Cardinals on Sunday Night Football, can they win this time?

The Two Teams

It’s off to the Meadowlands for the Cardinals as they play the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football.

The game airs Sunday, October 25th at 5:20PM on Channel 12.

The game will mark the 124th meeting between these former NFC East foes.

The Cardinals are coming off of a convincing 27-3 victory over the Seattle Seahawks and enter this week’s game in a tie atop the NFC West standings with the San Francisco 49ers.

The Cardinals are undefeated on the road this season with double digit victories in both games away from University of Phoenix Stadium.

The Giants are coming off their first loss of the season at the hands of the New Orleans Saints.

The Saints won by spreading the ball around with seven different players scoring in the 48-27 victory over New York.

The two teams met last year in Phoenix with the Giants escaping with a 37-29 victory.


Cardinals run D vs. Giants run attack

The Cardinals feature the NFL’s top ranked rushing defense. Through 5 games the Cards are allowing just less than 60 yards rushing per game on the ground and are the only team in the NFL allowing less than 3 yards per carry.

The Giants on the other hand feature one of the top rushing attacks in the NFL averaging close to 150 yards per game and 4.5 yards per carry.


Cardinals pass attack vs. Giants pass D

The Giants feature the leagues top ranked pass defense, allowing less than 150 yards a game through the air.

The Cardinals have one of the leagues top passing attacks with Kurt Warner and his receivers averaging over 280 yards per game.


What could be…

The Cardinals are 2-0 on the road for the first time since 1991 and with a victory could move to 3-0 for the first time since 1982.


Key Players

Cardinals – Kurt Warner – The Giants feature the leagues top ranked pass defense, and the Cardinals running game is weak. Warner will have to have a big game for the Cardinals to win.

Giants – Eli Manning – The Cards defense struggles against the pass. If Eli can get the passing attack going it may open up the run game against the Cardinals top ranked rushing defense.


The Pick

The Giants win a wild one -- Cardinals 24 Giants 31

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