, for Thursday night’s preseason opener, Betway has the Panthers as slight -120 Moneyline favourites, while the Cardinals are listed at +100. Carolina is a 1.5-point favourite (+100), with Arizona +1.5 (-130). The total is set at 35.5 points, with both the Over and Under priced at -110.<\/strong><\/p>\nSince there will be little exposure for starters during the game, with multiple quarterback rotations, and it\u2019s still early in training camp, timing between quarterbacks and receivers is off, go with the Under 35.5 points (-110).<\/p>\n
Cardinals\u2019 head coach Mike LaFleur told reporters yesterday the team will start rookie quarterback Carson Beck tomorrow night. Beck was the team\u2019s third-round pick in April\u2019s NFL Draft and was listed as the third-string QB behind Jacoby Brissett and Gardner Minshew II.<\/p>\n
The Panthers are starting 2022 first-round pick Kenny Pickett, who\u2019s listed as the backup behind Bryce Young.<\/p>\n
Laying the -120 Carolina Moneyline is reasonable, then, since Pickett opening the game before turning things over to younger quarterbacks will give the Panthers an edge.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll also take the Panthers Moneyline at -120, then.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s more about how coaches manage playing time and how backup quarterbacks perform. Beck had a distinguished college football career \u2013 69.5% passing percentage, 11,725 yards, 88 touchdowns and 32 interceptions over five seasons at Georgia (2021-24) and Miami (2025).<\/p>\n
Reports from Cardinals camp have highlighted his arm talent (NFL-level throws), his maturity and poise in the huddle, and his willingness to learn. Let\u2019s see how he does tomorrow night, learning the playbook and building chemistry with reserve receivers.<\/p>\n
In Cardinals\u2019 camp, a lot of eyes are on wide receiver Marvin Harrison, who as yet hasn\u2019t been the wideout the team had hoped for.<\/p>\n
Pickett joined the Panthers as a free agent, with experience playing for the Steelers, Eagles and Raiders. Panthers\u2019 coach Dave Canales said that experience, in different systems and different rosters, will serve Pickett well.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s just the different experiences. Like a lot of people do run the same concepts, but people read it differently, or they start somewhere differently,\u201d Pickett told the Panthers\u2019 team news site.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it’s just kind of having that background knowledge of, ‘Hey, you know, this place, we went 1-2-3, low to high, high to low, whatever it may be, and just kind of bouncing ideas off each other in the quarterback room and figuring out what works best for us.”<\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119837,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119836\/revisions\/119837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}