The DAL/ARI game is a very similar situation to the week 9
ATL/DET matchup that nipped up and bit a lot of bettors.
Here's the scenario:
Part I: The home team's been hanging around in home games (DET., @ home, had covered vs. SEA and BUF and missed covering GB by 1. ARI has lost their 4 home games
by a total of something like 14 points or 3.5 pts avg/game in
games with SF, STL, KC and CHI).
Part II: The spread, as far as the home 'dog is concerned,
is 'in-your-face'. No respect. "We're 6-7 point 'dogs at home?
WTF? Who are these friggin' 'Boys and just who do they think
they are?" Motivation: ARI (just like DET got up for ATL).
PART III: The visitor is playing
hot with a
buzz.
So a price is paid for that. Usually IMO, it's around 2.5 to 3
points. (DAL and Romocop are playing
hotjust like ATL/Vick heading into DET).
PART IV: Home Team not only coming off bye, but plays
well off byes. (Can't remember DET's record off bye but I
did look it up last week and I believe it was favourable.
ARI is something like 2-0 (last 2 years) and 10-4 coming off
a bye and these stats are
ATS!
PART V: Visitor over-exerted in relationship to the rested
off-a-bye home squad. Before going into DET, ATL had, 2 weeks earlier, outperformed the PS vs PITT and then played
a tough close game with CIN, then on the road vs a rested
DET. I compared that to DAL headed in to this matchup with ARI. Two weeks ago DAL outperformed the PS @ CAR and then they exerted themselves in a tough, close game to WASH and now on the road to face a rested ARI.
It's a mirrored matchup. Same script.
This scenario may not play itself out but I think it does more often than not, so I see some value with ARI here or at the very least some good reasoning to go easy on DAL.
I'm going to wait for more points and play ARI small. Also thinking of a middle (Buy DAL down to 6.5 and ARI later
at at least 7.5 or hopefully more).
GL as always imgv
