{"id":17194,"date":"2011-08-19T11:13:19","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17194"},"modified":"2011-08-19T11:13:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T16:13:19","slug":"nfl-predictions-arizona-cardinals-at-green-bay-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-arizona-cardinals-at-green-bay-packers-17194\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions: Arizona Cardinals at Green Bay Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals at Green Bay Packers
\nFriday, 8\/19\/11, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 38
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 38
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Packers<\/a>
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers returns to Lambeau Field Friday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arizona picked up a 24-18 road win over the Oakland Raiders last week to open up the 2011 preseason schedule and continues play away from home in Titletown.\u00a0 The Cardinals are still installing parts of the playbook despite being less than a month from the regular season, but quarterback Kevin Kolb is ready.\u00a0 \u201cLet\u2019s go test it and see what happens,\u201d Kolb commented.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not going to tell us where we are at, but it will point us in the direction we might be going.\u201d\u00a0 The former Eagles signal-caller completed four of seven passes for 68 yards in his franchise debut last week.\u00a0 Arizona is 4-5 ATS over its last nine exhibition contests.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals have stressed the importance of protecting the football during camp, as running backs Beanie Wells and Ryan Williams both lost the ball after being ruled down in the opener.\u00a0 It\u2019s something that has plagued the backfield over the past couple years, which resulted in trading Tim Hightower, who fumbled 10 times over that span.\u00a0 Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is looking to perform at a higher level with Kolb in the huddle, as he caught 90 passes for 1,137 yards and six touchdowns in 2010.\u00a0 He had scored double-digit touchdowns in the previous three seasons.<\/p>\n

Green Bay returns to Lambeau Field for the first time since winning the Super Bowl and is coming off a 27-17 loss to Cleveland in its preseason opener.\u00a0 The Packers aren\u2019t too concerned with the opening result due to losing a 27-24 contest against the Browns during the first game of last year\u2019s exhibition season.\u00a0 \u201cIt felt good to finally be back out here,\u201d said Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.\u00a0 \u201cI missed being on the field.\u201d\u00a0 The team is in a good spot to bounce back, coming in with a 15-6 all-time advantage against Arizona in preseason action.\u00a0 Green Bay is 3-1 ATS as a favorite in its last four opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Packers first-team offense was on the field for two series last week, as Rodgers finished the night 6-of-8 for 74 yards and a score.\u00a0 Backup Matt Flynn followed by completing 11-of-18 attempts for 126 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 \u201cI thought the quarterbacks as a whole, just from a pure management standpoint, they were excellent,\u201d stated head coach Mike McCarthy.\u00a0 He will be entering his sixth year as the leader of the franchise and has led the offense to a top 10 ranking in total yardage in each of the last five seasons.\u00a0 The last time these two teams met during the preseason resulted in a 44-37 Packers win, as the offense scored 31 points on its six first-half possessions.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely take a look at the total in this contest, as the \u2018over\u2019 is 16-5 in Packers last 21 preseason games under McCarthy.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on an exciting season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports go to work for you.\u00a0 Get in the game today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arizona Cardinals at Green Bay Packers Friday, 8\/19\/11, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 38 Current Total:\u00a0 38 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Arizona picked up a 24-18 road win over the Oakland Raiders last week to open up the 2011 preseason schedule and continues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,646,1119,3005,3608,3609],"class_list":["post-17194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-kevin-kolb","tag-lambeau-field","tag-mike-mccarthy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17194","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=17194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17195,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17194\/revisions\/17195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}