Gamblers have glued their eyes to Kyler Murray's offseason strikes as they've hedged bets on the place he would possibly play subsequent. But when the quarterback stays with the Arizona Cardinals, he can add tv star to his resume.
The Cardinals would be the subsequent NFL crew to be featured on HBO's Exhausting Knocks, the in-season version.
Inevitably, Murray's contract negotiations and the franchise's disappointing 2021 is perhaps subjects of dialog because the crew's Exhausting Knocks season looms. Nevertheless, bettors' water cooler convos are doubtless centered on whether or not AZ being on TV will influence the crew's Tremendous Bowl and division odds.
Let's check out how the Colts did final 12 months because the Exhausting Knocks featured crew and at Arizona's odds from a betting perspective.
The Cardinals succeed the Colts because the present's featured in-season crew. In line with FOX Sports activities Analysis, Indianapolis completed the 12 months 10-7 in opposition to the unfold (ATS) and 9-8 straight up (SU) whereas showing within the collection throughout the season. Whereas the Colts missed the playoffs, their ATS backers did see some income.
Now, let's speak income on the subject of the Playing cards. Presently, at FOX Wager, the Cardinals' Tremendous Bowl title odds are listed at +2500. Throw $10 at their Tremendous Bowl futures now and pocket $260 whole in the event that they win the Massive Recreation. Their odds to win the NFC West are third-best at +333, so a $10 wager now would win you $43.30 in the event that they win they division.
However will being below the Exhausting Knocks' lights, cameras and Hollywood motion influence how bookmakers set Arizona's strains this season?
We talked to FOX Wager business supervisor Jacob Blangsted-Barnor for some perception.
"We don’t actually take it under consideration when setting strains," Blangsted-Barnor defined. "Again within the day, there was a story that it was a distraction and that the Exhausting Knocks groups usually underperformed.
"These days, groups have cameras in all places and each crew has their very own content material they're filming on a regular basis. The gamers are used to it, and I don’t assume it makes a lot of a distinction."
Talking of cameras, one other oddsmaker famous that the fixed filming is perhaps a pathway to 1 small caveat in impacting futures.
"If one thing new is revealed on a sure episode that we wouldn’t have identified in any other case, that might immediate an adjustment," FOX Wager sports activities dealer AJ Devine added.
So whereas the gamers and training workers in Arizona is perhaps prepared for his or her close-ups, barring any main breaking information that HBO's cameras seize, Arizona's odds will not change primarily based on their participation within the docuseries.
Will coach Kliff Kingsbury's squad do higher than the Colts ATS throughout its Exhausting Knocks 12 months? Can the Playing cards eclipse their 9.5 win whole at FOX Wager, fare higher than their predecessors and rack up extra W's?
Here is one factor we all know for sure — Exhausting Knocks or not — the Cardinals' information might want to enhance earlier than gamblers can belief that wagering on Arizona is a profitable proposition. When Murray begins, the crew has gone 24-22 ATS and 22-23-1 SU within the common season.
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