The Rams caused a stir last week when they dominated the Houston Texans. All offseason long they have been saying they were a team on the come but prior to that we really hadn’t seen it and I am still not sure this team has the potential to be good.
***(Write-up assumes…AP plays —- with the terrible news we’ve learned Friday)
Both of these teams have struggled so far this season, especially Minnesota who made the playoffs last year and has been totally flat all season long. The trouble has been at the quarterback spot which is why they acquired Josh Freeman after he was jettisoned by the Bucs…anything is an improvement over Christian Ponder.
Seahawks Start Season on the Road – At Carolina in Week 1
The Seattle Seahawks begin a season full of lofty expectations on Sunday on the road against the Carolina Panthers. Some see this game as an easy “W” for the Hawks until you take a look at Seattle’s dreadful road record the last few seasons and their traditional struggles with 10 AM Pacific Time starts.
Headline: Panthers and Eagles Meet in the “Disappointment Bowl” Monday Night
Two of the most disappointing teams in the NFL clash on Monday Night Football this week- Ugh! The Eagles will be looking to snap a six game losing streak against a Carolina team that has lost two straight.
The Saints (12-3) have already wrapped up the NFC South and the 3rd seed in the playoffs, but if they win this game and San Francisco loses to St. Louis New Orleans will have the 2nd seed and a bye in the first round in the post season.
An intriguing AFC South battle comes our way on Sunday – intriguing not because the two teams are grappling for top spot but intriguing because both teams are far from where most thought they would be at this point of the season.
The Panthers (2-8) are coming off a tough loss where they gave up a big lead and ended up giving up 49 points.
After last week’s 4 INT game Washington (3-2) head coach Mike Shanahan made a switch and John Beck, who has not started a NFL game since 2007, will get the starting nod under center taking over for Rex Grossman.
Many though that the Falcons (2-3) would have an unstoppable offense after they moved up in the draft to take WR Julio Jones, but that has not been the case this season, as they only rank 14th in the league in passing yards per game and they are also having problems running the ball.
In the Carolina Panthers’ first two games, rookie quarterback Cam Newton dominated but his team lost. Last week against Jacksonville, Newton came back to Earth but the Panthers won. Which version of Newton – and the Panthers – will we see when they visit Soldier Field and the Chicago Bears this week?
Here we go with today’s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won’t just find the straight news; you’ll find the stuff everyone is talking about – the ice breakers, the Twitter Sports Picks and topics…well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler.
Line Movement
Carolina opened as a 3.5-point favorite and it has dropped to a field goal but with extra juice added on, as high as -130 in some places. Action was equal in the beginning of the week but Carolina has seen right around two-thirds of the action come in on its side.
The Total opened at 43.5 in most places and has come down a point where it currently sits at 42.5.
Odds: Miami +3 | ML: +105 | O/U 43
Odds: Carolina -3 | ML: -125
The Carolina Panthers (11-4 SU, 8-6-1 ATS), fresh off a gut-wrenching defeat against the New York Giants, will have an opportunity to clinch the NFC South title on Sunday when they face off against the New Orleans Saints (8-7 SU, 10-4-1 ATS) in NFL pro football sports betting action that is set to get underway at 1 PM ET at the Louisiana Superdome (artificial turf) in New Orleans.
Week 15 of the NFL sports betting season offers up a fantastic AFC/NFC football betting battle when the AFC West leading Denver Broncos (8-5, 4-8-1 ATS) invades Charlotte, NC to square off against the NFC South leading Carolina Panthers (10-3, 7-5-1 ATS); kick-off is slated for 4:15 ET
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Carolina Panthers on Monday night in a game that could decide the winner of the NFC South Division. The Bucs and Panthers are both 9 and 3 straight-up. They are both two games ahead of the Atlanta Falcons and three games ahead of the New Orleans Saints in the NFC South.
The lead in the NFC South is on the line on Monday night when the Carolina Panthers (9-3 SU, 6-5-1 ATS) play host to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-3 SU, 7-5 ATS) in a matchup between two likely NFC playoff teams in NFL pro football sports betting action that is slated for an 8:30 PM ET kickoff at Bank of America Stadium (natural turf) in Charlotte.
