{"id":26571,"date":"2012-12-07T23:36:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T04:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26571"},"modified":"2012-12-07T23:36:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T04:36:18","slug":"nfc-west-football-betting-arizona-cardinals-at-seattle-seahawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfc-west-football-betting-arizona-cardinals-at-seattle-seahawks-26571\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC West Football Betting: Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks
\nSunday, December 9, 2012, 4:25 pm Eastern, TV: Fox, NFL Sunday Ticket
\nCenturyLink Field – Seattle, Washington
\nOpening Line: Seattle -10
\nCurrent Line: Seattle -10
\nOpening Total: 35
\nCurrent Total: 36
\nOpening Money Line: Seahawks -550 \/ Cardinals +450
\nCurrent Money Line: Seahawks -500 \/ Cardinals +400<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Seahawks are 10 point home favorites against the slumping Cardinals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Arizona Cardinals, coached by Ken Whisenhunt, started off the season 4-0, including a 20-16 win over the Seattle Seahawks at home to open the season. That was in September. Since the calendar turned to October though, the Cardinals have lost 8 straight games including 7-6 at the New York Jets last week.<\/p>\n

Since that loss to the Cardinals, the Seahawks have improved to 7-5. The Seahawks currently hold the last wild card spot in the NFC playoffs, but only lead by a game over a group of four 6-6 teams. The Seahawks are also a game and a half behind the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC West.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals are 5-6-1 ATS this season and the total is 3-9 this season. The Seahawks are 8-4 ATS and the total is 5-7 this season. Seattle has covered all 5 games at home this season.<\/p>\n

Arizona has won two straight games against Seattle, but hasn’t won in Seattle since 2009. Since 2001, Seattle holds a narrow 11-10 advantage in the series.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals are averaging 279.3 yards per game on offense, including 197.6 passing yards and 81.8 rushing yards. Arizona is being outscored 20-16 this season. The Cardinals are 27th or worse in all offensive categories, including last in total and scoring offense. The Cardinals are +7 in turnovers. Arizona has forced 33 sacks and has allowed 48 this season. The Cardinals are 54\/197 on third and fourth down conversions. On defense, Arizona is allowing 324.7 yards per game, including 196.1 passing yards and 128.6 rushing yards. The Cardinals are #3 in pass defense, and #24 in rush defense. Arizona is #7 in total defense and points allowed.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals have used 3 quarterbacks this season, but none have really been effective. Kevin Kolb has completed 59.6% of his passes for 1,169 yards with 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions, along with 16 carries, 100 yards and a touchdown. He has been sacked 27 times this season. He is doubtful with broken ribs after missing several games. John Skelton has completed 54.7% of his passes for 1,058 yards with 2 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He has been sacked 14 times this season. Skelton will start Sunday against Arizona. Rookie Ryan Lindley has completed 48.5% of his passes for 448 yards, with no touchdowns and 5 interceptions. He has been sacked 7 times this season.<\/p>\n

Running back LaRod Stephens-Howling\u00a0 has 92 carries, 313 yards and 4 touchdowns, along with 14 catches for 104 yards. Beanie Wells has 61 carries, 146 yards and 2 touchdowns. He is probable with a knee injury. William Powell will also get some carries. Ryan Williams is out for the season with a shoulder injury. Receiver Larry Fitzgerald has 56 catches, 650 yards and 4 touchdowns. Andre Roberts has 50 catches, 639 yards and 5 touchdowns. He is questionable with an ankle injury. Rob Housler has 36 catches and 368 yards. Michael Floyd and Early Doucet each have 26 catches.<\/p>\n

Seattle is averaging 328.6 yards per game on offense, including 187.2 passing and 141.3 rushing yards. The Seahawks are #30 in passing and #7 in rushing. Seattle is outscoring teams 20-17 this season. The Seahawks are +1 in turnovers this season. The Seahawks have forced 29 sacks and allowed 23 this season. Seattle is 66\/168 on third and fourth down conversions. On defense, the Seahawks are allowing 314 yards per game, including 110.6 rushing and 203.4 passing yards. Seattle is in the top 5 in total defense, against the pass, and points allowed, and #12 in rushing defense. The Seahawks have 2 special teams touchdowns this season.<\/p>\n

Rookie quarterback Russell Wilson has completed 63.4% of his passes for 2,344 yards with 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, along with 66 carries for 298 yards. Running back Marshawn Lynch has 250 carries, 1,138 yards and 6 touchdowns, along with 18 catches for 149 yards. He is probable with a back injury. Robert Turbin and Leon Washington will also get some carries. Washington has a kickoff return for a touchdown. Receiver Sydney Rice has 43 catches, 623 yards and 7 touchdowns. Rice is questionable with a head injury. Golden Tate has 35 catches, 486 yards and 7 touchdowns. Tight end Zach Miller has 28 catches, 308 yards and a touchdown. Doug Baldwin, Turbin, and Anthony McCoy will also get some catches. McCoy has 2 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals are 3-0-1 on fieldturf, 5-1-1 after allowing more than 150 rushing yards, 5-1 after gaining less than 250 yards, 4-1 after passing for 150 yards or less, 2-5 after allowing 15 points or less, 2-5-1 after allowing 150 passing yards or less, 1-3-1 in road games against teams with winning home records, 2-6-1 overall, 1-4-1 against NFC teams, 1-5 after scoring 15 points or less. The last four games in Seattle in this series have gone under the total.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks are 3-0-1 after passing for more than 250 yards, 7-1 at home against teams with losing road records, 5-1 on fieldturf, 4-1 in December, and in NFC games, 6-2 overall, 5-2 after rushing for more than 150 yards, and after gaining more than 350 total yards, 39-19-2 at home, and 1-4 against NFC West teams. Seattle is 5-2 ATS at home against the Cardinals. The home team is 5-1 ATS in this series recently.<\/p>\n

Seattle is very good at home, but not so good on the road. The Cardinals have lost 8 straight games. Seattle should win easily but both teams have great defenses. I think the Cardinals hang around and get the back door cover.<\/p>\n

Our NFL handicappers are crushing the sports books this season. Don’t miss out on any more winners this season.<\/p>\n

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Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks Sunday, December 9, 2012, 4:25 pm Eastern, TV: Fox, NFL Sunday Ticket CenturyLink Field – Seattle, Washington Opening Line: Seattle -10 Current Line: Seattle -10 Opening Total: 35 Current Total: 36 Opening Money Line: Seahawks -550 \/ Cardinals +450 Current Money Line: Seahawks -500 \/ Cardinals +400 The Arizona Cardinals, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":4232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[646,2539,2103,2508,2587,31,1772,1930,1922,417],"class_list":["post-26571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-football-betting","tag-fox","tag-free-nfl-pick","tag-nfc-west","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26678,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26571\/revisions\/26678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}