Arizona Cardinals @ Philadelphia Eagles NFL Betting Preview- December 1 2013
The red-hot Arizona Cardinals will travel to Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday to face the equally hot Philadelphia Eagles in a game that has serious playoff implications. Both teams are led by first year coaches and were expected to be better than they were last year, not too many people expected them to be competing for playoff spots this late into the season.
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona is on a four game winning streak, and is tied with the San Francisco 49ers for the final NFC playoff spot. They have been led by a suffocating defense that is 8th in the league in points allowed, averaging 20.3 points per game, quarterback Carson Palmer has provided some stability for the team at his position, and has limited his turnovers during this stretch.
Philadelphia Eagles
The pro football betting customers at BetAnySports are glad The Philadelphia Eagles have bounced back from a 1-3 start to the season under new head coach Chip Kelly, they have the 4th best offense in the league, averaging 412.9 yards per game, and scoring 25.1 points per game. They have fought their way back, and are in contention for the NFC East title.
They have also gone through a quarterback change, former starter Michael Vick went down with a hamstring injury in Week 5 against the New York Giants, which paved the way for second year player Nick Foles to claim the starting Job, Chip Kelly announced this week that Foles will be the starter for the rest of the season.
Earlier in the season, Philadelphia’s defense was a liability, but they have been much improved during their three game winning streak, averaging 16.3 points per game. The Cardinals will have their hands full trying to stop LeSean McCoy who leads the league in rushing, and Nick Foles who has thrown 16 touchdown passes without an interception. Experts from the best NFL Betting Sites For US Players think that Carson Palmer should be able to take advantage of the Eagles secondary because they are dead last in the league in passing yards allowed.
Bruce Arians who won the coach of the year award while filling in for Chuck Pagano in Indianapolis is proving last year wasn’t a fluke, and he does know what he is doing, which was evident when they routed his former team last week. Earlier in the season he said his team wouldn’t be intimidated by any team, and that has been true so far because they have been competitive in almost all the games they have played. Philadelphia needs to win this game to tie the division leading Dallas Cowboys, and Arizona needs to win to stay ahead of the San Francisco 49ers for the final wildcard spot in the NFC.
