Arizona Cardinals

Rams-Cardinals Preview Capsule

Published Nov. 27, 2019 1:46 p.m. ET

LOS ANGELES RAMS (6-5) at ARIZONA (3-7-1)

Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, Fox

OPENING LINE — Rams by 3.

RECORD VS. SPREAD — Rams 7-4, Cardinals 7-3-1

SERIES RECORD — Rams lead 41-38-2

LAST MEETING — Rams beat Cardinals 31-9, Dec. 23, 2018

LAST WEEK — Rams lost to Ravens 45-6; Cardinals bye, lost to 49ers 36-26 on Nov. 17

AP PRO32 RANKING — Rams No. 13, Cardinals No. 24

RAMS OFFENSE — OVERALL (16), RUSH (24), PASS (7)

RAMS DEFENSE — OVERALL (16), RUSH (16), PASS (13)

CARDINALS OFFENSE — OVERALL (20), RUSH (15), PASS (18)

CARDINALS DEFENSE — OVERALL (31), RUSH (23), PASS (32)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Rams coming off worst loss in Sean McVay's three seasons, falling 45-6 at home to Baltimore. LA hadn't lost by more than 21 points under McVay, and not by more than 17 when playing starters. ... Rams still alone in first position behind two NFC wild-card berths, but can't afford many more losses with Minnesota (8-3) and Seattle (9-2) in front. LA finishes regular season with four of five against NFC West foes, including two against Cards, and trip to Dallas. ... McVay's offense ran 169 plays and scored two touchdowns in three games in November, failed to reach end zone in two of those three games. ... Rams defense had been on roll since acquisition of CB Jalen Ramsey, but then gave up more points to Lamar Jackson than it had allowed in previous four games combined. ... Two-time Defensive Player of Year Aaron Donald managed one assisted tackle against Ravens while streak of five straight games with sack ended. ... RB Todd Gurley 18th in NFL with just 547 yards rushing after managing only 22 against Ravens. He finished third in NFL rushing race in 2018, second in 2017. ... WR Brandin Cooks returned from second concussion and made two catches. Cooks would need 25 catches over last five games to avoid least productive season of six-year NFL career. ... In November, QB Jared Goff went 59 of 96 for 628 yards with five interceptions, zero TDs and got sacked six times. ... Arizona has given up at least 21 points in every game this season. ... Cardinals did not have home game during November. Their last home game was Oct. 31 against 49ers. Next three games are at home. ... QB Kyler Murray already has franchise rookie records with 2,703 yards passing, 254 completions and six games with multiple TD passes. ... LB Jordan Hicks leads NFL with 110 tackles. ... Cardinals CB Patrick Peterson has five career return TDs, four on punts, one on interception. Three of those have come against Rams ... Fantasy tip: Don’t be shy about using Rams offensive players even after lopsided loss. Arizona’s defense is among worst in league, especially against pass.