NFL Week 13 St. Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals Free Pick

NFL Week 13 St. Louis Rams @ Arizona Cardinals Free Pick: Anything can happen in the NFL, that’s evident by the upsets that go down, the winning streaks that plough on, and the baffling outcomes that take place. If the Cardinals beat the Rams in Arizona, not many people would be stunned. They would see it as a small upset, but not David vs. Goliath type stuff – not at all. But even then, the Rams with a rookie quarterback going on the road, fighting for a playoff spot in early December, all that pressure – it’s hard to find a reason why Arizona should win this game.

The Cardinals have been as bad as anyone in the league, if not the worst in the last three games. They’ve lost 6 straight, but tight losses to Tampa bay and Minnesota a few weeks ago kept some hope shining when looking at Arizona – but now, after 18-36 loss at home to Seattle, and a 13-31 loss in Kansas City, then one more embarrassing loss at home to San Francisco in a game that was hard to watch, upside and even moral victories seem out of sight, out of possibility.

The Cardinals have been out-rushed in every single game they’ve played over the last 10 weeks. I don’t feel like looking into the week before that, because it doesn’t matter, they bottom line is they are bad at running and they don’t stop the run well, and that’s what those 10 games in a row show. For a team that can’t run the ball, can’t stop opposing offenses, makes a ton of mistakes in the passing game and has a quarterbacking duo of Derek Anderson and rookie Max Hall, you can see why 3-8 seems downright amazing. 3 wins, with that description – amazing. But in the same token, you can see why garnering another win over the last 5 games seems very unlikely.

With Sam Bradford and the improving Rams coming to town, I’d be asking for a lot more points if I were to bet the Cardinals – like 10. Maybe I’d risk $5 if they were getting 10. Maybe not…

St. Louis Rams (-3) @ Arizona Cardinals