Arizona Cardinals vs Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Picks, NFL Predictions & NFL Odds: The Cardinals have made another dreaded trek East, landing in Florida for a 1:00pm ET meeting with the Jaguars today (FOX). Arizona lost all five trips they made to an East Coast state during the 2008 regular season. The will try to reverse that trend when they kick things off at Jacksonville Stadium today. NFL Picks at Bodog.com have the Jags listed as a -3 against the spread home favorite.
Cardinals Breakdown: Arizona's preseason offensive struggles carried
over to the regular season as the Cardinals fell 16-20 at home to the Forty-Niners last Sunday. Ken Whisenhunt's squad managed just 299 total yards and four third down conversions in the loss to their NFC West rivals.
Quarterback Kurt Warner was abysmal, as he was almost the entire exhibition season, completing 26-of-44 passes for 288 yards, a touchdown, and two interceptions (67.2 passer rating). The ground game did not help the beleaguered signal caller, gaining just 40 yards at a 2.4 yards per carry average.
Also indicative of the team's offensive woes was the fact that running back Tim Hightower led the team in receiving. Hightower caught 12 passes for 121 yards while Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin combined for eight catches and 90 yards.
The Cardinals defense did play well, though, holding San Francisco to 203 yards and 13 first downs. The Forty-Niners had just 21 rush yards but still won the time of possession battle by over three minutes. Arizona also pressured the quarterback well, recording four sacks of Shaun Hill.
Jaguars Breakdown: Jacksonville opened its season with a 12-14 loss at Indianapolis last weekend. Statistically, the Jaguars were dominated in almost every facet by the Colts, but two Indy turnovers kept the Jags in the game.
Jack Del Rio's club produced just 12 first downs and 228 total yards in the loss as quarterback David Garrard struggled to connect with his receivers. Garrard finished the day 14-of-28 for 122 yards. The lone offensive bright spot for Jacksonville was a 21 carry, 97 yard day from Maurice Jones-Drew. The running back scored the team's only touchdown when he punched it in from seven yards out early in the fourth quarter.
The Jaguars defense gave up 21 first downs and 365 yards to Peyton Manning and company. The Colts, however, did not move the ball well on the ground against Jacksonville, producing just 71 yards in 31 rush attempts.
NFL Picks Betting Trend: The Cardinals are 1-9 straight up in their last 10 games as a road dog with a total between 41.5 and 44. The Over is 8-2 in those games.
Bodog.com Arizona Cardinals vs Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Picks, Predictions & Odds:
Arizona Cardinals +3 (-110), Over 43 (-110)
Jacksonville Jaguars -3 (-110), Under 43 (-110)
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