{"id":35003,"date":"2014-08-16T20:00:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35003"},"modified":"2014-08-16T18:41:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T23:41:18","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-vs-carolina-panthers-nfl-preseason-week-2-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/kansas-city-chiefs-vs-carolina-panthers-nfl-preseason-week-2-betting-odds-and-picks-35003\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs vs. Carolina Panthers: NFL Preseason Week 2 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Carolina Panthers
\nSunday, 8\/17\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Carolina -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Carolina -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 39
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40.5
\nOdds Courtesy of 5Dimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton is expected to be under center Sunday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas City will look to build on its 41-39 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals as two-point home favorites in its preseason opener last week, while going OVER the betting total of 36.5.\u00a0 The Chiefs special teams and defense were responsible for 27 of the team\u2019s 41 points, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting lines, with rookie running back De\u2019Anthony Thomas supplying the biggest play with a 80-yard punt return.\u00a0 Head coach Andy Reid expects starting quarterback Alex Smith to play nearly the entire first half, as he wants him to go up against Carolina\u2019s talented defense.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs first-team defense will be tested with Panthers signal-caller Cam Newton taking the field for the first time in 2014, with linebackers Tamba Hall and Justin Houston leading the charge.\u00a0 Offensively, Kansas City will need to figure out its wide receiver situation with the recent announcement of Dwayne Bowe being suspended for the regular season opener due to violating the league\u2019s substance abuse policy.<\/p>\n

Carolina was handed a 20-18 defeat by the Buffalo Bills as one-point home underdogs last week, while going OVER the betting total of 37.\u00a0 Panthers head coach Ron Rivera would like Newton to play through the first quarter, as his return will greatly benefit the wide receivers and tight ends, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks Sunday night.\u00a0 Running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart also appear ready to take the field for the first time.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that reserve quarterback Joe Web led the squad with 30 rushing yards versus the Bills.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have plenty of question marks in the secondary, with Rivera classifying the group as a work in progress.\u00a0 Carolina will need to figure things out on the field without the services of free safety Roman Harper in this matchup, as he\u2019s still battling turf toe.\u00a0 The team is trying to convert Charles Godfrey from safety to a nickel corner, but it has not gone well, as he\u2019s still dealing with lingering effects from last year\u2019s torn Achilles.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Panthers due to their 5-1 ATS mark in exhibition play with a total of 36 points or higher under Rivera.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs vs. Carolina Panthers Sunday, 8\/17\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Carolina -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Carolina -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 39 Current Total:\u00a0 40.5 Odds Courtesy of 5Dimes Kansas City will look to build on its 41-39 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals as two-point home favorites in its preseason opener last week, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1173,3728,3365,279,303,6145],"class_list":["post-35003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-alex-smith","tag-andy-reid","tag-cam-newton","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-ron-rivera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35003","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35004,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35003\/revisions\/35004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}