NFL Week 9 Cardinals vs Vikings: Game Review – Wagering Results
The Cardinals traveled to Minnesota to face the Vikings at Mall of America Field in Week 9 NFL action. In a week full of mind blowing comeback wins and individual breakthrough performances, this match-up between the Arizona and Minnesota did not disappoint and needed extra time to settle it.
Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings played -8 point home favorites with the game total set at OVER/UNDER 40.5 points
Backers of the home favorite Vikings were getting -370 betting odds on the money line, while the road underdog Cardinals received +300 betting odds on the money line.
For the majority of trusted online sportsbooks, including Bodog.com, this game was a nail biter all the way to the overtime finish. In a game where Brett Favre had a chance to prove his critics and his own head coach, Brad Childress, wrong, you knew a lot of people were paying close attention to the final finish.
Cardinals @ Vikings: Wagering Results – Final: 27-24
Down by 14 points with less than five minutes left in the game, Brett Favre rallied the once dejected Vikings to a comeback. They tied the game and then PK Ryan Longwell kicked a 35-yard field goal overtime to win the game 27-24.
With chants of “Fire Childress!” finally subsiding before the start of overtime, the Vikings started to play like the team that every Vikings fan expected them to be this season.
After 4 quarters plus overtime, the Vikings won the game but they did not cover the -7 point spread. Since the Cardinals did put up a fight and led most of the game, the game total also went OVER the 40.5 point marker. A 100 unit bet on the Cardinals covering the +7 point spread parlayed with the game total going OVER, would have netted you 260 units.
Cardinals & Vikings – Game Notes – Game Stars
Arizona Cardinals Game Ball: QB Derek Anderson, who is currently fighting for the starting position against Max Hall, had a good outing Sunday going 15 of 26 for 179 yards and 1 touchdown in an losing effort.
The struggling Arizona Cardinals drop to a 3-5 record and will host the visiting 4-4 Seattle Seahawks in NFL Week 10 action.
Minnesota Vikings Game Ball: QB Brett Favre did it again, outdoing himself by throwing for 446 yards which is a career-high for him. With 27 seconds left in regulation time, Favre threw a 25 yard touchdown pass to Visanthe Shiancoe which tied the game sending it into overtime.
That drive ultimatley led to the Vikings improbable comeback victory and may have saved their season.
Still riding Week 9’s high, the 3-5 Vikings will make their way into Chicago to face Jay Cutler and the 5-3 Bears in 2010 NFL Week 10 NFC North Division action.