The Carolina Panthers are staring down Week 8 as perhaps the least surprising home underdogs of the year against the Green Bay Packers on Thursday Night Football. Their “run of good football” ran completely afoul against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just yesterday. It took only that one game, that awful preparation and individual effort, for folks across the league to lose all respect for a team that, let’s be real, hasn’t done much to earn it in recent years.
Yesterday’s Disaster Bleeds Into This Week’s Line
That Buccaneers game was a total debacle, and it shows in the opening lines for this Week 8 matchup. The Panthers are sitting at +3.5 on the spread (-110), while the Packers are favored at -3.5 (-110). The over/under is 46.5, with -115 for the over and -105 for the under. If you’re looking at the moneyline, Carolina is at +152, and Green Bay is at -110. What does that tell you? It tells you Vegas saw what we all saw.
Is Carolina’s Luck Finally Running Out?
If you think you know what to expect from the Panthers after yesterday’s mess, then you’re a far more confident person than I am. Part of me hopes yesterday was just a case of them overlooking a professional football team and assuming an easy win. But the nagging fear? It’s that injuries and insufficiencies across the board are finally catching up to a team that, frankly, lucked into an easy opening schedule. If you’re ready to bet your hard-earned cash on what we’ve seen from the Panthers so far, then good luck. They’re gonna need it this Thursday night.
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Originally reported by Cat Scratch Reader.
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