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The Arizona Cardinals odds to win the 2015 NFC Championship were set at 23-1 and the Super Bowl at 42-1 at Bookmaker.
They were favored to win OVER 7.5 regular season games in 2014 with a price tag of -135. The UNDER would pay out $131 on a $100 bet. Despite being in a tough division that includes the likes of reigning Super Bowl champs the Seattle Seahawks, the Cardinals look as if they are going to be a very good team (at least on paper).
Last year’s Arizona Cardinals team stunned everyone with a solid above .500 winning regular season after oddsmakers listed them at OVER/UNDER 5.5 regular season wins early on in the season. Even more astonishing is that the Cardinals finished at 10-6 but failed to make the Playoffs as a result of being part of a division that featured the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks and another solid team in the San Francisco 49ers.
At starting quarterback, Carson Palmer is someone that can lead this franchise to a Super Bowl. During the final nine games of the 2013 regular season, Palmer recorded 16 touchdowns, nine interceptions.
At the wide receiver position, Michael Floyd enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2013. Joining forces with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, this will be a dangerous duo indeed.
With the Draft, Arizona fared rather well. They added a solid safety in Deone Bucannon and Notre Dame tight end Troy Niklas.
In the case of Niklas, ESPN.com noted that head coach Bruce Arians “wanted tight ends that fit his mold -- guys who are bigger, stronger, faster and love to block”.
Big men Jake Ballard and John Carlson will compliment Niklas.
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Regular season schedule (blue = high probability of winning, red = lower probability of winning)
Sept. 8: San Diego Chargers (Mon.), 10:20
Sept. 14: at New York Giants, 1
Sept. 21: San Francisco 49ers, 4:05
Sept. 28: BYE
Oct. 5: at Denver Broncos, 4:05
Oct. 12: Washington Redskins, 4:25
Oct. 19: at Oakland Raiders, 4:25
Oct. 26: Philadelphia Eagles, 4:05
Nov. 2: at Dallas Cowboys, 1
Nov. 9: St. Louis Rams, 4:25
Nov. 16: Detroit Lions, 4:25
Nov. 23: at Seattle Seahawks, 4:05
Nov. 30: at Atlanta Falcons, 4:05
Dec. 7: Kansas City Chiefs, 4:05
Dec. 11: at St. Louis Rams (Thu.), 8:25
Dec. 21: Seattle Seahawks, 8:30*
Dec. 28: at San Francisco 49ers, 4:25
Based on this scheduling, the Cardinals have decent value at winning OVER 7.5 regular season games at -135.
- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com
