Philadelphia at Arizona

We were on Philly as our top-rated play last week. They were facing a terrible St. Louis team with an awful defense and getting over a field goal. Philly pulled off the win but how much are they going to have left this week travelling to the desert? In fact, I think they will take this game a bit lightly. Heck, they have nothing to play for but pride and they got a big dose of it last week - so less need this week. They won on the road last week so they'll subconciously be putting in a little less effort this week ("We did it once, why not again? It's only Arizona and they don't even have their starting QB"). Meanwhile, AZ will be up a bit more for this one. They are coming off a very embarrasing loss to Houston. After losing to a team with one win, you tell yourself "that ain't happening again dammit!" And, with their starting QB out, the rest of the team knows they need to put forth 110%. I expect Arizona to come out swinging while Philly to be a bit flat. In what promises to be a close game, the Cardinals have an edge with the best kicker in the league in Neil Rackers. With 4 field goals in his final two games, he'll break the NFL record of 39 set by Olindo Mare in 1999 and Jeff Wilkens in 2003. That's the most I've discussed kickers all season and it's probably too much so we'll move on. The Eagles' win last week was either amazing or points out how bad the Rams are. Let us not forget that the Eagles are without their three best players (McNabb, Owens and Westbrook). And, Mike McMahon had three picks last week to boost his number to 6 (vs. 2 TDs). On the defensive side of the ball, the Eagles come in with the 7th worst defense in the league. Yes, Warner is out but the Cards have a big situational edge here. Two stars on Arizona.