NFL Game Preview: Buffalo Bills at Arizona Cardinals - Week 6

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Buffalo Bills at Arizona Cardinals - Week 6

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PIT TEN	23 26
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STL MIA	14 17
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OAK ATL	20 23
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KC TB	10 38
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IND NYJ	9 35
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DET PHI	26 23
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DAL BAL	29 31
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CIN CLE	24 34
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NE SEA	23 24
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BUF ARI	19 16
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MIN WAS	26 38
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NYG SF	26 3
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GB HOU	42 24
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DEN SD	35 24
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Playoffs:	Wild-Card \| Divisional Playoffs \| Conference Championships \| Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Cardinals 24, Bills 20

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger

Buffalo Bills
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 21	Ryan Fitzpatrick	Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 17	C.J. Spiller	Rush: 70, 1 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
RB 22	Fred Jackson	Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 25	Steve Johnson	Rec: 7-80, 0 TD
WR 43	Donald Jones	Rec: 4-60, 0 TD
TE 16	Scott Chandler	Rec: 5-50, 1 TD
K 21	Rian Lindell	FG: 2/2 XP: 2/2
DEF 19	Defense / ST

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Arizona Cardinals
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 13	Kevin Kolb	Pass: 280, 2 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 28	William Powell	Rush: 50, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
RB 31	LaRod Stephens-Howling	Rush: 30, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 1	Larry Fitzgerald	Rec: 8-100, 1 TD
WR 37	Andre Roberts	Rec: 4-60, 1 TD
WR 76	Early Doucet	Rec: 2-20, 0 TD
TE 24	Robert Housler	Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 25	Jay Feely	FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 7	Defense / ST

Game Notes

Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (68) needs 2 TD passes to become 4th Bills QB to reach 70 career. Fitzpatrick is native of Gilbert, Arz... RB Fred Jackson (3,867) needs 133 rush yards to join HOFers THURMAN THOMAS (11,938) & O.J. SIMPSON (10,183) & JOE CRIBBS (4,445) as only Bills to reach 4,000 career. Has 5 100-yard rush games in past 7 vs. NFC. Jackson (179) needs 2 rec. to surpass JOE CRIBBS (180) for 2nd-most career rec. among Buf. RBs (Thomas, 456). RB C.J. Spiller averages 8.4 yards per carry on road in '12 (25 att., 209 rush yards)... WR Steve Johnson (191) needs 9 catches to reach 200 career. Has at least 1 catch in 37 consecutive games. WR Donald Jones had career-long 68-yard TD catch Week 4... TE Scott Chandler is tied among TEs with NFL-best 4 TD rec... DT Kyle Williams has 3.5 sacks in past 4... Rookie CB Stephon Gilmore leads team with 8 passes defensed ... PR Leodis McKelvin averages NFL-high 29.4 PR avg. in '12... K Rian Lindell has made 206 career FGs, 2nd-most in Bills history (STEVE CHRISTIE, 234).

Cardinals Are 11-3 in past 14. Have won 8 in row at home, 2nd longest streak in franchise history (9, 1925)... QB Kevin Kolb aims for 3rd win in row vs. AFC. Cardinals have won past 5 at home in which Kolb has played... WR Larry Fitzgerald has 9,952 rec. yards & needs 48 to become 2nd youngest in NFL history with 10,000. Has catch in 122 consecutive games, longest streak in franchise history. Since 2005, leads NFL in rec. yards (9,172) & rec. TDs (67). WR Andre Roberts has 6 TDs in past 9. Aims for 3rd in row vs. AFC with TD (3 TDs in past 2). Has 5 TDs in past 6 at home... LB Daryl Washington has sack in 5 of past 6. Is 1 of 3 NFC players with 9+ sacks (9) & 2+ INTs (2) since 2011 (CLAY MATTHEWS, RYAN KERRIGAN). DE Calais Campbell has 3 sacks in past 3 vs. AFC. LB Sam Acho has sack in 5 of 6 games vs. AFC. Aims for 4th in row vs. AFC with sack. CB-PR Patrick Peterson has 4 career 80+ yards PR-TDs & needs 1 to tie NFL record. S Adrian Wilson has played in 170 games & last week passed HOFer LARRY WILSON (169) for 3rd most by defender in team history.

Results and Schedule

Buffalo Bills
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2012-09-09	NYJ	A	L 28-48	-20
2	2012-09-16	KC	H	W 35-17	+18
3	2012-09-23	CLE	A	W 24-14	+10
4	2012-09-30	NE	H	L 28-52	-24
5	2012-10-07	SF	A	L 3-45	-42
6	2012-10-14	ARI	A	W 19-16	+3
7	2012-10-21	TEN	H
8		Bye
9	2012-11-04	HOU	A
10	2012-11-11	NE	A
11	2012-11-15	MIA	H
12	2012-11-25	IND	A
13	2012-12-02	JAC	H
14	2012-12-09	STL	H
15	2012-12-16	SEA	H
16	2012-12-23	MIA	A
17	2012-12-30	NYJ	H

Arizona Cardinals
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2012-09-09	SEA	H	W 20-16	+4
2	2012-09-16	NE	A	W 20-18	+2
3	2012-09-23	PHI	H	W 27-6	+21
4	2012-09-30	MIA	H	W 24-21	+3
5	2012-10-04	STL	A	L 3-17	-14
6	2012-10-14	BUF	H	L 16-19	-3
7	2012-10-21	MIN	A
8	2012-10-29	SF	H
9	2012-11-04	GB	A
10		Bye
11	2012-11-18	ATL	A
12	2012-11-25	STL	H
13	2012-12-02	NYJ	A
14	2012-12-09	SEA	A
15	2012-12-16	DET	H
16	2012-12-23	CHI	H
17	2012-12-30	SF	A

Injury Report

Buffalo Bills
Out	DE Mark Anderson (knee) DE Spencer Johnson (ankle)
Questionable	FS Jairus Byrd (chest) DT Kyle Williams (ankle)
Probable	CB Aaron Williams (hand) DE Mario Williams (wrist)
IR	CB Ron Brooks (foot, 9/4) WR David Nelson (knee, 9/11)

Arizona Cardinals
Doubtful	FB Anthony Sherman (knee) CB Greg Toler (hamstring) ILB Reggie Walker (head)
Questionable	DE Darnell Dockett (hamstring) TE Jim Dray (knee) OLB Quentin Groves (hamstring) TE Todd Heap (knee) ILB Paris Lenon (knee) OLB O'Brien Schofield (knee)
Probable	RB William Powell (head) QB John Skelton (ankle) RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (groin)
IR	RB Beanie Wells (toe, 9/26) RB Ryan Williams (shoulder, 10/9)

Offense Stats Comparison

	BUF Offense	ARI Offense	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Points for	26.7	21.3	23.1	BUF
Rushing yards	143.7	62.3	112.5	BUF
Rushing yards per attempt	5.08	2.69	4.17	BUF
Completion %	58.3%	58.9%	62.0%	ARI
Passing yards	193.0	213.3	240.4	ARI
Passing yards per completion	11.75	9.62	11.00	BUF
Passing yards per attempt	6.85	5.67	6.82	BUF
Interceptions	1.3	0.3	1.0	ARI
Fumbles lost	1.0	0.7	0.7	ARI
Sacks allowed	0.7	4.0	2.3	BUF
3rd down conversions	41.7%	32.4%	38.3%	BUF
4th down conversions	100.0%	40.0%	59.1%	BUF
Time of possession	29:18	31:24	30:15	ARI

Defense Stats Comparison

	BUF Defense	ARI Defense	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Points against	36.7	17.0	23.1	ARI
Rushing yards	171.7	105.3	112.5	ARI
Rushing yards per attempt	5.69	3.69	4.17	ARI
Completion %	63.6%	53.6%	62.0%	ARI
Passing yards	282.7	206.0	240.4	ARI
Passing yards per completion	12.62	11.91	11.00	ARI
Passing yards per attempt	8.02	6.39	6.82	ARI
INT return	0.7	1.0	1.0	ARI
Fumble recoveries	1.0	1.0	0.7	-
Sacks	1.7	3.7	2.3	ARI
3rd down conversions	47.5%	33.3%	38.3%	ARI
4th down conversions	100.0%	33.3%	59.1%	ARI
Time of possession	30:42	30:07	30:15	ARI

Special Teams Stats Comparison

	BUF	ARI	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Yards per punt return	29.4	9.8	10.1	BUF
Yards per kick return	27.9	24.9	24.6	BUF
Yards allowed per punt return	17.1	9.7	10.1	ARI
Yards allowed per kick return	23.8	30.4	24.6	BUF

Misc Stats Comparison

	BUF	ARI	NFL Avg.	Adv.
Penalties	5.3	5.7	6.5	BUF
Penalty yards	38.0	53.7	56.6	BUF

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 5 of the 2012 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, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 1 to 5 with no adjustment.

Weather

Team vs. Team History

Buffalo Bills vs. Arizona Cardinals
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2004	8	2004-10-31	ARI	BUF	14-38	BUF
2008	5	2008-10-05	BUF	ARI	17-41	ARI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.