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(CBS San Francisco) — Back successful August and aboriginal September, the Arizona Cardinals were not favored to triumph the NFC West. But they presently pb the part arsenic the NFL’s lone remaining undefeated team. And their 37-14 thrashing of the Cleveland Browns convinced galore doubters that this Cardinals squad is for real. But tin they proceed to outpace the Los Angeles Rams?
The Rams, down caller backmost Matthew Stafford, proceed to triumph and impress. They dominated the New York Giants, 38-11, successful Week 6. While the San Francisco 49ers enjoyed a bye, the Seattle Seahawks dropped a heartbreaker to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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CBS San Francisco sports anchor Vern Glenn looks astatine the 4 NFC West matchups successful Week 7.
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Detroit Lions @ Los Angeles Rams, Sunday, October 24 @ 4:05 p.m.
The Lions and Rams traded quarterbacks this past offseason. Jared Goff, who led the Rams to Super Bowl LIII, went to Detroit. And longtime Lions’ signal-caller Matthew Stafford became the starter successful Los Angeles. Both QBs needed a alteration of scenery. The Rams couldn’t repetition that 2018 season, and it became wide that possibly Goff wasn’t the champion acceptable successful Sean McVay’s offense. The Lions had been perennially bad, contempt Stafford’s awesome numbers.
“This is the crippled that I’m definite Jared Goff has had circled ever since helium was traded from the Rams to the Lions.” Glenn said. “And locally here, Jared Goff is our guy. He grew up successful Marin County, close extracurricular of San Francisco. So helium has been looking guardant to this one. It wasn’t the smoothest modulation this commercialized from the Rams to the Lions for him. But present they come, SoFi stadium. We person each that drama, McVay and Goff.”
The Rams travel into Week 7 with a 5-1 record. Stafford remains 1 of the game’s champion passers, averaging 306.3 yards per crippled and 9.2 yards per attempt, some among the league’s apical five. The Lions, contempt immoderate adjacent calls, proceed to look for that elusive archetypal win. Goff’s numbers — 250.8 yards per game, 6.3 yards per effort — airy successful examination to Stafford’s. He besides doesn’t person the weapons astir him that helium erstwhile did. A ascendant Rams defence suggests he’ll person constricted occurrence again this Sunday.
“Bottom line, extremity portion to extremity zone, it has to beryllium the Rams’ day,” Glenn said. “For arsenic bully arsenic Goff is and arsenic overmuch revenge helium wants to invoke, helium doesn’t play defense. And past Stafford, successful that high-powered Rams offense, they’re going to spell up and down the field. It is simply a triumph for the Rams, who I judge are a double-digit favourite to adjacent astatine home.”
Houston Texans @ Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, October 24 @ 4:25 p.m.
The Cardinals are the NFL’s past remaining undefeated team, arsenic Kyler Murray tossed 4 touchdown passes successful their 37-14 triumph past week implicit the Cleveland Browns. Arizona is playing for a Super Bowl, based connected each of their offseason moves, though fewer radical saw them arsenic superior contenders going into the season.
“I person to travel cleanable with this one,” Glenn admits. “At the opening of the year, I did not springiness immoderate emotion to the Arizona Cardinals. I thought this was an enactment that, extracurricular of Kyler Murray, this was the enactment wherever a batch of aged NFL veterans would would spell and decorativeness up their career. And I’m citing J.J. Watt arsenic 1 of them, pursuing on the lines of, say, Emmitt Smith, who ended his vocation with the Arizona Cardinals. But 6-0 is 6-0.”
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There’s a bully accidental the Cardinals’ winning streak volition proceed against Houston. The Texans were clobbered past week, 31-3, by the Indianapolis Colts, leaving them astatine 1-5. Davis Mills has not looked up to the task astatine quarterback, but for his 312-yard, three-TD showing against the New England Patriots successful Week 5.
According to Glenn, “that violative onslaught for the Texans [is] conscionable not capable to get it done connected the roadworthy against Kyler Murray and Arizona, who person been the astonishment of the NFL. They person to. Numbers don’t lie, 6-0 is 6-0. And again double-digit favorites to triumph astatine home.”
Indianapolis Colts @ San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, October 24 @ 8:20 p.m.
The 49ers are coming disconnected their bye week. Jimmy Garoppolo looks probable for Sunday, though Trey Lance inactive seems hobbled by a genu injury. Overall, the squad should beryllium rested and acceptable for the Colts. Indianapolis easy knocked disconnected the Texans successful Week 6, with Carson Wentz spreading the shot astir and looking a small much similar helium did a fewer years agone with the Philadelphia Eagles.
“The Niners travel successful a five-point location favorite,” Glenn said. “The 49ers, it doesn’t substance whether Jimmy Garoppolo oregon Trey Lance are astatine quarterback. It’s not a substance what happens erstwhile they’re successful the reddish zone, due to the fact that of the 11 trips, they’ve scored 10 times. It’s getting to the reddish portion and establishing immoderate benignant of bushed to get there.”
Coach Kyle Shanahan has had 2 weeks to fig retired the consistency issue. But the problems besides widen to the different broadside of the ball. The defence has been coagulated against the pass, allowing conscionable 216.6 yards per game, but the backmost unit hasn’t been there. They’ve sacked opposing quarterbacks conscionable 11 times each season.
“The Colts are a beauteous bully shot team, I’ll springiness them that,” Glenn admits. “They’re overmuch amended than that a batch of radical expected. But the 49ers astir person to adjacent it out. It is simply a Sunday nighttime primetime shot game. And I conscionable don’t judge that Shanahan could spell 2 weeks without preparing for this one, to travel retired and radiance and travel retired connected top. I’m going 49ers.”
New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks, Monday, October 25 @ 8:15 p.m.
The Saints are besides coming retired of a bye week. At 3-2, they look the unenviable task of keeping gait with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who pb the NFC South. New Orleans heads to Seattle to conscionable the 2-4 Seahawks, who volition erstwhile again beryllium without Russell Wilson. The team’s longtime QB is retired until astatine slightest Week 10 aft his caller manus surgery. Geno Smith was 23-32 for 209 yards and a touchdown successful the Seahawks’ overtime nonaccomplishment to the Pittsburgh Steelers past week.
Smith volition person Seattle’s formidable 12th antheral down him this week. Lumen Field is “…one of the loudest places to play successful the full NFL,” Glenn said. “I’ve experienced times wherever I’ve really tried to person a speech with idiosyncratic close adjacent to me, and they could not perceive the words coming retired of my rima due to the fact that it is so, truthful loud.”
The Saints person been a small deed oregon miss this season. After dominating the Green Bay Packers successful the opener, they fell to the Carolina Panthers and past the New York Giants 2 weeks after. The Saints dispensed with the Washington Football Team earlier the break. And the other remainder should assistance them instrumentality immoderate cardinal players from injuries.
“They person 4 guys that were injured that are going to beryllium capable to enactment successful this game. Especially Michael Thomas, different violative weapon. They got their near tackle back. They’ve got a linebacker Kwon Alexander back.”
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The discourtesy inactive runs down Alvin Kamara, who has topped 100 combined yards successful his past 3 outings. Jameis Winston has besides picked up his accumulation successful his past mates of outings, which included 4 TD passes successful the Saints’ astir caller win.
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