Game Preview
Thursday’s matchup between the New Orleans Saints and Arizona Cardinals has pretty low expectations for a lot of spectators. Arizona’s offensive woes have been prevalent all season, but were front and center against Seattle. While New Orleans will head to the desert with the return of DeAndre Hopkins, it’s a different offensive weapon that might take over the game.
A revolving door at receiver is set up in Arizona, with Hollywood Brown going down with a broken foot, just as the team was getting back star wideout Deandre Hopkins from a six-game suspension. The Cardinals also made a move to bring in disgruntled Carolina WR Robbie Anderson via a trade on Monday.
Quarterback Kyler Murray was already having a tough time in 2022, entering Week 7 with the 23rd-ranked QB EPA per play in the NFL, not where you want your $230.5 million investment. Now his receivers room gets a shakeup, and the play calling could also be undergoing a transition, with head coach Kliff Kingsbury telling reporters he might step away from the play sheet after the team’s poor start.
Murray was relying heavily on Brown through the first six games, targeting his former Oklahoma teammate on 26.3% of throws. That reliance jumped to 29.4% in the past three games. Even with Hopkins taking some of the sting out of that Brown injury, just how much Nuk will be involved in his first game back remains to be seen.
With so much uncertainty in the Cardinals’ passing game, expect extra reps for Murray’s “old reliable”. Tight end Zach Ertz was already getting a lot of work in 2022, drawing targets on 22.5% of pass attempts the last three weeks and entering Week 7 as the third most targeted TE in the league.
The Saints have been stingy against the position in 2022 (allowing only 29.5 yards per game to TEs) but haven’t faced a tight end as active as Ertz (outside of Falcons’ overrated TE Kyle Pitts). And with a couple of extra catches, Ertz can easily eclipse expectations that sit just below his season average in yardage.
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New Orleans Saints vs Arizona Cardinals Game Information
- Date: 10/20/2022
- Time: 08:15 PM ET
- Location: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, AZ
- How to Watch: Saints vs Cardinals: NBC
- Live Stream: NFL.TV
Saints vs Cardinals Betting Lines
Cardinals are –140 according to our Vegas NFL Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $71.43. On the other side, Saints are +120 according to the Vegas NFL Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $120.
The implied probability for these two teams attached to the betting lines have Cardinals at a 58.33% chance of winning the game, meanwhile, Saints have 45.45% probability of finishing the game with the W.
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