SEASON FORECASTS AND FUTURES PICKS

With Kyler Murray the team will improve offensively and are projected to score at least 1 more TD per game vs last year, but that is not enough to win more than 6 games. The Cardinals are not contenders to win the Super Bowl at 200/1, 0.5%. They are one of 3 teams with these odds (#28 in the league). They win the Super Bowl in less than 0.1% of simulations. They are not a good value to win the NFC either at 100/1, 1%. The Cardinals are averaging 5.2 wins per sim which is essentially the same as their futures line of 5 wins. At +1000 the Cardinals are not a good value to make the playoffs with a 2.5% chance. They have less than 1% chance to win the division. In simulations they finish last in the NFC based on projected wins.

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REGULAR SEASON RECAP AND UPCOMING GAMES

Oddsmakers had low expectations for them last season (expected win percentage = 30%) and they failed to live up to even these low expectations going 3-13. They went 7-8-1 against the spread (-180 loss). More of their games came in under (9) than went over (7). Based on computer simulations they only have a 39% chance to beat the Lions in their next game. The table below shows their upcoming games, their simulation based win percentage and their recent head to head record (WL, ATS, OU).

TEAM OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE STATS WITH LEAGUE RANKINGS

They are a very poor scoring team based on points per game and below average in yards per play. They are a very poor scoring defense based on points per game. They are the #21 ranked team based on yards per play allowed and the #22 ranked team based on TD per play allowed.

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TEAM FANTASY LEADERS

The table below show the most valuable fantasy players on the team led by David Johnson who is projected to be the #10 RB. The Better Option column shows the player directly above him and the Better Than column shows the player directly below him in the projected position rankings.