Aseahawkfan wrote:Maybe you make a big bet and win some good money. Beat Vegas, Riverdog. Make enough money to at least make your trip free.
River Dog wrote:It might be a little premature to start this thread, but I saw something a bit unusual about this game.
I looked at the point spreads this morning as I'm planning a trip to Vegas this weekend and will want to bet on a couple of games, and to my amazement, the Hawks are listed as a 2.5-point underdog to the Cards. This seems very strange for a couple of reasons: (1) We beat the Cards just a week ago, our defense completely smothering Kylar Murray and keeping them out of the end zone. (2) We have won our last 3 straight games while the Cards have lost two in a row, and (3) although the Cards are playing at home, we always have a huge turnout of 12's, negating any home field advantage they might otherwise enjoy. I've been to 4 Hawks/Cards games in Glendale, and every one of them has had at least 40% Seahawk fans of those in attendance. Additionally, the Cards never have had a very passionate fan base, one of the worst in the league IMO.
We are still relatively healthy, with the only significant players appearing on the injury list being wide receiver DK Metcalf and punter Michael Dickson, both listed as questionable.
I felt better about this game before we played the Jets but given how Murray continued to struggle against the Vikings...he was 31-45 for 252, 1 TD and 2 INT's...and that the Cards scored just one TD, I still think that we should be favored in this game.
Hawks 17, Cards 13.
4XPIPS wrote:I can agree with the spread. The Cardinals Losses this season
Buffalo (10-2) 34-28
Lions (11-1) 20-13
Commanders (8-5) 42-14
Packers (9-3) 34-13
Seahawks (7-5) 16-6
Vikings (10-2) 23-22
They have only lost to teams with winning records. I know at the time the Hawks didn't have a winning record, but we do now. We both played the Jets with in the month, we barely squeaked by with a win and by all intensive purposes should have lost to them considering how many chances we gave the Jets to win that game. Where as the Cards waxed them 31-6. I think Vegas sees our recent game where we barely beat an inferior team, and the Cards barely lost to an elite team, so it makes sense to give them the edge at home.
River Dog wrote:The Vikings are elite? I'll agree with that whenever they beat a really good team, such as the Bills, Ravens, Eagles, Lions, or Chiefs. They're a very good team and look to make the playoffs, but elite? I think you have a broad definition of the term.
As far as the Cards being favored goes, maybe I'm biased, but I personally think that we've turned the corner, that last Sunday was a freak game, almost like it was Halloween or something. And trust me, the Cards playing at home is no big deal. Our record there proves it.
4XPIPS wrote:I do believe the Vikings are one of the elite teams, they have one of the best defenses, and explosive offense. However, as the season winds down a lot of division games to be played, we will see how that NFC North Shakes out.
I lived in Arizona, and went to every Hawks game there, and I agree their home crowd isn't very committed as the team would like. I think when it comes to the pecking order of opposing fans in Glendale, it would be
#1 Cowboys, when the Cowboys come to town it's like 60%+ Cowboys fans easily
#2 Seahawks, Lots of blue and green in the crowd
#3 Packers, well considering the weather is much nicer in the desert come NFL season you will see cheeseheads in Glendale
I am looking at it from a Vegas standpoint, and +2.5 isn't calling the Cards heavy favorites. I don't know about you, but a lot of times Vegas gets it right. I can see us losing this by 2 points and covering, or winning by 1 point at the end.
Cards 18
Hawks 17
We lose in a close battle in Glendale.
4XPIPS wrote:For the history buffs, there are two players going into this game that wrote history together in the past week. Leonard Williams 92 yard Pick 6, is the longest pick 6 in history by a DL. I would have thought someone else would have done it prior to this, but I guess it would be tougher for a DL to out run a WR or RB, so it would make sense they wouldn't be able to house one for that distance.
Also tight end Trey McBride made history as the only TE ever to catch at least 12 passes in back to back weeks. This one to me is a bit of a shocker to me, as I would have guessed with all the great tight ends we have been blessed to witness over the years of Gonzalez, Gronk, Witten, Gates, Sharpe that none of those ever strung 12 catches back to back. This would make a great trivia question one day.
4XPIPS wrote:Dee Williams cut, looks like it’s Kenny McIntosh and possibly JSN returning kicks or punts
4XPIPS wrote:Dee Williams cut, looks like it’s Kenny McIntosh and possibly JSN returning kicks or punts
Aseahawkfan wrote:I vote no for JSN returning kicks or punts. He's too important to the offense now.
c_hawkbob wrote:I said 3 weeks ago that these 3 games would tell us who we really are this year, I like what I see! We're not SB contenders but I do believe we've got it in us to win the division and I am very pleased with the way the defense is responding to Coach MacD's recent tweaks.
curmudgeon wrote:Beware the Rams……
Aseahawkfan wrote:Hopefully you won some money Riverdog.
River Dog wrote:Yep, I sure did! But I lost it by taking under 43 points on the Chargers-Chiefs game a few hours later. That's how it goes, win some, lose some.
River Dog wrote:Yep, I sure did! But I lost it by taking under 43 points on the Chargers-Chiefs game a few hours later. That's how it goes, win some, lose some.
Aseahawkfan wrote:They did score under 43 points. 19-17 right? So did you pick the wrong team to win?
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