The Arizona Cardinals’ next game is in Week 13 against the 9-2 Minnesota Vikings. The Cardinals are 3.5-point underdogs in the game and are coming off one of their worst offensive performances of the season, losing 16-6 to the Seattle Seahawks. The loss ended a four-game winning streak and caused them to lose first place in the NFC West and the NFC playoffs.
They face a Vikings team that has won four straight and has both a top-10 offense and defense. They are #1 against the run. They have weapons everywhere on offense.
So how is this going to happen?
The authors of Cards Wire are both optimistic. Here are our expert predictions for the game.
Jess Racine
Call me crazy, but I feel like Cardinals will bounce back from its loss and look great. It will be tight and go down to the wire. The running game will be better than expected against the league’s #1 defense and Kyler Murray will protect the football. DL Dante Stills gets another sack and the defense takes down Sam Darnold at least once. Cardinals 23, Vikings 21
Howard Balzer
Proof that there is strong national confidence in the Cardinals, at least among bettors, is that despite a poor offensive performance in last week’s loss to the Seahawks, and despite beating the Vikings 9-2 in Another noisy environment, the line has Minnesota. favored by only 3.5 points. Maybe that’s because the Vikings are 6-1 in one-score games, including last Sunday’s 30-27 overtime win over the Bears, and the Cardinals have proven they were able to bounce back on the road after losses, notably in San Francisco and Miami. It says here that they will do it again.
Cardinals 24, Vikings 20
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