The Carolina Panthers Have Something to Prove…And Fully Intend To
By Charles Jay
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The Carolina Panthers have won three straight division titles and are 16-1 straight-up, including last weekend’s win over the Seattle Seahawks. Yet they may be a team that has an awful lot to prove – still – to the American public. They can most certainly do that to a certain extent on Sunday as they take on the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game, which will take place at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, beginning at 6:40 PM ET. Vietbet patrons have the chance to wager on the game while it is in progress, through the state-of-the-art software from Live Betting Extra.
NFC Championship Game – Vietbet NFL BETTING LINE:
In the reduced juice football playoff betting odds that have been posted on this game by the folks at Vietbet, the Panthers are the home favorite:
Carolina Panthers -3 (-110)
Arizona Cardinals +3 (+100)
Over 47.5 points -108
Under 47.5 points -102
The Panthers won the first 14 games of their season, and obviously it looked as if they just might be the second team to get through a 16-game regular season without a loss, but they did suffer a defeat to the Atlanta Falcons, who they had beaten 38-0 just two weeks before. They have now scored two victories over the Seattle Seahawks, and they were both impressive in their own right. In the first meeting, which took place at Century Link Field, they put together two 80-yard drives in the final minutes to win 27-23, and then in last weekend’s Divisional Round, they got off to a 31-0 halftime lead on the way to a 31-24 triumph.
Currently the Panthers are 16-1 straight-up, with a pointspread record of 12-5 ATS, while Arizona, which gave Carolina a run for its money for the home field advantage in the conference, is 14-3 SU and 9-8 ATS.
Of course, Cam Newton, the former Heisman Trophy winner, stood out for the team, becoming the only player in history to throw for 35 TD’s and run for ten touchdowns. So obviously he is dangerous with his arm as well as his feet. And the important thing is that he has developed as a leader for this squad, and that wasn’t always the case. This season was a big challenge, because if you looked at this depth chart at the season’s outset, you wouldn’t have seen a lot of healthy weapons. Remember that Kelvin Benjamin, the wide receiver who’d has such a good rookie season, was going to be out for the year. And DeAngelo Williams, who had made for an effective running back tandem with Jonathan Stewart, went off to Pittsburgh.
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But Vietbet patrons realize that if the Panthers are going to win this game, and go on to win the Super Bowl title, it is going to be mostly on the strength of its defense. And that stop unit has forced more turnovers than any other team in the NFL. They ranked second in the league in points allowed per drive. And this has been recognized, as several members of this unit have been named to the All-Pro team. The linebacking duo of Thomas Davis and Luke Kuechly is deadly – possibly the best in the NFL. Star Lotulelei and Kawann Short compare to any combo on the defensive line. And there is the “shutdown” corner in Josh Norman, who is the guy that drove Odell Beckham nuts when the Panthers beat the New York Giants.
This will be a certain – and major – challenge for these guys, as Arizona has led the league in yards per drive and has a collection of wide receivers that spread the field. Bruce Arians’ club had to go without injured Carson Palmer in last year’s playoff meeting with the Panthers, when they had just 78 net yards, They are not counting on a repeat of that this time around.
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