{"id":3094,"date":"2008-12-20T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cardinals-patriots-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T22:03:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:03:00","slug":"cardinals-patriots-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cardinals-patriots-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinals-Patriots Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Arizona Cardinals and the New England Patriots will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Gillette Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 43. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Cardinals lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 35-14 as a 4.5-point favorite last week. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (46.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kurt Warner passed for 270 yards with a touchdown and an interception for <st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and Jerheme Urban caught three passes for 82 yards and a TD. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Patriots defeated <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 49-26 as a 7-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (38.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Cassel passed for 218 yards with four touchdowns and an interception for <st1:place>New England<\/st1:place>, while Sammy Morris rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:place>New England<\/st1:place> has won 2 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 8-6 SU, 8-6 ATS <br \/>New England: 9-5 SU, 7-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Arizona most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 5-5<br \/>When playing on turf are 5-5<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the division are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>New England most recently:<br \/>When playing in December are 10-0<br \/>When playing on turf are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the division are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona&#8217;s last 5 games when playing New England<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 8 of Arizona&#8217;s last 11 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 13 of Arizona&#8217;s last 19 games on the road<br \/>Arizona is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of New England&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>New England is 18-4 SU in its last 22 games at home<br \/>New England is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Arizona<br \/>New England is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Arizona<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<br \/><st1:place>New England<\/st1:place> at <st1:City><st1:place>Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Cardinals and the New England Patriots will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Gillette Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Patriots listed as 8\u00bd-point favorites versus the Cardinals, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 43. The Cardinals lost to Minnesota 35-14 as a 4.5-point favorite last week. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/cardinals-patriots-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cardinals-Patriots Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","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=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}