Arizona are on form, in fact the Cards are quietly playing themselves into the playoff race, with their most likely avenue of entry coming from a 49ers collapse that allows the Cardinals to sneak in as the NFC's 6th seed by beating San Francisco in their week 17 matchup. Tennesee are somehow not mathematically eliminated from the AFC race even at 5-8, which tells you everything you need to know about the AFC.
In fact, everything you need to know about the AFC includes the fact that neither Buffalo or Jacksonville are eliminated at 4-9 either...
ICE UP...
Arizona @ Tennessee (16:25pm ET)
Matchup Difficulty: 70.5% *(the higher the score, the better the experts' success rate when picking these two teams. An 'average' matchup would be 63%)
*Consensus: *Arizona *80%
Top 5 Overall: Arizona 80%
Key Injuries:
Arizona:
Carson Palmer, QB, Questionable*
Michael Floyd, WR, Questionable
*Palmer completed 84% of his passes last week off the back of no practice
Tennessee:
Akeem Ayers, LB, Questionable
Alterraun Verner, CB, Questionable*
* Verner is a key part of the Titans DB corps and would severely affect the outcome of this game against Fitgerald, Roberts and potentially Floyd.
Best Pick Index:
_Table is sorted by overall success rate when picking these two teams on the road and at home. _
Arizona
Tennessee
Rank
Expert
Affiliation
Road %
Home %
Overall
Pick
1
K.C. Joyner
ESPN
100.00%
83.33%
91.7%
ARI
2
John Halpin
FOX
100.00%
83.33%
91.7%
TEN
3
Michael Fabiano
NFL
100.00%
83.33%
91.7%
ARI
4
Chris Wesseling
NFL
100.00%
83.33%
91.7%
ARI
5
Ben Stockwell
ProFootballFocus
100.00%
83.33%
91.7%
TEN
6
Pete O'Brien
USA Today
100.00%
83.33%
91.7%
ARI
7
Dave Damashek
NFL
100.00%
80.00%
90.0%
ARI
8
Andrea Hangst
Bleacher Report
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
9
Brad Gagnon
Bleacher Report
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
10
Michael Schottey
Bleacher Report
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
11
Tyson Langland
Bleacher Report
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
12
Jamey Eisenberg
CBS
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
13
Ron Jaworski
ESPN
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
14
Tom Jackson
ESPN
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
TEN
15
Whatifsports
FOX
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
16
Henry Hodgson
NFL
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
17
Michael David Smith
PFT
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
18
Nathan Jahnke
ProFootballFocus
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
TEN
19
Sam Monson
ProFootballFocus
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
20
Nate Davis
USA Today
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
21
Simon Samano
USA Today
83.33%
83.33%
83.3%
ARI
22
Matt Miller
Bleacher Report
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
ARI
23
Seth Wickersham
ESPN
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
ARI
24
Adam Meyer
FOX
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
TEN
25
Chris Brockman
NFL
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
ARI
26
Michael Irvin
NFL
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
No Pick
27
NFL FAN PICKS
NFL
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
ARI
28
Rich Eisen
NFL
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
ARI
29
Warren Sapp
NFL
100.00%
66.67%
83.3%
No Pick
30
Matt Smith
NFL
100.00%
60.00%
80.0%
TEN
31
Chris Hansen
Bleacher Report
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
TEN
32
Erik Frenz
Bleacher Report
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
33
Knox Bardeen
Bleacher Report
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
ARI
34
Matt Bowen
Bleacher Report
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
ARI
35
Mike Freeman
Bleacher Report
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
ARI
36
Zach Kruse
Bleacher Report
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
37
Pete Prisco
CBS
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
38
Ryan Wilson
CBS
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
39
Will Brinson
CBS
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
ARI
40
Chris Mortensen
ESPN
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
TEN
41
Cris Carter
ESPN
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
42
Eric Allen
ESPN
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
43
Keyshawn Johnson
ESPN
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
ARI
44
Mark Schlereth
ESPN
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
45
Merill Hoge
ESPN
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
46
Pick ‘em
ESPN
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
47
Joel Beall
FOX
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
48
Adam Rank
NFL
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
ARI
49
Chris Law
NFL
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
ARI
50
Shaun O'Hara
NFL
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
ARI
51
Mike Florio
PFT
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
52
Pickwatch
Pickwatch
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
53
Gordon McGuinness
ProFootballFocus
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
ARI
54
Neil Hornsby
ProFootballFocus
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
TEN
55
Rick Drummond
ProFootballFocus
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
56
Les Carpenter
Yahoo
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
No Pick
57
Yahoo Users
Yahoo
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
58
Don Banks
Sports Illustrated
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
ARI
59
Jarrett Bell
USA Today
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
ARI
60
Jim Corbett
USA Today
100.00%
50.00%
75.0%
ARI
61
Lindsay H. Jones
USA Today
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
TEN
62
Tom Pelissero
USA Today
66.67%
83.33%
75.0%
ARI
63
Accuscore
Accuscore
83.33%
66.67%
75.0%
TEN
64
Steve Wyche
NFL
66.67%
80.00%
73.3%
ARI
65
Josh Katzowitz
CBS
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
TEN
66
Prediction Machine
CBS
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
ARI
67
Adam Schefter
ESPN
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
ARI
68
Ryan Fowler
FOX
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
TEN
69
Dan Hanzus
NFL
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
TEN
70
Marshall Faulk
NFL
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
No Pick
71
Michael Silver
NFL
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
ARI
72
Khaled Elsayed
ProFootballFocus
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
ARI
73
Steve Palazzolo
ProFootballFocus
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
TEN
74
Frank Schwab
Yahoo
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
TEN
75
Vinnie Iyer
Sporting News
83.33%
50.00%
66.7%
ARI
76
Ty Schalter
Bleacher Report
66.67%
66.67%
66.7%
ARI
77
Jason La Canfora
CBS
100.00%
33.33%
66.7%
ARI
78
John Breech
CBS
66.67%
66.67%
66.7%
ARI
79
Mike Golic
ESPN
66.67%
66.67%
66.7%
ARI
80
Elliot Harrison
NFL
66.67%
66.67%
66.7%
ARI
81
Kevin Patra
NFL
66.67%
66.67%
66.7%
ARI
82
Marc Sessler
NFL
100.00%
33.33%
66.7%
ARI
83
Melissa Stark
NFL
100.00%
33.33%
66.7%
TEN
84
Steve Mariucci
NFL
66.67%
66.67%
66.7%
ARI
85
Black Tie
NFL
66.67%
66.67%
66.7%
ARI
86
Dave Richard
CBS
66.67%
50.00%
58.3%
ARI
87
Mike Ditka
ESPN
50.00%
66.67%
58.3%
ARI
88
Kurt Warner
NFL
66.67%
50.00%
58.3%
No Pick
89
Gregg Rosenthal
NFL
50.00%
50.00%
50.0%
ARI
90
Heath Evans
NFL
50.00%
50.00%
50.0%
ARI
91
Sterling Sharpe
NFL
83.33%
16.67%
50.0%
ARI
92
Brian Baldinger
NFL
60.00%
33.33%
46.7%
No Pick
93
Coin Toss
None
33.33%
16.67%
25.0%
TEN
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