Arizona Cardinals vs. New Orleans Saints – NFL predictions

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They have all lost their last eight home games, including the three previous ones this season. Luckily for them, the Cards finally got wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins back after a six-game suspension for Thursday. The offense should be able to pick up a little more speed with him.

Hopkins returns after his suspension

With DeAndre Hopkins, the Cardinals can fall back on their regular No. 1 receiver from Thursday, which they also sorely lacked on the first few days of play. The fact that Marquise Brown is out with an ankle injury is a small drop of bitterness.

Still, Hopkins should give them a little more depth in the passing game right away. They've only averaged 226.7 yards so far this season - surprisingly little for a quarterback like Murray. With Hopkins, however, he should be able to easily crack the 250 passing yards on Thursday.
Cardinals with big running back worries

Another problem area for this game will be the running back position. With James Connor still absent, Eno Benjamin will have to act as a starter. In his entire short NFL career to date, however, he has only had 254 rushing yards.

Another point why the passing game will be even more important for the upcoming game. So for Arizona vs. New Orleans the odds on many passing yards or passing attempts by Kyler Murray are definitely a good betting option.

Key players:

QB: Kyler Murray
RB: Eno Benjamin
WR: DeAndre Hopkins
TE: Zach Ertz
K: Matt Prater

 The Saints Defense still too permeable

So far this season their defense has not been going well against either the pass or the run. With 26.3 allowed points per game, the Saints also have the fourth weakest defense in the entire NFL. Only the three revolving doors from Cleveland, Seattle and Detroit are even worse.

The running back problem of the cards comes in handy for them, since they should be able to get their running game under control quite easily. That leaves the passing game, where they're sure to double down on DeAndre Hopkins on many plays.

This in turn gives Murray room for his remaining receivers. We can well imagine that he uses this and generates some big plays over the air - but also one or the other interception. It will be exciting to see which plays will have more impact on the bottom line.

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