Eagles vs. Cardinals predictions for Week 17 of NFL season

Eagles vs. Cardinals predictions for Week 17 of NFL season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles (11-4) are hosting the Cardinals (3-12) on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.

Let’s get to our predictions:

Reuben Frank (12-3)

The Eagles haven’t won a game by more than 14 points all year. They’re the first team in NFL history to get to 11-4 without winning any of those 11 games by more than 14 points. Which is a weird thing to be first in. The Eagles can’t put teams away. They can’t protect leads. They can’t play 60 minutes. Against anybody. And that’s a really scary way to go about your season. That’s why they blew an 11-point lead against the Jets and a 10-point lead against the Seahawks. They can’t finish. Which is the only reason this game is scary. Because with the 2023 Eagles, every game is scary. The good part of the equation is that they’ve won 11 games by 14 or fewer points, and only the 2003 Patriots and 2004 Steelers have won more. The bad part of the equation is that if you have a chance to lose every game you play, math guarantees that you’re going to lose some of them, and it makes no difference who you’re playing. The Cards stink. I know that, you know that, they know that. They’ve earned every bit of that 3-12 record. They’re 26th in points and 29th in points allowed. But the Eagles keep making mistakes that keep inferior teams in games, and I don’t expect this to be any different. It will be close, it will be agonizing, it will be frustrating. But the Eagles will win.

Eagles 31, Cardinals 29

Dave Zangaro (10-5)

The Cardinals might have the worst roster in the NFL. This wasn’t a good team to begin with but they’ve lost some players to injury and just don’t have that much talent. Sure, the big different between this game and last is that the Giants had more overall talent but a bad quarterback, while the Cardinals have a pretty good QB. Kyler Murray isn’t running as much since his return from ACL surgery…

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Publish date : 2023-12-30 00:01:46

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