Two top 10 defenses face off today and John Skelton is back for a second start in a row for the Cardinals who look to break out of their funk. There is no better time to do it than Monday night and I think they have a chance to do it. I think we are getting a ton of value here with the Cardinals at more than a TD. Cardinals won last year 21-19 against the 49ers at home and they can sure do it again.
They are 3rd in thid down defense while the 49ers are 8th, both teams are in the bottom of the league in converting third downs 21st for the 49ers and 25th for the Cardinals. Bot teams also struggle in the red zone to score TD's rather than FG's, but I think the Cardinals have a better chance on Monday night considering they have an elite RZ WR in Fitzgerald. The 49ers have also given up 100% TD's in the red zone in their road games this year and are overall ranked 17th. A closer look at the 49ers and you see a team that has continued to digress on defense and offense. I think they are still living off what they did last year and earlier this year to bad teams. The Cardinals should be able to run the ball a little bit after Lerod Stephens-Howling ran for more than 100 yards last week against the Vikings on the road in which they were +147 total yards. So the idea that this team can't move the ball is a bit over hyped as well. Also the 49ers in their last 3 games are allowing 4.4 ypc and they allowed 4.7 ypc against Seattle at home. Don't be shocked to see Arizona at home move the ball better than San Fran.
