{"id":9602,"date":"2010-10-23T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T01:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9602"},"modified":"2010-10-23T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T19:05:11","slug":"nfc-west-battle-arizona-cardinals-at-seattle-seahawks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfc-west-battle-arizona-cardinals-at-seattle-seahawks-2-9602\/","title":{"rendered":"NFC West Battle: Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks
\nSunday, 10\/24\/2010, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 40.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Seattle -275 \/ Arizona +235<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arizona WR Larry Fitzgerald has five touchdown catches in his last six games versus the Seahawks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona enjoyed a bye week after picking up an impressive 30-20 win over the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints on October 20 and the organization was happy the week of rest came at this point of the season.\u00a0 Seven players who were nursing injuries returned to practice, including receivers Steve Breaston and Early Doucet, who should fill the No. 2 and No. 3 wideout roles respectively against the Seahawks.\u00a0 The Cardinals are ranked 31st in total offense and 30th in passing with many fans wishing they were watching former quarterback Kurt Warner on the field than tuning into ABC\u2019s Dancing with the Stars.\u00a0 The team is 2-0 ATS after a bye week the last two years and 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games following a week of rest.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals are also hoping the week of rest helped in the development of rookie quarterback Max Hall, who completed 17 of 27 passes for 168 yards against the Saints.\u00a0 \u201cI think I\u2019ve settled down,\u201d Hall said.\u00a0 \u201cI think the anxiety part\u2019s over.\u00a0 Now I\u2019m just really trying to get better every day, to be the quarterback of this team.\u201d\u00a0 Arizona is likely to go with a conservative game plan in this contest due to Hall making his first start on the road.\u00a0 \u201cYou definitely have that you-against-the-world feeling when you go to Qwest Field,\u201d said wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s the 11 men in the huddle and no one else in the building.\u201d\u00a0 In his last six games against the Seahawks, Fitzgerald has 48 receptions for 620 yards and five touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Seattle is focused on trying to open 3-0 at Qwest Field for the first time since 2005 and is coming off a road victory in Chicago.\u00a0 \u201cComing back home is a big deal to this team.\u00a0 We\u2019ve loved the chances that we\u2019ve had to play there so far,\u201d said head coach Pete Carroll.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to keep some momentum.\u201d\u00a0 It will prove even more crucial against a divisional foe that has won 12 of its last 14 games against NFC West opponents.\u00a0 Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has the best chance in ending the Cardinals success against the division, winning 16 of his last 21 such opportunities.\u00a0 The team is 7-7 ATS versus NFC West foes over the last three years.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks will try to gash a Cardinals\u2019 defense that is allowing 140.8 yards per game on the ground, which is fourth-worst in the league.\u00a0 Seattle hopes that Hasselbeck\u2019s 242-yard performance last week will help open the running lanes even more.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re growing,\u201d said the veteran signal caller.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re building on everything that we\u2019re doing.\u00a0 We\u2019re finding out who we are.\u201d\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, the defense is second in the NFL against the run, giving up an average of 70.4 rushing yards and a 2.9 per carry average.<\/p>\n

Bettors will definitely note that the Cardinals are 11-3 ATS as an underdog and on an 8-1 ATS run in October.\u00a0 Seattle is 5-1 ATS in its last six home games, but is a dismal 3-13 ATS following a win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks Sunday, 10\/24\/2010, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Seattle -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 40.5 Current Total:\u00a0 40 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Seattle -275 \/ Arizona +235 Arizona enjoyed a bye week after picking up an impressive 30-20 win over the defending Super Bowl Champion New Orleans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[646,666,3574,503,3573,1287,3572,417],"class_list":["post-9602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-kurt-warner","tag-larry-fitzgerald","tag-matt-hasselbeck","tag-max-hall","tag-pete-carroll","tag-qwest-field","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602","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=9602"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9714,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9602\/revisions\/9714"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}