{"id":19148,"date":"2011-11-06T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19148"},"modified":"2011-11-06T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T15:14:03","slug":"nfl-predictions-week-9-st-louis-rams-vs-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-week-9-st-louis-rams-vs-arizona-cardinals-19148\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions Week 9: St. Louis Rams vs. Arizona Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals
\nSunday, 11\/6\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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St. Louis Rams RB Steven Jackson led his team to its first victory last Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

St. Louis will look to make it two wins in a row Sunday, coming off a 31-21 victory over the New Orleans Saints as 13.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Rams offensive outburst was surprising due to not scoring more than 16 points in any of their six previous contests.\u00a0 \u201cHopefully, you can build on that,\u201d commented Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the hope.\u201d\u00a0 Running back Steven Jackson put the squad on his back last week, gaining 191 yards from scrimmage, including 159 yards on the ground and two touchdowns.\u00a0 St. Louis is 1-6 ATS on the year and the \u2018under\u2019 is 22-16 over the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Rams have a reason to be optimistic with their upcoming schedule, playing four opponents that have tallied an unimpressive 7-21 mark, which is far different than the combined record of 31-19 of their first seven opponents.\u00a0 Starting quarterback Sam Bradford is a game-time decision, moving out of a boot since suffering a high ankle sprain in Oct. 16.\u00a0 Injuries have ravaged the roster during the 2011 campaign, losing five starters for the season already.<\/p>\n

Arizona has lost six straight games since capturing a 28-21 season-opening victory over the Carolina Panthers, including a 30-27 loss to the Baltimore Ravens as 12-point road underdogs last weekend.\u00a0 The Cardinals have been close this season, with four of their six losses coming by four points or less.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re working hard to try to make sure we\u2019re taking care of business, and we haven\u2019t done that,\u201d commented Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt.\u00a0 Star wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is still performing at a high level, coming in with 34 catches for 603 yards, averaging 17.7 yards per catch.\u00a0 Arizona is 0-3 ATS this year when the line is within three points, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 11-6 in that situation the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Cardinals will likely be without starting quarterback Kevin Kolb, suffering from a turf toe injury, with John Skelton expected to be under center.\u00a0 Arizona running back Beanie Wells will be expected to carry the load, coming in with 166 combined yards and two touchdowns in three career games when going up against the St. Louis Rams.\u00a0 He leads the Cardinals with 506 yards and seven touchdowns with an average of 4.5 yards per attempt.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Rams due to their 6-1 ATS mark as a road underdog of three points or less, while the Cardinals are 0-6 ATS versus the division.<\/p>\n

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St. Louis Rams at Arizona Cardinals Sunday, 11\/6\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Arizona -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Arizona -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 43.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker St. Louis will look to make it two wins in a row Sunday, coming off a 31-21 victory over the New Orleans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[646,388,3574,623,863,363],"class_list":["post-19148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-beanie-wells","tag-larry-fitzgerald","tag-sam-bradford","tag-st-louis-rams","tag-steven-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19148","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=19148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19149,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19148\/revisions\/19149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}