Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers Free Prediction & Preview

Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers Free Prediction & Preview: Most people in the know expected these two teams to be battling it out for the chance to represent the NFC West (also know as 4 bad teams in one division) in the NFC Playoffs. I certainly thought the 49ers would be there, but figured the Cardinals for dead as soon as they gave away the only quarterback worth half his weight in kidney beans for absolutely nothing. It’s never good to cut your best quarterback before the season starts, especially when 2nd best is Derek Anderson, 3rd best is an undrafted rookie named Max Hall, and 4th is the guy starting this game, John Skelton. As it turns out, I was right about the Cardinals – not so much about the 49ers – but you win some, you lose some.

Right now, the 49ers are at an interesting spot – they win nothing from this game, they have no idea what the future holds, who will be their head coach next season, next week, who will be their quarterback in the future, which guys will be on the team at all. So many questions. That being said, I think they’re better than Arizona, and they’re playing at home in San Francisco – where they are 3-3 on the season (compared to 1-7 on the road).

The Cardinals are 1-6 on the road and they are bad. They have no run-game, they can’t pass, and they are hoping for another loss that might possibly win them a chance to draft a better player to help take the place of one key leader the lost over the off season. I’m not saying they’re trying to lose, I’m saying they will lose.

This game is gross, and taking the 49ers as a favorite against a gentle pack of guinea pigs seems ridiculous – but betting on the Cardinals to stay close on the road is even more ludicrous, so I’m taking the lesser of two weevils.

Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers (-6)