November, 10 2008 8:30pm EST
ATS: San Francisco 49ers +10 (-110)
WIN for +2.73 unit(s)

San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals

I'm taking the points with SAN FRANCISCO. The Cardinals are off to an impressive start but I believe that this is too big a number for them to be laying vs. a desperate and revenge-minded division rival. I like new coach Mike Singletary's fiery attitude and I expect him to have the 49'ers fired up for tonight's game. Singletary has shown his players that he means business. Not only did he send Vernon Davis to the locker-room during the last game for taking a stupid penalty, he benched JT O'Sullivan when he struggled and brought in Shaun Hill. Hill was solid in relief, completing 15 of his 23 passes for 173 yards. He had one touchdown and no interceptions. He'll be back in there tonight and I expect that to be a positive. Hill believes that he is ready and had this to say: "Being able to sit back and watch J.T. in the offense helped as well, to kind of see some of those things in action that coach (Mike) Martz was talking about in training camp. These (last) eight weeks, I've continued to learn the offense, and I feel far more advanced in it now than I was back in August."

It's true that the 49ers are 0-5 SU/ATS their past five games. You may recall that the 49ers were also on an 0-5 SU/ATS run when they traveled here last November. They were underdogs of 10 or 11 points, yet won that game outright. Including that result, the 49'ers are 10-6 SU and 9-6-1 ATS the last 16 series meetings. This year, coming off their bye, the 49'ers, who are 20-9 SU/ATS their last 29 Monday games, come in with the advantage of having had an extra week to prepare. The Cardinals are 0-5 ATS the last five times that they were listed as home favorites in the -7.5 to -10 range and I look for them to receive a much tougher test than most are expecting. *best bet

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