Thursday, May 17th, 2012
The St Louis Rams will travel in a key NFC West divisional battle against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.
Kick off time from Arizona is scheduled for 4:15PM Eastern Time with television coverage provided by FOX.
The betting odds opened up in this game with the road team St Louis Rams favored by -3 points with an over under of 42 ½ points.
The early money in this game has not moved this point spread as the St Louis Rams are still favored by -3 points. The total has moved up to 43 points.
St Louis Rams money line gamblers will lay -165 odds with the home underdog Arizona Cardinals bringing back +160 odds to pull out the upset victory without the aid of taking the points.
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When these two AFC West divisional clubs met in their first meeting it was the Arizona Cardinals with the 17-13 road victory against the St Louis Rams as a -3 point favorite. The total fell under the closing total of 39 ½ points.
Both teams were very sloppy committing four turnovers each. Arizona ran the ball a bit better as they posted 112 yards on 21 carries or over a 5 yards per carry average. The team had success through the air with 266 yards passing in victory.
St Louis enters this contest with a record of 5-6 on the season. The team puts up 19 points and 317 yards per game.
The Rams sit tied in the NFC West with the Seattle Seahawks with just 5 games remaining. The team is on the road for the fifth time this season where they are 1-4.
They have three road losses by three points or less. St Louis is playing the end of back to back road games and last week got their first road win of the season in a 36-33 win at Denver as a +3 point underdog.
St Louis put up 431 yards and converted on 6 of 16 on third down. The team ran it 35 times for 123 yards for a pedestrian 3.5 yards per rush average. St Louis won this game with their passing game.
Quarterback Sam Bradford completed 22 of 37 passes for 308 yards with three touchdowns and no picks.
Running back Steven Jackson rushed it 29 times for 72 yards. Wide out Danny Amendola got three carries for 48 yards.
Danario Alexander led the wide receiving corps with 4 catches for 95 yards. Laurant Robinson contributed with 4 catches with 58 yards.
The Rams allow its opponents 21 points and 342 yards per game.
St Louis gave up 449 yards to Denver last week and just 1 of 9 on third down. The Rams gave up rushing yards last week to a tune of 119 yards on 18 carries for over 6 ½ yards per rush. The Rams forced two turnovers and gave none back. St Louis allowed the opposing signal caller to hit on 24 of 41 passes for 347 yards with three touchdowns and no picks.
Arizona hosts the Rams with a record of 3-8 on the season and in last place in the NFC West. They sit two games out of first place with only 5 games remaining. The team puts up 17 points and 268 yards per game. Arizona is in free fall losers of six straight games.
The Cardinals are at home for the sixth time this season where they are 2-3.
Their home wins came in a 1 point victory against Oakland and a 30-20 win in early October against New Orleans as a +6 ½ point underdog where the Saints gave away the game with turnovers.
Arizona is coming off an embarrassing 27-6 home defeat to the San Francisco 49ers as a +1 ½ point underdog on Monday Night Football.
The team put up just 203 offensive yards and converted on only 2 of 11 on third down. The team ran it 11 times for 13 yards. Arizona got in the red zone three times and came away with no touchdowns.
Quarterback Derek Anderson completed 16 of 35 passes for 196 yards with no touchdowns and a pick.
Running back Beanie Wells had 13 yards on 5 carries. Wells had a catch out of the backfield for 43 yards. Tim Hightower produced no yardage on 5 rushes.
Early Doucet led the team with 5 catches for 60 yards. Larry Fitzgerald contributed with 4 catches for 37 yards.
The Cardinals defense surrenders 29 points and 397 yard per game.
The team gave up 386 yards to the 49ers offense last week and 7 of 13 on third down. The Cardinals got crushed by their NFC West foes running game as they surrendered 261 yards on 47 carries for over 5 ½ yards per carry. The Cardinals were demolished in time of possession by a 39 minute to 21 minute margin.
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