The Pittsburgh Steelers were the AFC’s No. 2 seed with a 12-4 record and were the last of the 12 teams in this year’s postseason-field to actually take the playing field. By the time the Steelers were set to host the San Diego Chargers on January 11 at 4:45 ET, here’s the highlights of what had already transpired in this year’s NFL postseason.
No this isn’t a preemptive article for Monday. This is a free-picks article for your degenerate face! The Eagles visit the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday to decide who is going to be the NFC Champion. The Eagles are road favorites heading in to this one, and I can completely understand why. They have a blitz-happy defense that boasts one of the best secondaries in the league.
BetUS NFL betting odds: PHILADELPHIA -4, Total 47
NOTABLE STAT: Arizona has three players with over 1000 yards receiving
KEY NFL FOOTBALL BETTING TREND: Arizona has gone over the total in ten of its last 11 home games
In the BetUS NFL football betting odds, the Eagles are listed as a four-point favorite, with a posted total of 47 points.
The first ticket to Super Bowl XLIII will be punched on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, allowing Bookmaker Sportsbook members a chance to sink their teeth into a fantastic showdown when the Philadelphia Eagles (11-6-1, 12-6 ATS) head to the desert to do battle with the Arizona Cardinals (11-7, 11-7 ATS) in the NFC Championship game.
Both of the teams that made it to the NFC Championship are big surprises. The Philadelphia Eagles had to beat their arch rivals, the New York Giants, on the road in order to get to the championship game. The Arizona Cardinals had to beat the two seed, the Carolina Panthers, on the road to get to the championship game. Out of the two teams, it’s the Cardinals that have provided the biggest surprises to online betting fans this NFL playoff season.
The Arizona Cardinals travel to Carolina to play in a divisional playoff game where most sports betting fans feel the Cardinals have no chance. Arizona is coming off of a spirited against the spread victory and straight-up victory over the 1 point favored Atlanta Falcons in their last game. Arizona looked very good in that game with running back Edgerrin James suddenly finding his feet.
The high-scoring Arizona Cardinals (10-7 SU, 10-7 ATS, 12-5 O/U) advanced to their NFL divisional showdown this Saturday by beating the entertaining Atlanta Falcons 30-24 in last week’s NFC wildcard matchup. Their prize is a date with the stingy Carolina Panthers (12-4 SU, 9-6-1 ATS, 8-8 O/U) a team they lost to 27-23 in Week 8 back on Oct. 26.
The Atlanta Falcons travel to Arizona to take on the Cardinals in the first NFC Playoff Wild-Card game of the weekend. The Cardinals finished out the regular season by losing 4 out of their last 6 games. The only two teams they managed to beat were the hapless St. Louis Rams and the even worse Seattle Seahawks.
Not many forecasted this to be a Wild Card match-up at the beginning of the NFL betting season. However, the Atlanta Falcons (11-5, 9-7 ATS) will look to continue its unbelievable single season turnaround when it takes a trip to the desert to square off against the Arizona Cardinals (9-7, 9-7 ATS); kick-off is slated for 4:30 ET and the game can be seen nationally on NBC. The Falcons broke even for NFL bettors on the road this season by compiling a 4-4 ATS mark while Arizona produced a decent return posting a 5-3 home ATS record.
The Atlanta Falcons (11-5 SU, 9-7 ATS, 7-9 O/U) are arguably the biggest surprise story of the 2008 NFL season. Led by gifted rookie quarterback Matt Ryan, running back Michael Turner and first-year head coach Mike Smith, the high-flying Falcons make their surprise appearance in the playoffs riding a three-game winning streak in the BetUS Sportsbook. The Arizona Cardinals (9-7 SU, 9-7 ATS, 11-5 O/U) are making their first playoff appearance in a decade and have one of the league’s most explosive offenses.
Despite winning the weak NFC West and securing their first playoff berth in over a decade, the Arizona Cardinals (8-6 SU, 8-6 ATS, 9-5 O/U) clearly aren’t playing winning football at the moment. The Cardinals have dropped three of their last four games and are coming off a dismal 35-14 rout at the hands of the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
The New England Patriots (9-5 SU, 7-7 ATS) are still fighting to win the AFC East. On Sunday they will try to get a leg up in that three-way race when they play host to the Arizona Cardinals (8-6 SU & ATS) in NFL pro football sports betting action that is scheduled to take place at 1 PM ET at Gillette Stadium (artificial turf) in Foxboro, MA.
The Arizona Cardinals travel to New England to take on the Patriots in a game that means nothing to the Cardinals and everything to New England. For sports betting fans, whether the Cardinals win or lose is a big deal in this game but to the Cardinals it probably doesn’t mean all that much.
A pair of 8-5 teams will butt heads in the desert in a Week 15 sport betting match-up when the Minnesota Vikings look to press their luck on the road against the recently crowned NFC West champion Arizona Cardinals.
The eventual NFC West champion Arizona Cardinals (7-5 SU & ATS) will look to be the next team to beat up on the sad-sack St. Louis Rams (2-10 SU, 4-8 ATS) in NFL pro football sports betting action that is set to kick off at 4:15 PM ET at University of Phoenix Stadium (natural turf) in Glendale, AZ.
The St. Louis Rams are a mess. The Arizona Cardinals, up until the disaster against the Philadelphia Eagles on Thanksgiving Night, were one of the best offensive teams in the NFL. I say offensive teams because the Cardinals’ defense has been exposed more than once this season. Arizona has the best wide receiver in the NFL playing for them, Larry Fitzgerald. There could be some debate from sports betting fans, but not from me. The guy has never dropped the ball. The Cardinals are still the class of the NFC West even though they were throttled by the Eagles in their last. Arizona is 7 and 5 straight-up and 7 and 5 against the BetUS Sportsbook online betting spread.
