THE DUKE SPORTS
Arizona (+2) for 1.5 Units
San Fran has covered 4 of last 5 in this series but we don't like the fact that a shaky road team (SF) is laying points tonight. The dog in this series has covered in 7 of the last 8 games. The Cardinals have not successfully replaced Kurt Warner at QB but do have an advantage with former All-Pro Derek Anderson at the controls as he is starting to find rhythm with Fitzgerald and Breaston on the other hand, SF's Troy Smith starts his first "true" road game for SF on enemy ground. Smith did not look good at home vs TB last week with a 51.5 rating. We do realize that the AZ defense has been very shaky and can't strengthen our selection because of it. We do, however, believe that tonight's spotlight on MNF, revenge mode, and with the chance to, amazingly, stay in the division race will bring out the best in this bunch, which has some talent. And against their division, AZ is 11-1 ATS off a non-division game and back-to-back SU losses. They also play the dog role well at 20-8 ATS and show some resilience with an 11-4 ATS mark at home off a SU loss. Whisenhunt is a sweet 9-1 ATS at home vs an opponent off a SU non-division loss. SF, on the other hand, has come up empty as a small road favorite at 0-6 ATS and they're just 2-8 ATS as chalk vs a sub .500 team with revenge off a SU loss. AZ the call.
Arizona (+2) for 1.5 Units
San Fran has covered 4 of last 5 in this series but we don't like the fact that a shaky road team (SF) is laying points tonight. The dog in this series has covered in 7 of the last 8 games. The Cardinals have not successfully replaced Kurt Warner at QB but do have an advantage with former All-Pro Derek Anderson at the controls as he is starting to find rhythm with Fitzgerald and Breaston on the other hand, SF's Troy Smith starts his first "true" road game for SF on enemy ground. Smith did not look good at home vs TB last week with a 51.5 rating. We do realize that the AZ defense has been very shaky and can't strengthen our selection because of it. We do, however, believe that tonight's spotlight on MNF, revenge mode, and with the chance to, amazingly, stay in the division race will bring out the best in this bunch, which has some talent. And against their division, AZ is 11-1 ATS off a non-division game and back-to-back SU losses. They also play the dog role well at 20-8 ATS and show some resilience with an 11-4 ATS mark at home off a SU loss. Whisenhunt is a sweet 9-1 ATS at home vs an opponent off a SU non-division loss. SF, on the other hand, has come up empty as a small road favorite at 0-6 ATS and they're just 2-8 ATS as chalk vs a sub .500 team with revenge off a SU loss. AZ the call.