Houston at Arizona

Gone is Kurt Warner, so the normally complacent Arizona Cardinals during the NFLX, will take on a different look. The Matt Leinart era begins and you can be sure that coach Wisenhunt, normally lax in these games, will want to put one in the win column to build some confidence in his QB. The Houston Texans have Matt Schaub at QB and he is going to have nothing to do here except keep from getting injured. So we get to see a lot of Dan Orlovsky. The Texans have a veteran offense and no sense of urgency here to head on the road in game one, and come away with a win. This one goes to a more motivated Arizona team. I also like the UNDER here. NFL preseason games with a home underdog have gone UNDER the total at a 68% clip including 60% the last three years. With Leinart and Derek Anderson working out the kinks, and Houston starters seeing very little action, I expect very little offense here. Take the Cards and the UNDER.