Everyone seems to be jumping off the Cardinals bandwagon this week as a result of their performances the past two weeks in losses to the Seahawks in Seattle (3-19) and a loss last week in Atlanta (18-29). While I agree that they are a flawed team, I’m not quite ready to throw in the towel on the Cardinals. They do a lot of things well, particularly on defense, and I expect that they’ll be ready to play at home on Sunday. Arizona hasn’t been able to run the ball at all this season, but they’ll face a Chiefs rush defense that is vulnerable and has allowed 135 yards at 5.0 ypr to teams that gain 112 yards at 4.4 ypr on average and was just gashed for 215 rushing yards against the Broncos on Sunday night. The Cardinals top running back Andre Ellington is out for this game but he has only averaged 3.3 ypr this season and he’ll be missed more in the passing game than anywhere else. Arizona should get wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald back this week and he’ll help upgrade a passing attack that has not been good the past two weeks.
When the Chiefs have the ball, their good run game that averages 128 yards at 4.7 ypr will face a tough Arizona rush defense that has only allowed 89 yards at 3.7 ypr against teams that gain 110 yards at 4.2 ypr. Kansas City has been well below average passing the ball this season (averaging 185 yards at 5.8 yps against teams that allow 226 yards at 6.0 yps) and have not had any production from their wide receivers. I like defensive coordinator Todd Bowles chances of applying a game plan to reduce a limited Kansas City offense and as a result I expect the Chiefs to struggle offensively.
The Cardinals qualify in a good 46-16-1 situation and Bruce Arians is 18-2 SU and 16-4 ATS at home in his career as head coach. Arians knows what buttons to push with his teams and coming off a loss is 9-2 SU and ATS.
Tasking Aza +1.
ARIZONA (+1) 24 Kansas City 19
Everyone seems to be jumping off the Cardinals bandwagon this week as a result of their performances the past two weeks in losses to the Seahawks in Seattle (3-19) and a loss last week in Atlanta (18-29). While I agree that they are a flawed team, I’m not quite ready to throw in the towel on the Cardinals. They do a lot of things well, particularly on defense, and I expect that they’ll be ready to play at home on Sunday. Arizona hasn’t been able to run the ball at all this season, but they’ll face a Chiefs rush defense that is vulnerable and has allowed 135 yards at 5.0 ypr to teams that gain 112 yards at 4.4 ypr on average and was just gashed for 215 rushing yards against the Broncos on Sunday night. The Cardinals top running back Andre Ellington is out for this game but he has only averaged 3.3 ypr this season and he’ll be missed more in the passing game than anywhere else. Arizona should get wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald back this week and he’ll help upgrade a passing attack that has not been good the past two weeks.
When the Chiefs have the ball, their good run game that averages 128 yards at 4.7 ypr will face a tough Arizona rush defense that has only allowed 89 yards at 3.7 ypr against teams that gain 110 yards at 4.2 ypr. Kansas City has been well below average passing the ball this season (averaging 185 yards at 5.8 yps against teams that allow 226 yards at 6.0 yps) and have not had any production from their wide receivers. I like defensive coordinator Todd Bowles chances of applying a game plan to reduce a limited Kansas City offense and as a result I expect the Chiefs to struggle offensively.
The Cardinals qualify in a good 46-16-1 situation and Bruce Arians is 18-2 SU and 16-4 ATS at home in his career as head coach. Arians knows what buttons to push with his teams and coming off a loss is 9-2 SU and ATS.
AZ now getting that field goal and the backup running back might just do better than Ellington. AZ has been nails at home and should be extra motivated after losing 2 straight.
AZ now getting that field goal and the backup running back might just do better than Ellington. AZ has been nails at home and should be extra motivated after losing 2 straight.
over 40.5
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