Cardinals @ Niners 10/13 prediction thread.

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Bruce Arians, summing up #AzCardinals game vs #49ers: "You better have your big boy pads on or else you're going to get crumpled."

That pretty much says it all.
I think they do wear their big boy pads, especially the defense.

Cardinals win!

 

[Thunder Dan]

"Win" is a little strong for me.

I predict the Cardinals don't lose.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I fear the next two weeks are ugly, followed by an even uglier board, but all is made right when we get two straight big home wins against ATL and HOU.

As for this week:

Niners 31
Cards 13

on the road against a big-time team...I gotta see us really put up a strong fight before I can believe we don't lay an egg.

 

[Shane]

30-6

San Fran

 

[FArting]

Cards 20
49ers 31

 

[b8rtm8nn]

49ers 42
Cards 17

Here comes the crashing of reality.

 

[freebyrd]

well i have picked all 5 games correctly so far this year in the prediction thread and i foresaw a loss back in september but my optimism has me thinking differently now,

still i'll stick with my original prediction but lets say its close and low scoring


17 to 12 9ers

 

[Cardinals.Ken]

I'm calling my shot..we're gonna punch Frisco right in the mouth!

Cards 13
Whiners 10

 

[NotMattLeinart]

we are going to beat them like they owe us money (which to us means a touchdown difference) 21-17 cards where most of points come from or are assisted by lucky special teams.

 

[MrYeahBut]

17-13 Cards

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[LoyaltyisaCurse]

29-6 Whines.

 

[NotMattLeinart]

I think we could win Look how we match up against them. I posted this in another thread but i thought I'd share it here.

DEFENSE
Point allowed per game: tied for #10 AZ:19.0 avg vs #12 SF:19.6 avg
Advantage Cardinals!

Rush yards allowed per game: #3 AZ:79.0 avg vs #20 SF:113.6 avg Advantage cardinals again and a big one too!!

Passing yard allowed per game: #19 AZ:264.4 avg vs #3 SF:188.8 avg
advantage whiners i guess but thats a skewed stat cause they didn't play against brees and against megatron where we did. talk about an easy schedule lol.

OFFENSE

points scored per game: #28 AZ:18.2 avg vs #18 SF: 22.6.
Advantage whiners but if you look at it there's not much disparity really especially is you consider points allowed per defense, then it's pretty much a tie

Rushing yard per game: #23 AZ: 81 avg vs #6 SF; 140.2 avg
Advantage Whiners once again if you consider the respective run defenses, our excellent one vs they horrid one then it's considered a wash.

Passing yards per game: #22 AZ:225.2 avg vs #31 SF 181.1
Advantage Cardinals! Boo Yah!! we are better than them and we are doing it with Palmer. Next time Palmer is stinking it remember it could be worse we could have Krappernick.

So there you have it folks i think the game is in our favor our strengths are better than theirs.

also for comparison purposes I'll put up the opponents each team faced "team name, record (rank of pts allowed, points allowed avg), (rank of pts scored, points scored avg)

CARDINALS
STL, 2-3 (#28, 28.2) (#20, 20.6)
DET, 3-2 (#18, 24.6) (#10, 26.2)
NO, 5-0 (T-#4, 14.6) (#9, 26.8)
TB, 0-4 (#18, 18.5) (#31, 11)
CAR, 1-3 (#3, 14.5) (#27, 18.5)

WHINERS
GB,2-2 (#17, 24.3) (#3, 29.5)
SEA, 4-1 (#6, 16.2) (#7, 27.4)
IND, 4-1 (#5, 15.8) (#6, 27.8)
STL, 2-3 (#28, 28.2) (#20, 20.6)
HOU, 2-3 (T-24, 27.8) (#26, 18.6)

 

[jmt]

We should get crushed like 30-13 but hope springs!

 

[BullheadCardFan]

24-10 Niners

 

[Totally_Red]

Either

AZ 16 SF 13

or

SF27 AZ 17

meaning the Cardinal offense probably won't be very productive, so the Cardinals 'could' win a low-scoring game.

 

[Snakester]

Cards 20 49ers 16 Our defense scores a td and our O scores a td. I predict our D keeps them under 20 points and we win the turnover battle.

 

[wa52lz]

31-13 cards

 

[Redheart]

Vegas has the Cards as 10 and 1/2 point dogs with a scoring total of 41.

Therefore:

SF 24, Cards 16

 

[daytripper]

The D wins this one for us 17-16

 

[AZ Native]

Niners 42
Cards 10

 

[RugbyMuffin]

I hope for a competitive game because, that would make for some 5 star entertainment, win or lose.

This is a rivalry game even if our current squad is not matching up well on paper against the 49'ers.

27-21 Niners

.......or what Shane said.

 

[NeverSayDieFan]

This is called....A GREAT OPPORTUNITY!

NOBODY'S really giving us a shot. I say we have a puncher's chance.

NOBODY gave a kid named "David" a shot against Goliath, too.

SHOCK THE WORLD 2, CARDS!

Mark in SC Over-all, HAPPY with the season, thus far.

 

[Mulli]

I say the Cards at least cover the spread and get the game within a touchdown. So we spend all next week debating if they are good or not.

 

[CtCardinals78]

17-13 Cards win!

 

[chickenhead]

I'll give 5-1 odds on the following:

The Niners systematically grind out this game with long drives, scoring at touchdown for every Cardinals field goal. Win handily something like 24-6.

-or-

Cardinals pull an '09-esque Giants/Vikings win on national TV.