Arizona 33, 
Carolina 13
8:15 PM ET
January 10, 2009
Bank of America Stadium,
Charlotte, NC
| THIS WEEK'S LINE | |||
| FAVORITE | SPREAD | UNDERDOG | OVER/UNDER |
| Carolina | 9½ | Arizona | 49.5 |
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| 2008 TRENDS (Post Season) | |
| The Cardinals are 4-0 ATS. | |
| The Cardinals are 1-0 ATS away. | |
| The Cardinals are 4-0 ATS as the underdog. | |
| The Cardinals are 1-0 ATS as an away underdog. | |
| The Panthers are 0-1 ATS. | |
| The Panthers are 0-1 ATS at home. | |
| The Panthers are 0-1 ATS as the favorite. | |
| The Panthers are 0-1 ATS as a home favorite. | |
| Head 2 Head (since 2001) | ||
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| SU | 3-5-0 2008: 1-1-0 | 5-3-0 2008: 1-1-0 |
| ATS | 1-3-0 2008: 1-0-0 | 3-1-0 2008: 0-1-0 |
| ATS @CAR | 1-0-0 2008: 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 2008: 0-1-0 |
| ATS: favored | 0-2-0 2008: -- | 1-1-0 2008: 0-1-0 |
| ATS: underdog | 1-1-0 2008: 1-0-0 | 2-0-0 2008: -- |
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| The Panthers are clear favorites over the Cardinals despite Arizona running the ball and defending the run well vs Atlanta. The Cardinals may not have the option to stick with the run if they fall behind early. The duo of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart are forecasted for over 170 rushing yards. Williams averaged 6.4 ypc vs the Cardinals in Week 8 and is right around 6.0 in simulations. If the Cardinals can stop Williams like they stopped Michael Turner and hold Williams to under 100 yards on less than 4.5 ypc their chances increase considerably from 21 percent to 35 percent. If they not only contain the Panthers running game and get 50+ yadrs from Edgerin James they pull ahead with a 52 percent chance of winning. However, there is only a 15 percent chance that James outrushes Williams. It also hurts that Anquan Boldin is hurting. He will definitely play, but it looks like he will be slowed down. He had an 80 percent chance of having at least 1 TD last week, but this week he has just a 25 percent chance. If he and Larry Fitzgerald can both pull out big plays with at least 1 TD a piece the Cardinals chances increase to just 32 percent. So the key to Arizona upsetting the Panthers is not necessarily the passing game, but rather the running game (both offensively and defensively). | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| HEAD 2 HEAD RESULTS (SINCE 2001) | |||
| Date | Score | Line | O/U |
| Oct 26, 2008 | ARI 23, @CAR 27 | CAR, -5½ | 43.5 |
| Oct 14, 2007 | CAR 25, @ARI 10 | ARI, -6 | 38.5 |
| Oct 9, 2005 | CAR 24, @ARI 20 | CAR, -2½ | 43.0 |
| Nov 21, 2004 | ARI 10, @CAR 35 | CAR, NL | 0.0 |
| Dec 14, 2003 | CAR 20, @ARI 17 | CAR, NL | 0.0 |
| Oct 6, 2002 | ARI 16, @CAR 13 | CAR, NL | 0.0 |
| Dec 30, 2001 | ARI 30, @CAR 7 | CAR, NL | 0.0 |
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NFL Scores
Saturday, January 10th 2008
| Baltimore | 13 | Final |
| Tennessee | 10 |
| Arizona | 33 | Final |
| Carolina | 13 |
Sunday, January 11th 2008
| Philadelphia | 23 | Final |
| NY Giants | 11 |
| San Diego | 24 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 35 |