Another rematch from last week is featured in the NFL’s Wild Card Weekend.
Nobody is putting much stock in the score from last weekend, where the Green Bay Packers pummelled the Arizona Cardinals, because the Cardinals rested their best players. Common sense dictates that they won’t be doing that again in this do or die playoff game.
Arizona hosts the Green Packers on Sunday and the Cardinals are beaten up for the wild-card round rematch: star receiver Anquan Boldin is very iffy to play because of ankle and knee issues. Safety Antrel Rolle is a bit up in the air after missing last weeks game with an injured thigh and both cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and defensive end Calais Campbell were hurt last week but both should play against the Pack on Sunday (not drawing a Saturday game will help Arizona).
And, sure, theres no team hotter in the NFC than Green Bay, which has won seven of eight games and gone 3-0 against playoff teams in the process. But the Cards still opened as 3-point betting favorites this week on Bodogs NFL odds and the public jumped all over that as no line has moved more among this weeks NFL action.
As of this writing, Green Bay is now a 1.5-point favorite. Thats a fairly stunning point move for an NFL game where a star quarterback isnt out or something similar. The Packers-Cardinals matchup is drawing five times more action at Bodog (as of this writing) than any other game this weekend and the majority of it obviously is coming in on Green Bay.
Its not just limited to this week with the Pack, either. On Monday, Green Bays odds to win Super Bowl XLIV were 22/1. Today they are at 15/1. Thats also shocking shift in just a few days. Yet the Pack arent getting all the futures love they are drawing the second-most action behind the New York Jets, although its close.
Overall futures wise, bettors this week are steering clear of the four teams that are on a bye. They obviously are looking to get the big price on one of the eight teams going in the wild-card round because the four that move on will see their odds drop substantially.
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