The final match of what has been an exciting and fairly defining Week 14 of the NFL 2021 season comes from the desert as the Arizona Cardinals host the Los Angeles Rams in a huge NFC West showdown on the Monday Night Football.
The Cardinals go into the match in control of their own fate in both the division and the Conference but need to keep winning for that to be the case. Having already lost once to the Cardinals, the Rams know if they lose here they can probably kiss goodbye to the NFC West title.
Arizona Cardinals
No team has more wins in the entire NFL than the 10 the Arizona Cardinals have run up this term. The beauty of their success is that they have picked up some of those wins without potentially their three most important players in Kyler Murray, DeAndre Hopkins and JJ Watt. The former two returned to action last week and if they get up to speed again the Cardinals are going to take a lot of stopping because they bring a real potent force to the offense.
There is a nice balance to the Cardinals offense which certainly helps them hugely and they have coped on defence even though they have been without some key players. They play a risky style on defence but it is one which sees them apply a lot of pressure to the opposing quarterback and they will certainly be in pursuit of Matt Stafford here. It does mean they are liable to giving up some big plays but it is a risk they feel is worth taking.
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Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams have made no secret of the fact they are all in for the Super Bowl this season but that pressure appears to be weighing them down a touch because prior to last week they had lost three on the bounce and had looked pretty ordinary in the process. We will find out here if their win over the Jacksonville Jaguars was just the routine win over a poor side or whether they have turned the corner and are about to launch a real charge.
You would think they are going to be outsiders to make their own party if they aren’t hosting postseason matches so there is so much on the Rams here. They could probably have done without seeing Jalen Ramsey test positive for Covid-19 which means he isn’t around to keep DeAndre Hopkins quiet. That means the outcome of this match could be in the hands of Matt Stafford and last week aside that hasn’t been a great thing for the Rams recently.
Betting
I fancy the Arizona Cardinals to win this match but it is so big for the Los Angeles Rams that somewhere in the back of my mind something is telling me we are going to see a performance from them. Whether that performance is enough to win this match with everything that is on them remains to be seen but man for man they are probably still just about the better side of the two so should they turn up with their best a Los Angeles win wouldn’t be a surprise.
I’ll edge my bets slightly and go with the receiving yards of Cooper Kupp here. You would imagine if the Rams are to come out on top in this match the combination between Matt Stafford and his leading wide receiver will be one which is used quite frequently. Kupp has been one of the best receivers in the NFL this season and the only time he hasn’t put 90 yards on the board all season was the reverse meeting between these two but the Cardinals ran all over the Rams that day and statistics would suggest that isn’t going to happen again. Kupp has a receiving line of 95.5 yards and I don’t see the Rams winning without him covering but even in defeat he could surpass this total.
Tips
Back C.Kupp – Over 95.5 receiving yards for a 3/10 stake at 1.91 with Bet365
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