Monday Night Football Betting at VietBet — Chargers and Cardinals Look to Take Things One Step Further
By Charles Jay
The San Diego Chargers seem to surprise everybody last season when they came out of nowhere to claim a playoff spot. But this team is in the highly-competitive AFC West, which means they have to continue making progress. They will move forward with a new offense of coordinator as they go into the season opener against the Arizona Cardinals, who barely missed making the post-season in 2013, as Monday night football betting action at VietBet commences at 10:20 PM ET at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ.
San Diego not only snuck into a wild card spot last year, they won a playoff game on the road against Cincinnati. They finished with a 10-8 straight-up record, and were a commendable 11-6-1 against the pro football pointspread. Arizona was 10-6 straight-up and just missed out on a wild card berth through the tie-breaker process. The Cards were 11-5 against the spread in Bruce Arians’ first season at the helm.
In the NFL betting lines that have been placed on this game by the folks at VietBet, the Cardinals are laying a field goal at home:
Arizona Cardinals -3 (-115)
San Diego Chargers +3 (-105)
Over 46 Points -110
Under 46 Points -110
When coach Mike McCoy and offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt assumed control last season, they pledged to take Philip Rivers to a new level. That is exactly what they did. Rivers had perhaps his best season yet, completing close to 70% of his passes for 32 touchdowns with only eleven interceptions, and may have won the league’s MVP award if not for Peyton Manning. And he did so despite the fact that two of his best receivers were lost to him. One of those receivers – Malcom Floyd – has come back, and last year’s injuries allowed rookie Keenan Allen (71 catches) to emerge as a major target. And VietBet customers saw how valuable Danny Woodhead was in a dual role as rusher and receiver. This is a very capable all-around attack, and indications are that there won’t have to be as much shuffling on the offensive line as there was last season.
Whisenhunt did such an impressive job that he was offered the head job with the Tennessee Titans, so he has left, with Frank Reich being promoted from quarterback coach to coordinator. Whisenhunt’s former team, the Cardinals, replaced him with Bruce Arians, who got results after coming over form Indianapolis, where he filled in while Chuck Pagano was getting cancer treatments.
Arians will try to get at least one more serviceable season out of Carson Palmer, the Heisman Trophy winner who threw for 4274 yards but also had 22 interceptions to go with his 24 TD passes. Football bettors have been hearing raves out of camp about the abilities of third-round draft choice John Brown, who played college ball at Pittsburg State, and the Cardinals (+2500 to win the NFC as posted at VietBet) have also acquired Ted Ginn Jr., which means that along with Michael Floyd, there could be enough at the receiver spot to keep extra pressure off Larry Fitzgerald, who had 82 catches last year.
The big concern right now is the status of running back Andre Ellington, the running back who averaged 5.5 yards a carry in 2013 and was going to be counted on a lot more as he entered his second season. Ellington has suffered a foot injury, and he is highly questionable for this Monday night encounter.
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