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Carolina +10
It seems like all season there has been little to no value on the Panthers as they have only covered the spread twice in 10 tries as they have been spanked routinely including 3 weeks in a row. I believe at this point in the year starting this week there is value on the Panthers.
I think this week is the tipping point for a few reasons. First of all
Carolina actually showed some signs of life last week. The scoreboard shows a 20+ point blowout but the spread was only 7 points with about 6 minutes to go when Baltimore got a couple pick 6's and broke the game open. Several Panthers players said after the game that they thought they had a chance and the score did not reflect the game. This is important because it will give them some confidence going forward. The Panthers already went through their "we suck and will quit phase", now there is a new focus as so often happens with bad teams towards the latter part of the year. Now the attitude is to play hard down the stretch, play for jobs, and to play for next year. The quitting is over. Teams don't just lay down for weeks on end in this league, a few weeks maybe but these are still professionals. Flash back to last year and look at their opponent this week, the Cleveland Browns. The Browns started last year 1-8 and had covered just 3 games. They were past the point of quitting and started playing several younger players looking forward to next year (like the Panthers right now) and proceeded to play loose the rest of the season and covered their final 7 games.
I'm not saying the Panthers will cover every game the rest of the year but I feel we have reached that crucial tipping point with them this week. Another thing to consider is Carolina is considered the laughing stock of the league right now and easily the worst team after Buffalo won last week. I'm sure that won't sit well and will be further motivation to put in a quality effort. The Browns have been a nice story this year as they've been competitive but let's not kid ourselves, this is still not a good football team and seeing them 10 point favorites over anyone is laughable.
Jake Delhomme as a 10 point fav.
If I find a nice price or the line goes up a bit I will be playing the ML too.
It seems like all season there has been little to no value on the Panthers as they have only covered the spread twice in 10 tries as they have been spanked routinely including 3 weeks in a row. I believe at this point in the year starting this week there is value on the Panthers.
I think this week is the tipping point for a few reasons. First of all
Carolina actually showed some signs of life last week. The scoreboard shows a 20+ point blowout but the spread was only 7 points with about 6 minutes to go when Baltimore got a couple pick 6's and broke the game open. Several Panthers players said after the game that they thought they had a chance and the score did not reflect the game. This is important because it will give them some confidence going forward. The Panthers already went through their "we suck and will quit phase", now there is a new focus as so often happens with bad teams towards the latter part of the year. Now the attitude is to play hard down the stretch, play for jobs, and to play for next year. The quitting is over. Teams don't just lay down for weeks on end in this league, a few weeks maybe but these are still professionals. Flash back to last year and look at their opponent this week, the Cleveland Browns. The Browns started last year 1-8 and had covered just 3 games. They were past the point of quitting and started playing several younger players looking forward to next year (like the Panthers right now) and proceeded to play loose the rest of the season and covered their final 7 games.
I'm not saying the Panthers will cover every game the rest of the year but I feel we have reached that crucial tipping point with them this week. Another thing to consider is Carolina is considered the laughing stock of the league right now and easily the worst team after Buffalo won last week. I'm sure that won't sit well and will be further motivation to put in a quality effort. The Browns have been a nice story this year as they've been competitive but let's not kid ourselves, this is still not a good football team and seeing them 10 point favorites over anyone is laughable.
Jake Delhomme as a 10 point fav.If I find a nice price or the line goes up a bit I will be playing the ML too.
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