{"id":2951,"date":"2008-12-07T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/rams-cardinals-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-07T10:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:11:00","slug":"rams-cardinals-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/rams-cardinals-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams-Cardinals Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the St. Louis Rams and the Arizona Cardinals meet at University<\/st1:PlaceType> of Phoenix Stadium<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 14-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 48\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Rams lost to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 16-12 as a 9-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Stephen Jackson rushed for 94 yards on 21 carries for St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and Marc Bulger passed for 149 yards with three interceptions. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals were pounded 48-20 by the Eagles last time out, as 3-point underdogs. The 68 points sailed OVER the posted total of 49. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kurt Warner completed 21-of-39 for 235 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 6 straight games.
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-10 SU, 4-8 ATS
Arizona: 7-5 SU, 7-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
St. Louis most recently:
When playing in December are 4-6
When playing on grass are 4-6
After being outgained are 1-9
When playing within the division are 1-9<\/p>\n

Arizona most recently:
When playing in December are 6-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 5-5
When playing within the division are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 16 of St. Louis’s last 24 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis’s last 6 games when playing Arizona
St. Louis is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona’s last 5 games at home
Arizona is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arizona’s last 9 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 14
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, December 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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Divisional bragging rights will be on the line on Sunday when the St. Louis Rams and the Arizona Cardinals meet at University of Phoenix Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 14-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 48\u00bd. The Rams lost to Miami 16-12 as a 9-point underdog … Continue reading Rams-Cardinals Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}