The Green Bay Packers (6-1) and Arizona Cardinals (7-0) will clash Thursday night at State Farm Stadium in one of the most highly anticipated primetime games of the 2021 season so far.
Both NFC heavyweights will be missing key players on a short week, but an excellent quarterback matchup and exciting talent all over the field for both teams should make Thursday night an electric and highly entertaining contest.
Football is a complicated game, but finding the reasons for winning individual matchups between teams is often a straightforward exercise. What wins games? Excellent quarterback play, winning the line of scrimmage, taking care of the football and taking it away, controlling the important situations and overcoming or taking advantage of the injury situation.
In our weekly preview series, Zach Kruse from Packers Wire and Jess Root from Cards Wire went deep into the matchup to determine who has the advantage at the five key factors for winning football games in the NFL.