Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Arizona Cardinals will make the trip in NFC West action when they tackle the St Louis Rams in an NFL game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in St Louis is scheduled for 4PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by Fox. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Arizona Cardinals opened as a 7-point favorite with the over under coming in at 46 1/2. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the Arizona Cardinals are currently an 8-½ point favorite. The total has seen early money from the betting public towards the over, as the total is currently lined at 47. NFL money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Arizona Cardinals at –415 with the home underdog St Louis Rams bringing back +345 to win this game without the spread a factor in the wager.
The Cardinals are coming off a huge divisional home win last week winning 31-20 against a Seattle team who was very desperate for a victory. The Cardinals sit 2 full games ahead of the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC West and already have a home loss to San Francisco in their first meeting. So the Cardinals must be focused in this game. The Cardinals were off slow last week against the Seattle Seahawks falling behind 14-0 before the team rallied by outscoring the Seahawks 31-6 for the win. The Cardinals have been road warriors this season with 4 wins in their 4 games away from their home field. The Cardinals dominated the Rams last season outscoring St Louis 68-23 in their two meetings. And in their past two seasons have scored no less than 34 points in any one of those games. Kurt Warner was on fire last week hitting on 76% of his passes for 340 yards and 2 touchdowns Warner has 7 passing touchdowns and 0 interceptions over his past 2 games and has gotten outstanding pass protection in those contests. Rookie running back Beanie Wells has played well with no less than 5.3 yards a carry over his past three games. Defensively the Cardinals have had their issues in stopping the pass as the team has given up 254 yards a game through the air to rank 30th in the NFL. With the Rams utilizing Steven Jackson on the ground the Cardinals defense has played well in run defense by allowing just 101 yards a game and 4.2 yards per rush attempt. The Rams are undergoing yet another bad season as they sit at 1-8 on the season. The team has played its best football in their last two games by defeating Detroit three weeks ago 17-10 and off they bye week losing a hard fought 28-23 decision at home to New Orleans. In the New Orleans game the Rams got balance offensively with 141 yards on the ground with 293 through the air. Nine year veteran quarterback Marc Bulger hit on 26 of 40 passes last week with 298 yards two touchdowns and 1 interception. The 23 points scored last week by the Rams were the most they scored all season. The Rams have gotten a good season out of Steven Jackson who has averaged 4.8 yards a carry in a very difficult season this year. Jackson has rushed for 414 yards over his past three games. The Rams have struggled big time defensively by giving up 378 yards a game and 36 points a game in their 4 home games. The Rams will need to be good against the pass and the team is not, allowing 236 yards passing per game and ranking 26th in the league. The Rams allow big plays as opposing completions go for an average of 11.7 yards.
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NFL Trend: Arizona Cardinals are 4-0 ATS in their 4 road games this season.
The Wagerline consensus has 67.0% of the NFL bettors on Arizona -8 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 65.8% of the NFL bettors playing over 47
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