{"id":3040,"date":"2008-12-14T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/vikings-cardinals-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-14T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-14T16:54:00","slug":"vikings-cardinals-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/vikings-cardinals-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings-Cardinals Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Minnesota Vikings and the Arizona Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they 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 3-point favorites versus the Vikings, while the game’s total is sitting at 46\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Vikings defeated Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 20-16 as a 10-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Tarvaris Jackson completed 8-of-10 passes for 105 yards with a touchdown after replacing an injured Gus Frerotte for Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Adrian Peterson rushed for 102 yards on 23 carries in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Cardinals defeated St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 34-10 as a 14.5-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (48.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kurt Warner passed for 279 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, while Larry Fitzgerald caught six passes for 73 yards and a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 8-5 SU, 5-8 ATS
Arizona: 8-5 SU, 8-5 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Minnesota most recently:
When playing in December are 5-5
When playing on grass are 3-7
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 5-5<\/p>\n

Arizona most recently:
When playing in December are 6-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 4-6<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Minnesota is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Arizona
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota’s last 5 games when playing on the road against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last 7 games
Arizona is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arizona’s last 8 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona’s last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota
Arizona is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Atlanta<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 21
Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at New England<\/st1:place>, Sunday, December 21<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Minnesota Vikings and the Arizona Cardinals will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at University of Phoenix Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Cardinals listed as 3-point favorites versus the Vikings, while the game’s total is sitting at 46\u00bd. The Vikings defeated Detroit 20-16 as a 10-point favorite last week. … Continue reading Vikings-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-3040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040","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=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}