Cat Scratch Reader
Your 8-7 Carolina Panthers are in first place in the NFC South and are facing the current number one seed in the NFC in the 12-3 Seattle Seahawks. This is likely to be a buzzsaw game for the Panthers, as they measure their playoff hopes against one of the best teams in the league whose eyes are firmly on the postseason consequences of every regular season matchup left on their schedule.
Seahawks: -7.5 (-104)
Panthers: +7.5 (-118)
42.5 (-118/-104)
Seahawks: -360
Panthers: +290
It may comfort you to know that the Carolina Panthers are winless in games in which they are favored this season. They are also undefeated in facing projected NFC number one seeds. Of course, neither of those facts have any actual bearing on this game. The fact of the matter is that the Seahawks, 6-1 on the road, and the Panthers, 5-2 at home, are not playing on the same level right now in spite of whatever stories we can cook up to relate them.
Could the Panthers win? Absolutely. Could they clinch a playoffs berth if they do? Also, yes. Should we expect them to actually be competitive? Not in the slightest. They are touchdown home underdogs by oversight. These are two very different teams.
The above odds were current as of the writing of this post. You can take a look at—and place a bet on—live odds for this game and more here at FanDuel Sportsbook.
