NFL
Football Futures Betting - Analyzing
The NFC West
BetUS Sportsbook has all of its football betting odds to win the Super Bowl listed at the site, but that's not all - you can also bet on regular season win totals for each team. In our process of looking at some of the teams in each division and analyzing their chances of exceeding the regular season over/under posted at BetUS, we examine the NFC
West.
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ARIZONA CARDINALS
Under 8 wins -130
Over 8 wins -110
The Cardinals look
a borderline .500 team, so this price is
about right. And yes, I would tend to think
if they were going to gravitate either
way, it would be downward. Offensively
there are weapons, like running back Edgerrin
James and wide receivers Larry Fitzpatrick
and Anquan Boldin, but defensive linemen
like Chike Okeafor and Bertrand Berry have
to get over injuries that sidelined them
last year. And I certainly don't think
Matt Leinart is all the way there yet.
However, this franchise is going to give
him every opportunity to be the starter,
because it invested such a high draft choice
in him. That is something that, in my opinion,
could create something of a downside. So
if I were to go either way on this one,
I would lean toward the "under" and
hope that Arizona repeated its past problems
in getting over the hump.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
Over 6.5 wins -130
Under 6.5 wins -110
The Niners actually
should be respectable on the defensive
side of the football, but there is a long
way to go on offense. The new coordinator
is Mike Martz, who is formidable, to say
the least. But Martz needs to match up
his system with personnel, and I don't
see that process maturing this season.
Yes, Isaac Bruce has come over from the
Rams, and he thrived under Martz. But he's
not enough; this team lacks depth and explosiveness
as wide receiver.
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And Alex Smith,
the former #1 overall draft pick, has a
lot of question marks surrounding him.
If Martz was going to put someone like
J.T. O'Sullivan, who knows his scheme from
Detroit, at the controls, I think there
might be a chance. But Martz isn't the
guy who is going to ultimately make that
decision.
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So it's a year of
growing pains with Smith, most likely. The
price on the "under" gives us some
value here.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Over 8.5 wins -165
Under 8.5 wins +125
The Seahawks
have dominated this division for a while,
winning four straight titles. There's no
reason to believe they won't be near the
top again, even though some may think the
transition from Mike Holmgren to Jim Mora
Jr. is taking place, to be complete after
the season. Seattle may or may not succeed
with its "running back-by-committee" plan,
but they're certainly going to try. Matt
Hasselbeck is a three-time Pro Bowl quarterback,
although he doesn't seem like one to me.
Rookie tight end John Carlson may turn out
to be a real find, and I probably should
have given him a lot more consideration for
the Rookie of the Year award. Defensively,
this team may have a leg up on everyone else
in the division. They have a chance to get
as many as seven wins from NFC rivals alone.
All in all, I don't see a collapse, which
points us toward the -165 price of the "over" as
a value.
ST. LOUIS RAMS
Over 6.5 wins -160
Under 6.5 wins +120
I have said
repeatedly that the Rams could turn out
to be a big surprise this year. Maybe they
won't win the division title, but they
are going to be much improved because the
improved health of the offensive line,
which lost five players at one time or
another last year, helps a lot of things
fall into place. Marc Bulger have a chance
to repeat his standout 2006 performance
with better protection, and the running
game will again be a mainstay with Steven
Jackson, who is about as good as anyone
(with the exception of Bryan Westbrook)
when it comes to the rushing-receiving
combo. And tight end Randy McMichael has
to be able to give more. I'm not sure how
big an impact Chris Long is going to have
on the defensive line, but I'm certain
it will constitute an upgrade to more and
more of a degree as the season progresses.
I think the Rams are at least a .500 team
if only a few things go right, and thus
I would go "over" this
total.
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