Kickoff: Sunday, 8:25 p.m. ET
Line: Arizona -3.0, Total: 51.0

The Eagles will be trying to stay atop the NFC East when they host the Cardinals on Sunday night.

Arizona (11-2 SU, 7-6 ATS) reeled off its 7th straight victory, though it did fail to cover the spread for the 3rd time in four weeks, and retained its two game lead over the Packers for a 1st round playoff bye with a 23-20 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night. The Cardinals’ defense allowed the most yards since Week 5, but won the turnover battle 3-0 by forcing three fumbles, including a strip sack from Dwight Freeney on Teddy Bridgewater with five seconds to play with the Vikings in range for a game-tying field goal. Philadelphia (6-7 SU & ATS) remained tied with the Redskins and Giants, each of whom the team will play again this season, atop the NFC East with a 23-20 victory over Buffalo. The Eagles were outgained by more than 60 yards and held the ball for just 24:58 (41.6%) of the game, but intercepted Tyrod Taylor with less than two minutes to go to seal the victory. Trends for this game skew in favor of Arizona, notably in recent head-to-head history. The Cardinals are 5-2 ATS in road games this season (15-8 ATS under Bruce Arians), compared to a 3-3 mark ATS for the Eagles in home contests this season (11-12 ATS under Chip Kelly). Overall, Arians is 28-17 ATS as Cardinals head coach, including 23-11 against the NFC, and 5-0 against the NFC East; Chip Kelly is just 1-4 ATS against the NFC West. The Cardinals have won the last five head-to-head matchups ATS, including the NFC Conference Championship Game in January 2009, with four of those games being SU wins for Arizona in games they entered as the underdog. Cardinals’ QB Carson Palmer is 20-16-1 ATS in his last 37 road games, while Eagles’ QB Sam Bradford is just 13-15 ATS in his last 28 home games. For Arizona, TE Jermaine Gresham (knee), DE Frostee Rucker (ankle), RB Andre Ellington (toe), and CB Jerraud Powers (calf) are all questionable. Philadelphia has a clean sheet, with no recent injuries of note.

The Cardinals’ offensive success this season can be greatly attributed to Carson Palmer’s health. Last year, Arizona finished the season with 319.8 total YPG and 19.4 PPG (Both 24th in NFL) as Palmer missed 10 games with various injuries. This season, with Palmer starting each of the team’s first 13 games, Arizona is averaging 417.5 total YPG and 31.2 PPG (1st and 2nd in NFL, respectively), surpassing 350 total yards in a game 10 times, and scoring at least 25 points nine times. Over the past two weeks, Palmer has thrown for 666 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. He will be looking forward to facing this struggling Eagles defensive unit on Sunday.

The Cardinals’ high-flying offense is the last thing the Eagles’ defense wants to see right now. After allowing more than 400 total yards for the 4th straight game against the Bills, Philadelphia’s total YPG allowed this season stands at 385.6 (27th in the league); they’ve allowed less than 250 total yards just once this season. This could mean that the Eagles will be forced to win in a shootout. That is not something that will work for Sam Bradford, who has thrown for over 300 yards just twice this season and has had less than three touchdowns in all but one game this year. Philadelphia will need its defense to step it up or it will be nearly impossible for the team to win this game.