Arizona Cardinals vs Tennessee Titans: TV/radio, preview, prediction
By Scott Allen
The Arizona Cardinals host the Tennessee Titans for the first time in 12 years on Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium
The Arizona Cardinals (5-7) play their third consecutive home game on Sunday as they host the Tennessee Titans (8-4). The Titans currently lead the AFC South and are still fighting for playoff positioning.
This is the first visit for the Titans to University of Phoenix Stadium. They are the last team in the NFL to have played a game in UOP.
The Cardinals are coming off a tough division loss to the Los Angeles Rams while the Titans are coming off a victory over their division rival Houston Texans. The Titans are tied for first in the AFC South with the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team the Cardinals beat just two weeks ago.
TV/Radio
TV: FOX 10 (Chris Myers, Daryl Johnston)
Date/Time: Sunday December 3rd 2:25 p.m. Arizona time, 4:25 p.m. ET
Radio: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM (Dave Pasch, Ron Wolfley, Paul Calvisi);
Cardinals radio broadcast network:
KATO, 1230 AM, Thatcher
KAZM, 780 AM, Sedona
KNTR, 980 AM, Lake Havasu
KDDL/KQNA, 94.3 FM, Prescott Valley
KVNA, 600 AM, Flagstaff
KZUA, 92.1 FM, Holbrook
KBLU, 560 AM, Yuma
KRVZ, 1400 AM, Springerville
KIKO, 1340 AM, Miami
KCUB, 1290 AM, Tucson
KGMN,100.1 FM, Kingman
Key matchups/players
With Cardinals running back Adrian Peterson out for a second week in a row, once again it will be up to Kerwynn Williams to pick up the slack. He rushed 16 times for 97 yards last week.
However 86 of those yards were in the first half. The Cardinals are going to need to run the ball more in the second half to keep the Titans defense on their heals.
One concern for the Cardinals defense could be that of covering Titans tight end Delanie Walker. He is a beast. He leads the Titans in receptions with 58 and yards with 676. Walker did not practice Wednesday and Thursday but practiced in full on Friday.
The Cardinals have a tough time stopping tight ends historically, so that could be their biggest challenge should Walker in fact play. He’s a big target that hopefully the Cardinals have been paying attention to on video.
The Cardinals defensive line needs to get pressure on Titans quarterback Marcus Mariotta as well. Last week the Cardinals managed just one sack of Rams quarterback Jared Goff. That was from linebacker Chandler Jones.