Green Bay vs Arizona Pick
Our Green Bay vs Arizona pick is not quite for all the beans. However, this game is certainly a bellwether regarding dominance in the NFC. Are the upstart Cardinals for real? Does Aaron Rodgers and company possess the juice to take down the only team in the NFL that is still undefeated? This Thursday Night Football pick is for October 28, 2021.
The point spread has the NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals (7-0) at -6.5 (-104). The underdog NFC North-leading Green Bay Packers (6-1) can be found at +7.0 (-130). The Packers are coming off a 24-10 Sunday win over Washington Football Club. Also on this past Sunday, the Cardinals dismantled the Houston Texans 31-5.
Packers vs Cardinals – Stats
Statistically, Arizona tops Green Bay in just about every category. Our Green Bay vs Arizona pick notes that the Cardinals are out-scoring the Packers (32.1-24.0 PPG), allowing opponents fewer points (16.3-20.9 PPG), and generating more yards on offense (422.6-356.0 YPG).
Defensive stats have the Cards a bit better in sacks (19-18) and the Pack in picks (7-6). However, Arizona leads Green Bay in TFL (29-15), PD (33-27), and FF (11-5). The Packers have recovered five fumbles while the Cardinals have eight recoveries. The home team has made one pick six. Conversely, the Packers have none.
Key Players - Green Bay vs Arizona Pick
Yes, this is a duel between quarterbacks Kyler Murray and Aaron Rodgers. Murray is completing 73.5 percent of his passes. He’s tossed 15 TD passes and rushed for three more scores, while throwing three picks and being sacked 16 times. Rodgers comes to the game with a 68.3 percent completion rate, 15 TD passes, and two scoring rushes. He’s thrown just three INTs and has been sacked 16 times.
Rodgers has tossed at least two touchdown passes to five different receivers. Devante Adams is his favorite target, while versatile running back Aaron Jones, who’s rushed for 404 yards on 89 carries and scored twice on the ground, has 26 receptions and four catches for scores.
QB Murray may be without his favorite go-to guy, WR DeAndre Hopkins (Questionable). Hopkins, who has 33 receptions for 420 yards, has caught seven TD passes. Wideouts Christian Kirk and A.J. Green have made 30 and 24 receptions and four and three TD catches respectively. Note, TE Zach Ertz plays in his second game with his new team. Ertz posted one TD catch in his initial game as a Cardinal. He could be a factor tonight. Running backs Chase Edmonds and James Conner are averaging 5.8 and 3.8 YPA, while Conner has rushed for six scores.
Green Bay vs Arizona Defense
On defense, Packer linebacker De'Vondre Campbell has been a tackle machine while also recording three PD, two INTs, two FF, and one FR. DT Kenny Clark comes to the game with three sacks and eight TFL, and LB Rashan Gary has nailed three sacks. In the secondary, safety Darnell Savage and corner Eric Stokes have played well. Savage has defended three passes and made one pick. Additionally, Stokes tops the team with eight PD. He also has one interception.
For the Cardinals, defensive end J.J. Watt is out with a shoulder injury. However, there’s plenty of depth on this side of the ball. Linebacker Marcus Golden tops the team with six sacks. Additionally, he’s posted three TFL, four FF, and two FR. LB Chandler Jones comes to the game with five sacks and five TFL. In the Cardinal secondary, cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. has made three picks and recorded seven PD. Linebacker Isaiah Simmons, who leads the team with 47 tackles, brings one pick, three PD, and two FF to tonight’s game.
Green Bay vs Arizona Pick – Prediction
Our Green Bay vs Arizona pick notes that the weather should not be a factor. The temperature in Glendale Arizona at game time will be 75 degrees with winds out of the west at 4 mph. The night will be clear with zero chance of precipitation.
In developing our analysis, we find that the Cardinals have an edge when it comes to the running game, and also on defensive turnovers. However, we expect a close game. Still, -6.5 is not an excessive spread when Arizona’s point totals, PF/PA differential, and home field advantage are all taken into consideration. We’re going with the Cardinals at -6.5 (-104).
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Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals – Summary
Arizona Cardinals – Spread -6.5 (-104)
