The St. Louis Rams will try to win their third straight game and even their season record at 7-7 when they host the NFC West-leading Arizona Cardinals in a divisional matchup on Thursday Night Football.
A lot has changed for the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals since they last met Nov. 9. Little more than a month later, both teams are employing different starting quarterbacks and seem to be trending in opposite directions.
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St. Louis is coming off a dominant 24-0 victory against the Washington Redskins last week. The Rams were favored away from home for the first time in nearly four years and have now blanked their last two opponents, routing the Oakland Raiders 52-0 in their previous home game in Week 13 as six-point chalk. The St. Louis defense has racked up 13 sacks in the past two games and will next try to take down Arizona’s Drew Stanton, who has been sacked just twice in the team’s last two games combined.
Arizona (10-3) has four offensive touchdowns in four games since a 31-14 win over St. Louis on Nov. 9, when Palmer tore his ACL while being sacked by safety Mark Barron in the fourth quarter. The Cardinals weren't an offensive juggernaut with Palmer under center, though they recorded at least 24 points five times while going 6-0 in games he started.
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They scored at least 20 in the three Drew Stanton started as Palmer was sidelined with a shoulder problem earlier this season, but have averaged 14.0 during his latest starting stint as he's thrown five interceptions in four games. Top rusher Andre Ellington also struggled after Palmer went down, and he was placed on season-ending injured reserve this week with a hip problem.
However, his replacement, second-year back Kerwynn Williams, came through with 100 yards on 19 carries in his third NFL game Sunday in a 17-14 home victory over Kansas City.
This Rams vs. Cardinals betting matchup looks to favor the home team based on past situational trends. St. Louis is 6-2-1 ATS in its last nine December home games against NFC West opponents, while Arizona is 2-10 straight-up in its previous 12 divisional road matchups. The Cardinals have also lost in their past two trips to the Edward Jones Dome after winning seven in a row there. The OVER has cashed in three of the last four meetings overall following an 8-1 UNDER run in the previous nine games between the teams. In addition, the OVER is 4-1 in the past five home games for St. Louis this year.
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