Lets not give the Card's to much credit here. The line (-4.5) is very attractive and rightly so; two teams heading in opposite directions.
Arizona: The Card's looked good as 3 point dogs against a poor Detroit defense and still they had no shot. Why? Age? Lack of a D-line? All of these factors played a part in the loss, and will continue to plague the hapless card's in what will be a very long year. The o-line is injured, what should be the strength of the team is clearly the weakness and you have to question the cohesiveness of a highly taunted O-Line that has yet to live up to the hype. Emitt can only do so much and behind this line, which is an upgrade from what he has had in Dallas the last few weeks, He will probably have a solid year. I have to question a QB who appeared more concerned with Fantasy stats than winning. Many people would say that the bonehead play of the week goes to Q Carter of Dallas for calling a Timeout one second before the 2:00 warning, yet at least he was aware of a thing called the play clock. Blake had four delay of game penalties and had to use two timeouts to prevent more, oh but he did have 30+ points in all my fantasy leagues. Good luck to this one man highlight without three of his key receivers. Larry Foster and Kevin Kasper are listed as doubtful with ankle and back injuries, respectively, and Brian Gilmore is questionable with a knee injury. That?s right A. Bouldin, wasn't giving a starting role following the best WR debut in NFL history. Fortunately, by way of injury (obviously not good coaching, this is Arizona!) AQ will probably get a start. On Defense the Cards look strong at linebacker. An analysis of the Card's D can probably stop here as they would have trouble tackling a three legged dog, let alone S. Alexander.
Clearly there are one or two concerns in Seattle. Is the line great without two solid bookends, sure they have Jones at LT but is Womack a stud on the right side? With Springs out can the secondary stop big play makers? The Seahawks look good against Arizona. The poor showing by Seattle fans (15,000 empty seats in opener) makes the home field advantage almost a non-factor, will they ever have home field support with no fans in the stands. The 90+ heat in Arizona could play a factor even though that is relatively cool for Phoenix and any pro Player should be familiar with playing in heat.
I have to like this line. Alexander is going to run hard, Hasselbeck is going to have another consistent, albeit not dominating performance and even though the Card?s may put up some numbers the Seahawks are going to be motivated by a weak NFC West and the strong lure of their first Championship in some time. Holmgren?s job is on the line
Seattle (-4.5...Bet365) 3+Units
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