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Arizona Cardinals vs Los Angeles Rams: TV/radio, preview, prediction

By Scott Allen

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 07: Troops from the Household Division process past Buckingham Palace on July 7, 2017 in London, England. The Household Division rehearse during the early hours of the morning today ahead of next week's State Visit by the King and Queen of Spain. Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh will host Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letitzia at Buckingham Palace during their State Visit from Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th July, 2017. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 07: Troops from the Household Division process past Buckingham Palace on July 7, 2017 in London, England. The Household Division rehearse during the early hours of the morning today ahead of next week's State Visit by the King and Queen of Spain. Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh will host Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letitzia at Buckingham Palace during their State Visit from Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th July, 2017. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images) /
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GLENDALE, AZ – OCTOBER 02: Cornerback Patrick Peterson #21 of the Arizona Cardinals during the NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at the University of Phoenix Stadium on October 2, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. The Rams defeated the Cardinals 17-13. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – OCTOBER 02: Cornerback Patrick Peterson #21 of the Arizona Cardinals during the NFL game against the Los Angeles Rams at the University of Phoenix Stadium on October 2, 2016 in Glendale, Arizona. The Rams defeated the Cardinals 17-13. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

Key injuries

The Arizona Cardinals had seven players limited in practice on Thursday.  We’ll see how Friday plays out but the only player not to practice in some fashion was running back Andre Ellington.

Ellington is nursing a quad injury.  Both defensive tackles Olsen Pierre and Xavier Williams returned to practice on Thursday and listed as limited.

Cornerback Patrick Peterson was still limited on Thursday as well with his quad injury but is expected to play on Sunday.  Also, as been the norm lately, defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche was listed as limited in practice.

As for the Rams linebacker Mark Barron did not practice. Also not practicing was safety Cody Davis.

Prediction

This is probably one of the tougher calls to make so far this season.  The Rams certainly are a different beast this year.  They have defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas.

However they also lost to the Washington Redskins at home and allowed the San Francisco 49ers to score 38 on them.  Then again, the Cardinals defense just gave up 33 against to the Bucs after being up 31-0 at one point.

It really is a toss up here.  The Cardinals will be well represented in the stands by both Birdgang and British Birdgang and others from surrounding countries.

It may come down to who has the ball last.  The Cardinals have had the lead or been within a score of the lead in the fourth quarter of every game this season.

If this was prior to last Tuesday, the call here would likely be the Rams.  However after being shown what the Cardinals can do with their offense when healthy, they get an ever so slight edge.

Cardinals 31 Rams 30

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