Final Thoughts

The Cardinals are pretty much out of the playoff race. It’s not so much because of their record, as some AFC teams with similar ones are still in contention for the postseason. It’s more due to the strength of the NFC West and the NFC as a whole. Still, the Cardinals would love to stick it to the 8-1 49ers and even the score on the year.

The 49ers are very banged up on offense, which the Cards have to take advantage of. Vance Joseph’s crew was embarrassing on third down against the Niners a few weeks ago. It would be a very bad look if they didn’t have a much better performance this time around. Kyler Murray and the offense are going to need a lot more help from Joseph and company as they try to put points up against arguably the league’s best defense.

I do believe the Cardinals have a good chance of winning this game. Kyler Murray and the offense seems to get better every week and the team is still playing hard for Kliff Kingsbury. Murray is in a close race with rookie running back Josh Jacobs for offensive rookie of the year, so a win here would really help his chances.

See you all in two weeks as the Cardinals will be enjoying their bye week after Sunday’s game.

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