Game Preview - Week 11: Arizona Cardinals at Cincinnati Bengals

Arizona: The Cardinals put up a good fight at home (wins against Pittsburgh, Seattle & Detroit) but on the road they are 1-4. They travel to Cincinnati this week who's thrown in the towel on the season but still has enough weapons to give the Cardinals fits. The Cardinals suffered a blow on defense losing outside linebacker Bertrand Berry for the season with a triceps injury. Keeping with injury news, while Anquan Boldin is playing, he admits he is not 100% after suffering a hip injury earlier this season and his coach concurs… "It really bothers him when he picks his leg up, and that's when you drive in and out of your routes. Until he gets back 100 percent, he's not going to be as good as maybe you would expect for him to be." Warner still has Larry Fitzgerald and a capable Bryant Johnson to throw to so don't be surprised to see better than average numbers from Kurt despite an Arizona loss.

Start: RB Edgerrin James, WR Larry Fitzgerald
Consider: QB Kurt Warner
Sit: WR Anquan Boldin WR Bryant Johnson, TE Leonard Pope

Cincinnati: In his first game back from suspension, wide receiver Chris Henry had an immediate impact catching 4 passes for 99 yards. If he's still available in your league you could do a lot worse at your #3 or #4 wideout. Last week also saw the return of running back Rudi Johnson as the main ball carrier. He finished the day with 22 carries but was ineffective (46 yards) while Kenny Watson had 9 carries (24 yards) and 3 receptions (25 yards). Both are expected to be involved in the offense from here on out with Johnson being the better fantasy option. Tight end Reggie Kelly is expected back this week from a knee injury but has little fantasy value. With all his weapons back, this is a good matchup for Palmer and the passing game and a chance for the Bengals to save some face.

Start: QB Carson Palmer, WR Chad Johnson, WR T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Consider: RB Rudi Johnson, K Shayne Graham, WR Chris Henry
Sit: RB Kenny Watson, Bengals D/ST, TE Reggie Kelley

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Arizona Cardinals
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 10	Kurt Warner	Pass: 250, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 19	Edgerrin James	Rush: 75, 0 Rec: 1-5, 0
WR 4	Larry Fitzgerald	Rec: 8-110, 1
WR 27	Anquan Boldin	Rec: 4-50, 1
WR 59	Bryant Johnson	Rec: 3-35, 0
TE 26	Leonard Pope	Rec: 2-20, 0

Cincinnati Bengals
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 6	Carson Palmer	Pass: 265, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 30	Rudi Johnson	Rush: 55, 0 Rec: 1-5, 0
RB 37	Kenny Watson	Rush: 25, 0 Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 6	T.J. Houshmandzadeh	Rec: 7-90, 1
WR 20	Chad Johnson	Rec: 5-75, 0
WR 28	Chris Henry	Rec: 3-50, 1
TE 33	Reggie Kelly	Rec: 1-10, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Arizona Cardinals
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-10	SF	A	L 17-20	-3
2	2007-09-16	SEA	H	W 23-20	+3
3	2007-09-23	BAL	A	L 23-26	-3
4	2007-09-30	PIT	H	W 21-14	+7
5	2007-10-07	STL	A	W 34-31	+3
6	2007-10-14	CAR	H	L 10-25	-15
7	2007-10-21	WAS	A	L 19-21	-2
8		Bye
9	2007-11-04	TB	A	L 10-17	-7
10	2007-11-11	DET	H	W 31-21	+10
11	2007-11-18	CIN	A	W 35-27	+8
12	2007-11-25	SF	H
13	2007-12-02	CLE	H
14	2007-12-09	SEA	A
15	2007-12-16	NO	A
16	2007-12-23	ATL	H
17	2007-12-30	STL	H

Cincinnati Bengals
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-10	BAL	H	W 27-20	+7
2	2007-09-16	CLE	A	L 45-51	-6
3	2007-09-23	SEA	A	L 21-24	-3
4	2007-10-01	NE	H	L 13-34	-21
5		Bye
6	2007-10-14	KC	A	L 20-27	-7
7	2007-10-21	NYJ	H	W 38-31	+7
8	2007-10-28	PIT	H	L 13-24	-11
9	2007-11-04	BUF	A	L 21-33	-12
10	2007-11-11	BAL	A	W 21-7	+14
11	2007-11-18	ARI	H	L 27-35	-8
12	2007-11-25	TEN	H
13	2007-12-02	PIT	A
14	2007-12-09	STL	H
15	2007-12-15	SF	A
16	2007-12-23	CLE	H
17	2007-12-30	MIA	A

Offense Stats Comparison

	ARI Offense	CIN Offense	NFL Average
Points for	20.0	20.7	21.3
Rushing yards	85.0	79.7	108.2
Rushing yards per attempt	2.99	3.39	3.95
Completion %	56.8%	66.7%	61.4%
Passing yards	232.7	248.3	213.6
Passing yards per completion	11.38	11.12	10.44
Passing yards per attempt	6.47	7.41	6.41
Interceptions	2.0	0.7	1.1
Fumbles lost	1.0	0.3	0.7
Sacked	1.3	1.3	2.0

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 5 to 10 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 5 to 10 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	ARI Defense	CIN Defense	NFL Average
Points against	22.3	27.3	21.3
Rushing yards	119.3	121.7	108.2
Rushing yards per attempt	3.86	4.16	3.95
Completion %	63.5%	69.6%	61.4%
Passing yards	211.0	240.3	213.6
Passing yards per completion	9.27	10.98	10.44
Passing yards per attempt	5.89	7.64	6.41
INT return	1.0	1.0	1.1
Fumble recoveries	0.0	1.0	0.7
Sacks	2.3	1.7	2.0

Weather

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Team vs. Team History

Arizona Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	14	2000-12-03	ARI	CIN	13-24	CIN
2003	9	2003-11-02	CIN	ARI	14-17	ARI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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