{"id":35295,"date":"2014-09-10T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T21:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35295"},"modified":"2014-09-10T15:32:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T20:32:58","slug":"nfl-week-2-picks-arizona-cardinals-vs-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-2-picks-arizona-cardinals-vs-new-york-giants-35295\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 2 Picks: Arizona Cardinals vs. New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals vs. New York Giants
\nSunday, 9\/14\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Arizona Cardinals are 4-7 ATS as favorites since 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona hits the road after a season-opening 18-17 win over the San Diego Chargers as three-point home favorites to close out ESPN\u2019s Monday Night Football doubleheader, as it won the statistical battle by 113 yards.\u00a0 Cardinals signal-caller Carson Palmer really came alive in the final quarter of that affair, which is important to consider when making your Week 2 NFL betting picks, as he completed 8-of-12 passes for 85 yards and two touchdowns.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the stop unit limited a potent San Diego offense to 290 yards, including just 52 on the ground.\u00a0 Arizona is 8-4 SU and 4-7 ATS as favorites since 2012.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals may struggle to create a pass rush and get after Giants quarterback Eli Manning, as 16-year veteran John Abraham is considering retirement after sustaining a concussion Monday.\u00a0 Arizona is already playing without the services of star defensive tackle Darnell Docket for the entire season due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

New York isn\u2019t going to attract much action from sports bettors when looking over the NFL betting odds, as it comes off a 35-14 defeat to the Detroit Lions as 6.5-point road underdogs Monday\u2014getting out-gained by a sizable 220-yard margin.\u00a0 The Giants have won three of the last four meetings in this particular series, including a 31-27 victory as one-point road favorites on Oct. 2, 2011.\u00a0 Manning completed 27-of-40 passes for 321 yards and two touchdowns in that affair.\u00a0 New York is 5-10 SU and 6-8-1 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Giants need to get the ball out to their playmaking wide receivers, as Victor Cruz and Rueben Randle combined for just four catches in the opener.\u00a0 New York has no real vertical passing game at the moment due to its offensive line\u2019s inability to protect Manning on a consistent basis.\u00a0 Running back Rashad Jennings also found it hard to find running room\u2014finishing with 46 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 7-3 in the last 10 installments of this series.<\/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":"

Arizona Cardinals vs. New York Giants Sunday, 9\/14\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arizona hits the road after a season-opening 18-17 win over the San Diego Chargers as three-point home favorites to close out ESPN\u2019s Monday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":34923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[646,506,598,401,31],"class_list":["post-35295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-carson-palmer","tag-eli-manning","tag-new-york-giants","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35295","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=35295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35296,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35295\/revisions\/35296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}