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1 Unit Play. Take Carolina Panthers (-125 First Half Money Line) over Arizona Cardinals (8p.m., Thursday, August 6 NBC) Lots of factors in this exhibition game, but we will take a swing with QB Kenny Pickett who will likely start in this game for Carolina. Arizona has a first year had head coach and that used to mean something in the preseason. I don’t believe it means much anymore, especially since he comes from the Sean McVay tree. We will not worry about what happens in the second half and instead just expect Carolina to have a lead at the half.Robert Ferringo
1-Unit Play. 7-POINT TEASER: Take #102 Arizona (+8) over Carolina (8 p.m.) AND Take ‘Over’ 27.0 Arizona vs. Carolina (8 p.m.)I like both Arizona and the ‘over’. But I think this gives us a better chance to cash. I don’t see a big motivational edge on either side. Mike LeFleur is a rookie head coach for Arizona and would love to make a statement. But new head coaches are on a 11-18 ATS slide in their preseason openers over the last five years. Carolina is 1-5 SU, 0-6 ATS in the preseason in his two years at the helm in Carolina, which shows me that he doesn’t put too much stock in the preseason. But at 0-6 ATS, the Panthers are due to get one this August; they won’t get to 0-10 ATS. So as much as I like Arizona, I hate the fact that they are skipping Gardner Minshew. He and Jacoby Brissett are going to sit tonight and it will be rookie Carson Beck and camp arm Kedon Slovis for the Cardinals. Carolina is going with Kenny Pickett and rookie Haynes King, who I like, so no big edge with the quarterbacks either. So all things being equal, I can see a tighter game. Only 7 of the previous 19 Hall of Fame games were decided by 9 points or more and only six of the past 20 HOF games have been decided by double-digits.
As for the total, I liked the ‘under’ earlier in the week when this total was at 36.5. I thought the public would push this one up to 37.5 if we had a normal quarterback rotation going. But now it’s gone the other way and the teaser helps get it down into a playable range. If this number went up to 35.0 I would’ve considering teasing the ‘under’ to 42.0 because I see somewhere right around 31-35 points here. LeFleur has been an offensive coordinator for 15 NFL preseason games. His teams are 10-5 against the total. His offenses have scored 23 or more points in 7 of 15 games and three other times they’ve hit for 17. His offenses have averaged 19.4 points per game in his 15 games. His offensive coordinator is Nate Hackett and Hackett’s teams have averaged 17.4 PPG over his last 35 preseason games. So we have a couple guys that want to score. Defensively, Carolina allowed 30 points in its opener last year (to the Browns and two rookie QBs) and 70 points in three games. The Panthers have allowed 21.3 points per game in Canales’ six preseason games. Arizona kept defensive coordinator Nick Rallis. In his nine preseason games the Cardinals have allowed 22.3 PPG and there have been at least 27 points scored in every game. I’ll call it 18-16 for one side or another.
Carpe diem. Good luck.
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2-Unit Play. #101. Take Carolina Panthers ML (-125) over Arizona Cardinals (Thursday @ 8pm est)We roll with Carolina here, it makes a lot of sense to take them as we're big fans of Pickett who used to be the starting QB of the Steelers and of Haynes King who we have followed his career through and through and he is a great talent and he will prove himself quite capable today. Carolina won some monster games last year including beating the Rams, they are very talented, especially their depth on defense, a coaching staff who has a lot to prove and Beck is a decent QB but he has a lot to be desired and we like Carolina here.
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2-Unit Play: #102 Arizona +1-110 over Carolina (Thursday, August 6, 2026, 8:00pm ET)Take Arizona ATS as my top NFL pick for Thursday night in the Hall of Fame game. This pick falls into one of my systems and I really like Arizona in this spot, especially with their backups playing most of the game. I really like what Arizona did in the off-season and I expect them to surprise many people this season. In games like this, the outcome always depends on the backup players and this Arizona is very deep at key positions. Play Arizona ATS
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