NFC Championship Betting
By Mike Harrison / SPORTSBETTING.COM
Raise your hands if you made a pre-season bet on the Arizona Cardinals to be in the NFC Championship game, or even if you made a moneyline wager on them last week, expecting them to win straight up in Carolina, and that they would be hosting the Eagles?.liars.
The team that took stumbled their way to a divisional crown in a division that consisted of the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis Rams will play a team with a QB that was benched at one point this season and publicly stated he wasn?t aware of ties in the NFL. One of these clubs will carry the NFC banner heading into this year?s Super Bowl.
SPORTSBETTING.com has Philadelphia sitting as a 3.5-point road favorite with the Total set at 47.5.
Both teams are coming into this one with injury issues.
It appears the Cards will have their superb WR duo (Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin) intact for the championship game: Boldin, who missed the divisional playoff game against Carolina with a hamstring injury, should be in the lineup.
Philly RB Brian Westbrook is said to have ?tweaked? his knee in last week?s upset win over the New York Giants, according to reports, but like Boldin, is expected to play.
Looking at some numbers, the Cards are atrocious when underdogs of 4-points or less, going 5-15 SU and 6-13-1 ATS and are 0-5 SU and ATS in their last five games at +4 or below.
The Eagles aren?t much better in the opposite situation going 9-11 SU and 7-13 ATS but have gone 3-0 SU and ATS in their last three at -4 or less.
While Boldin was nursing his hammy last game, Fitzgerald was catching eight passes for 166 yards coupled with a TD; he leads all WRs in playoff receiving yards with 267 yards and receptions with 14.
SPORTSBETTING.com has a ?Larry Fitzgerald Total Receptions? prop amongst their prop offerings for this game.
Four receptions or less by Arizona?s No. 11 pays out at +350; exactly five catches pays out at +250; six balls pays out at +200; seven pays out at +300; nine at +800 and eight and 10 or more both at +500.
Fitzgerald is also an option as a Super Bowl MVP prop, listed as a 12-1 longshot to win the Pete Rozelle trophy should Arizona make the Super Bowl.
There are an unlimited number of prop plays and future odd wagers available as we head into the Conference Championship games. I always make a few a these wagers to keep things interesting.
Looking at the Total, when the Cards are underdogs of 4-points or less, the Over has gone 12-8.
Philly?s last 15 visits to Arizona has resulted in 9 Overs and 6 Unders.
The money really came in on Philadelphia in early betting but has since leveled off, but 75% of the wagering volume is on the Eagles right now.
If you want to get the jump on Super Bowl betting, SPORTSBETTING.com has the early line established with the AFC favored by a field goal and the Total set at 43.5.
Enjoy the big games
By Mike Harrison / SPORTSBETTING.COM
Raise your hands if you made a pre-season bet on the Arizona Cardinals to be in the NFC Championship game, or even if you made a moneyline wager on them last week, expecting them to win straight up in Carolina, and that they would be hosting the Eagles?.liars.
The team that took stumbled their way to a divisional crown in a division that consisted of the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks and St. Louis Rams will play a team with a QB that was benched at one point this season and publicly stated he wasn?t aware of ties in the NFL. One of these clubs will carry the NFC banner heading into this year?s Super Bowl.
SPORTSBETTING.com has Philadelphia sitting as a 3.5-point road favorite with the Total set at 47.5.
Both teams are coming into this one with injury issues.
It appears the Cards will have their superb WR duo (Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin) intact for the championship game: Boldin, who missed the divisional playoff game against Carolina with a hamstring injury, should be in the lineup.
Philly RB Brian Westbrook is said to have ?tweaked? his knee in last week?s upset win over the New York Giants, according to reports, but like Boldin, is expected to play.
Looking at some numbers, the Cards are atrocious when underdogs of 4-points or less, going 5-15 SU and 6-13-1 ATS and are 0-5 SU and ATS in their last five games at +4 or below.
The Eagles aren?t much better in the opposite situation going 9-11 SU and 7-13 ATS but have gone 3-0 SU and ATS in their last three at -4 or less.
While Boldin was nursing his hammy last game, Fitzgerald was catching eight passes for 166 yards coupled with a TD; he leads all WRs in playoff receiving yards with 267 yards and receptions with 14.
SPORTSBETTING.com has a ?Larry Fitzgerald Total Receptions? prop amongst their prop offerings for this game.
Four receptions or less by Arizona?s No. 11 pays out at +350; exactly five catches pays out at +250; six balls pays out at +200; seven pays out at +300; nine at +800 and eight and 10 or more both at +500.
Fitzgerald is also an option as a Super Bowl MVP prop, listed as a 12-1 longshot to win the Pete Rozelle trophy should Arizona make the Super Bowl.
There are an unlimited number of prop plays and future odd wagers available as we head into the Conference Championship games. I always make a few a these wagers to keep things interesting.
Looking at the Total, when the Cards are underdogs of 4-points or less, the Over has gone 12-8.
Philly?s last 15 visits to Arizona has resulted in 9 Overs and 6 Unders.
The money really came in on Philadelphia in early betting but has since leveled off, but 75% of the wagering volume is on the Eagles right now.
If you want to get the jump on Super Bowl betting, SPORTSBETTING.com has the early line established with the AFC favored by a field goal and the Total set at 43.5.
Enjoy the big games
