Arizona vs. Los Angeles

This is a long road trip for both teams to Great Britain. Arizona is getting it together, winning three of five, and are off a 38-33 win over Tampa Bay as a dog. The Cardinals have a lot of defensive talent, Top 10 at stuffing the run, while the secondary has six picks to rank #11. QB Carson Palmer has eight TDs, to three picks his last five games, off a 283-yard effort last week with three touchdowns. The presence of newcomer Adrian Peterson in the Cardinals' backfield is also helping him on play-action. Arizona is 4-1 UNDER the total this season, plus 41-22 ATS against teams that are outscoring the opposition by 6+ points per game. The L.A. Rams are playing better defense, allowing 33 total points the last two contests. The Rams are 11-5 UNDER the total after a victory, plus 9-3 UNDER in division play. Arizona will be able to have balance on offense against a Los Angeles run defense that has been soft at #29 against the run allowing 139.5 yards rushing per game. And the Los Angeles offense has slowed down (37 points the last two weeks), getting 249 total yards last week. Over the last two games, QB Jared Goff the has one TD and two picks, while getting sacked five times. The Rams are on a 3-10 ATS run, as well as 21-47 ATS after accumulating fewer than 250 total yards in their previous game. With Arizona covering six of the last eight meetings, back the dog in a defensive duel. Take the points on Arizona as my NFL Game of the Month and also play the UNDER.