["post-42891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-28750","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolina-panthers-vs-arizona-cardinals","tag-carolina-vs-arizona","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-nfl-betting-preview","tag-nfl-free-picks","tag-nfl-gambling-spread","tag-nfl-week-1-free-pick","tag-panthers-cardinals-nfl-odds","tag-panthers-vs-cardinals-predictions","tag-week-1-nfl-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42891"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43006,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42891\/revisions\/43006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}