NFL
Preseason Preview: Arizona Cardinals vs Oakland Raiders
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By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)
When: 8:00 PM ET, Sunday,
August 30, 2015
Where: O.Co Coliseum in Oakland, California
Televised: NBC
Where: O.Co Coliseum in Oakland, California
Televised: NBC
Odds: The
Raiders opened as 1.5 favorites, but the game has now been bet down to a PK.
The OU line is at 40 in most shops.
The Arizona Cardinals are not having a god preseason so far
as they lost at home by 15 to Kansas city and then at home by 3 points to San
Diego. Even though they have allowed 26 ppg in the two games, it really hasn’t
been the fault of the defense as they has allowed just 313 ypg so far. They
have been particularly solid vs the run, allowing just 94.5 ypg so far. Defense
is the strength of this team and probably will be for most of the year. The
Offense has looked good with Palmer in there as he has hit 7 of 11 passes for
165 yards and a TD in his 2 games, but once he is out of there this offense has
struggled. Logan Thomas, Drew Stanton and Philip Sims are just not capable
backups for Palmer and should he go down again then this team will be in
trouble. He will get more time in this game, but I’m sure the staff would at
least like to see improvements from Stanton and Thomas.
Oakland has gone 1-1 so far in the Preseason as they beat
St Louis 18-3 at home and the lost at Minnesota 20-12. This is a team that will
struggle on offense, no matter who is at QB for them. It looks like it will be
Carr and the running game has been solid, but he just has no weapons to get the
ball to through the air. The Passing game has put up just 192 ypg through the
air, while the ground attack has churned out 111 ypg. Going to be very hard for
this team to score a lot of points this year. The defense has been very good in
the preseason for the Raiders as they have allowed just 272.5 ypg so far,
including just 186 ypg through the air. The Raiders just may have to rely on
their defense this year until the offense comes around.
Arizona will be okay on offense this year when Palmer is in
there and he will get more time in this one, but once he is out of there then
this offense will struggle. The Raider has really struggled on offense in the
preseason and I can’t see that changing here. Arizona WQB’s have combined for a
67.6% QBR, while Raider QBs have combined for a 67.3% QBR. These two offenses
just can’t move the ball at all when the backups are in there and I don’t see
them being able to do that tonight. The defense have looked solid and that
should keep the scoring down in this one.
Take the Under 40 in this one.
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