{"id":10270,"date":"2010-11-04T19:45:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T00:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10270"},"modified":"2010-11-04T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T01:02:09","slug":"sunday-nfl-picks-arizona-cardinals-vs-minnesota-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-nfl-picks-arizona-cardinals-vs-minnesota-vikings-10270\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday NFL Picks: Arizona Cardinals vs Minnesota Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings
\nSunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Minnesota -8
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Minnesota -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 40
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 Minnesota -415 \/ Arizona +345<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Minnesota Vikings are an eight-point home favorite against the Arizona Cardinals this weekend despite a lackluster record <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona is coming off a 38-35 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday in a game that saw starting quarterback Max Hall throw two interceptions that were returned for touchdowns.\u00a0 Backup quarterback Derek Anderson entered the game and nearly rallied the team from a 17-point deficit, but he also threw a key interception late in the game.\u00a0 The play by the man under the center has been a major concern for head coach Ken Whisenhunt.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re not getting what we need out of the quarterback position right now,\u201d he stated.\u00a0 \u201cObviously, you can\u2019t have two turnovers that lead to touchdowns and two other interceptions.\u201d\u00a0 Anderson was named starting quarterback early on Wednesday for this week\u2019s contest against the Vikings, which is nothing new for him considering he started the first four games of the season.\u00a0 The team is 2-5 ATS this season and the NFL lines page has them listed as a major underdog this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals have also been having issues in the backfield with running back Tim Hightower losing his starting job, touching the ball just twice in last week\u2019s contest.\u00a0 \u201cLimited?\u201d Hightower commented.\u00a0 \u201cWas it frustrating?\u00a0 Yeah, it was frustrating.\u201d\u00a0 Beanie Wells started in his place and carried the ball 16 times for 50 yards, as he\u2019s averaged just 2.78 yards a carry over the last three weeks.\u00a0 Arizona is remarkably the NFL\u2019s second-worst offense by averaging just 284.3 yards per game, but may be able to turn things around with receiver Steve Breaston easing the coverage on star wideout Larry Fitzgerald.\u00a0 He caught eight passes for a career-high 147 yards.<\/p>\n

Minnesota has a 2-5 overall record and is coming off a 28-18 road loss to the New England Patriots.\u00a0 The Vikings also lost a member of their team, releasing wide receiver Randy Moss during the week.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a poor decision,\u201d said head coach Brad Childress.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve got to stand up and I have to make it right.\u201d\u00a0 The team will have an important decision to make on wideout Sidney Rice, who remains on the physically unable to perform list, but began practicing on a limited basis on Wednesday.\u00a0 Minnesota will have a three-week window to activate him to the 53-man roster or leave him on the PUP for the remainder of the season.\u00a0 The squad is 2-5 ATS this season, but is 2-0 ATS as a home favorite of 7.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Vikings are in a downward spiral and likely not to make the playoffs, but can turn things around due to quarterback Brett Favre\u2019s 10-1 record in his last 11 starts at the Metrodome.\u00a0 Sunday will be the 21st regular-season meeting between these two squads, with the series tied at 10 games apiece.\u00a0 Minnesota has won seven of the past nine meetings and nine of 12 since the Cardinals relocated from St. Louis.\u00a0 Many experts expect a convincing victory from the home team due to the opponent ranking 31st in the league offensively and 27th on defense.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Cardinals are 7-22 ATS in their last 29 road games versus a team with a losing home record, but the underdog is 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re getting into the best time of the season and the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports are ready to take advantage!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings Sunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Minnesota -8 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Minnesota -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 40 Current Total:\u00a0 40.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 Minnesota -415 \/ Arizona +345 Arizona is coming off a 38-35 loss to Tampa Bay on Sunday in a game that saw starting quarterback Max […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[646,1061,248,1162,3702,3573,3703,73],"class_list":["post-10270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-brad-childress","tag-brett-favre","tag-derek-anderson","tag-ken-whisenhunt","tag-max-hall","tag-metrodome","tag-minnesota-vikings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10271,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10270\/revisions\/10271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}