St. Louis Rams (4-6) at Arizona Cardinals (4-6)
The rule of thumb in NFC West divisional matchups is to take the home team. Since 2007, no division covers more often at home than the NFC West, going 106-79 ATS at home, and conversely no team fails to cover more often on the road, going 74-102 ATS. Given that, it’s reasonable to think that when these teams get together and play a divisional contest, the home team generally covers and they do, going 38-26 ATS since 2007. NFC West divisional games have also gone under the total 40 times out of 64 since 2007, so I like the under as well.
However, this week it might not be a good idea to take Arizona, the home favorite. This is a sandwich game for them, meaning they are favorites after losing as dogs before being dogs. Teams are 58-81 ATS in this spot since 2008. The logic is that good teams in that situation will see this game as an easy rest game to get back on track and not take their opponent seriously and that bad teams don’t deserv...
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PLAYERS:
Kevin Kolb,
John Skelton,
Ryan Lindley,
Rodger Saffold,
Scott Wells,
Robert Turner,
Sam Bradford,
Danny Amendola
TEAMS: Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams
TEAMS: Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams
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