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| America, meet Chris Long. |
When the NFL schedule was revealed in April, I listed the five games on the Thursday Night Football schedule that you could afford to skip. Guess which game I picked as the worst of the bunch?
"1.
Cardinals at Rams (Week 5, Thursday Night) - Kurt Warner's old team
takes on Kurt Warner's older team? That's the best I can do. I give up."
Well, clearly things haven't turned out as expected. With a win tonight, we'll either see the Cardinals start the season 5-0, or the Rams with a winning record for the first time since 2006. I'm going with the Rams because I cannot trust the Cardinals offensive line. According to our premium stats at Pro Football Focus (I highly recommend a subscription), tackles Bobby Massie and D'Anthony Batiste have surrendered 12 sacks, three hits, and 29 hurries of their QB this season. That's a problem against Chris Long and the underrated Rams defense.
The Pick: Rams (+1)
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