NFC West Division Preview & Betting Odds

The Arizona Cardinals will look to dominate the NFC West again this season and for most fans, there isn’t any question that they will. Arguably the worst division in the NFL, the NFC West has traditionally been won by the other three teams in the division: San Francisco, Seattle and St. Louis. But the emergence of Arizona last year has made the division the property of the Cardinals. Athough, they might find themselves with a lot to do in order to repeat this year as division champs. Click here to bet on NFL football at BetUS online sportsbook

NFC West Division Preview

1. Seattle Seahawks +210 – - The Seahawks have an excellent chance of leapfrogging the Cardinals and into the top spot in the NFC West. Their offense no doubt will be better this year and the defense, with the addition of linebacker Aaron Curry, could be dominating. They play in front of some rabid fans, get a new coach, and still have one of he most solid overall teams in the NFL. I like them to upset AZ for the NFC West title.

2. Arizona Cardinals +140 – - Kurt Warner shows no signs of slowing down and both Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin are two of the best in the business. They might have found a running back in Tim Hightower who came on last year and the offensive line is solid. The problem will be that their schedule is tougher with games against the New York Giants, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers. That could be four losses. One loss against Seattle and losses to three out of the four teams from the AFC South makes them an 8 and 8 team. What’s crazy is that 8 and 8 might be good enough to win the NFC West.

3. San Francisco 49’ers +225 – - The 49’ers just don’t appear to have the talent to contend this year, but they do have fairly soft schedule considering. Coach Mike Singletary will find a way for this team to have a shot in the second half of the season. At that point, things will probably fall apart for the 49’ers who just don’t have the talent in key positions to beat either Arizona or Seattle for the AFC West title. Still, this should be a nice stepping stone year for San Francisco.

4. St. Louis Rams +1100 – - The odds of St. Louis winning the division should be much higher than that. St. Louis is atrocious. They also have to play two teams that should beat them, New Orleans and Washington, as well as the AFC South, where they should lose all four games, the NFC North, where they should lose three out of four, and Seattle and Arizona twice. St. Louis might best Detroit and San Francisco once which will make them 2 and 14 for the season.