NFL Week 14 – San Francisco vs Arizona
A month ago a matchup between the 49ers and the Cardinals would have been laughable. But the Cards have gotten hot – wins in two straight games and four of five.
A month ago a matchup between the 49ers and the Cardinals would have been laughable. But the Cards have gotten hot – wins in two straight games and four of five.
The Dallas Cowboys will look to take one step closer to this season’s NFC East Division title with a win over a past East rival, the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.
Date/Time: Friday, Dec 2 9 p.m. (ET)
Venue: KFC Yum Center, Louisville, KT.
Broadcast: ESPN
Commodores at Cardinals lines by BetOnline.com
Point spread: Cardinals
Over/Under: OFF
The Vanderbilt Commodores will look to knock the Louisville Cardinals from the ranks of the unbeaten this Friday night when the two teams clash at the KFC Yum Center in this SEC/Big East tilt. This game is set to tip-off at 9 p.m. and it will be broadcast on ESPN.
Vanderbilt is coming off a tough 82-70 overtime loss to No.11 Xavier this past Monday as a four-point home favorite that dropped its record to 5-2 straight-up and 2-3 ATS. The total has stayed ‘under’ in three of the five games with lines.
John Jenkins has been a force for the Commodores with 20.2 point scoring average while logging 34 minutes a game. Lance Goulbourne and Jeffery Taylor have done a good job under the boards with a combined 13.7 rebounds a game. As a whole, Vandy is averaging 75.9 points a game and shooting 45.7 percent from the field. [soliloquy id=”82219″]
Louisville has worked its way up the rankings with a solid 6-0 start SU including a 69-53 win over Butler as a four-point road favorite on Nov.19. The Cardinals have covered the spread in four of their first five games with a posted line and the total has stayed ‘under’ in four of the five games.
Kyle Kuric is averaging 12 points a game and Chris Smith is adding another 10.5, but the real strength of this season’s Cardinals is a smothering defense that is holding its opponents to an average of just 48.3 points a game and 33.2 percent from the field.
Louisville should have its hands full with Jenkins in this one, but stick with the Cardinals’ defense to keep the clamps on him just enough to grind out the win at home.
The Pick: Louisville 66 vs. Vanderbilt 63
In what promises to be a less-than-thrilling NFC West encounter, the Arizona Cardinals head to St. Louis to determine who really is the worst of the West. The Cards had been playing OK before last week and the Rams … well – they looked like the Rams of 2009!
The Arizona Cardinals will look to win back-to-back games for the first time this season when they square-off against the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Seattle Seahawks return from their bye this week in search of their third win in four games when they travel East to take on a Cleveland Browns team that is certainly improved but has lost two straight games.
Two former Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks duel in Week 5 when Kevin Kolb and the Arizona Cardinals travel to Minnesota to take on Donovan McNabb and the 0-4 Vikings.
The Stanford Cardinal welcome in the UCLA Bruins after beating them handily, 35-0 at the Rose Bowl just one year ago.
The New York Giants, coming off their most impressive performance in the young season travel east on Sunday to take on a Cardinals team that is coming off perhaps their worst performance of the year.
The Marshall Thundering Herd tangle with the Louisville Cardinals this upcoming Saturday afternoon at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in search of their first non-conference victory this season. The kick-off for this one is slated for 7 p.m. and the game will be available on ESPN3.com.
It’s rivalry time in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, but while the locals in Bluegrass country might be very excited about this reunion of two bitter foes, it’s going to be hard for this game to draw considerable national interest.
Make it five wins and five losses for the St. Louis Cardinals over their last 10 games (through Thursday). Not good enough.
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NFL news: Cardinals eyeing Kolb for Rodgers-Cromartie swap?
The Arizona Cardinals are still hoping to acquire quarterback Kevin Kolb from the Philadelphia Eagles once NFL free agency (plus trading) kicks in, which could be July 28.
Reportedly, the Cards want to offer cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie straight-up for Kolb.
But will that be enough? The Eagles are thought to want a high draft pick as well.
Also, DRC has fallen out of favor in Arizona.
As Phoenix radio host mike Jurecki put it, “[2011 first-round pick] Patrick Peterson is a better football player than DRC right now.
He’s not afraid to hit.” [soliloquy id=”82219″]
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