Arizona Cardinals can pull off upset over Green Bay Packers
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Sunday in Week 7. Kickoff from State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, is at 4:25 p.m. ET (FOX). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NFL odds around the Packers vs. Cardinals odds and make our expert NFL picks and predictions for the best bets.
The Green Bay Packers' trip to Arizona hit a major snag before the team even left the ground. On Saturday, mechanical troubles grounded their charter plane on the tarmac in Wisconsin, forcing players and coaches to wait it out for over five hours.
For the first three quarters, the Cardinals have had the second-best defense in the NFL this season. In the fourth quarter, they've had the worst.
With James Conner, Trey Benson and Emari Demercado all sidelined, the Arizona Cardinals will turn to Bam Knight and Michael Carter at running back.
Jones entered the NFL with the Buffalo Bills in 2017, went from there to the Oakland Raiders during the 2019 season, played two additional seasons in Las Vegas and then two with the Jacksonville Jaguars until signing with the Cardinals in 2024.
The NFL defines a hip-drop tackle as when a defender, "grabs the runner with one or both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and/or trapping the runner’s leg (s) at or below the knee."
The Green Bay Packers have made three roster moves on Saturday ahead of the Arizona Cardinals game in Week 7. None of them is more impactful that the decision to elevate running back Pierre Strong Jr.