In the history of Thursday Night Football we have never had a game which featured two teams with this good of winning records. The undefeated Cardinals are hosting the one loss Green Bay Packers tonight in a battle of two solid Quarterbacks, two decent kickers and a guy who doubles as a Jeopardy host in the off-season. Hey-ooo, I just had to get my shot in on Rodgers at some point.
- WR Davante Adams has been ruled out for the Packers
- WR Allen Lazard has been ruled out for the Packers
- Arizona Skill Players are all good to go
CAPTAINS
Finally we have a contest where the captain decision should be a tough one to navigate with plenty of high upside options. For Green Bay there’s gonna be a lot of logic with looking at RB Aaron Jones who should see an increase slightly in the passing game with WR COVID issues, but what makes Jones highly appealing to me is that he’ll be the one to most likely benefit from the vacated red zone looks for Davante Adams. He is my #1 captain choice from the Packers with Rodgers second and longshot Robert Tonyan third.
Arizona to me is going to trust the legs of Kyler Murray in a big way and him scoring a rushing touchdown is one of the more confident plays I have this week. In a 10 lineup build breakdown I would have 5 Jones, 2 Rodgers, 2 Kyler and 1 Tonyan.
- Aaron Jones – 50%
- Aaron Rodgers – 20%
- Kyler Murray – 20%
- Robert Tonyan – 10%
PRIMARY FLEX POOL PLAYS
Quarterbacks
You will want Kyler Murray in 100% of lineups today. Will you want Rodgers in all of them? No, but certainly if Tonyan is in the CAPT spot and with some of the Jones Captain spots I would mix in Aaron Rodgers there as well.
Running Backs
I will have a full fade of Arizona running backs and 100% Aaron Jones, with pairing Jones & AJ Dillon together too
Wide Receivers
De Andre Hopkins, Christian Kirk, Rondale Moore are all in play for Arizona and in that order.
Randall Cobb and Amari Rodgers given their value discounts are hard to ignore for Green Bay, while Marquez Valdes-Scantling is the chalk play tonight assuming he is active. He would be the one guy to consider fading on all Aaron Jones captain lineups. I would put priority on Cobb here and not get too cute with anything else.
Tight End
Robert Tonyan / Zach Ertz
Defenses / Kickers
Neither Defense. I mean, you are basically praying for a fumble TD.
Kickers on the other hand should be solid. Good environment for kicking and lots of possessions.
GAME PREDICTION
This one will live up to good hype and have points in it. To me if the Cardinals want to be considered a true elite/special team this season they need to win this game by 20, and I do not see them doing that.
Arizona wins 30-27
Anytime Touchdown Scorers: Aaron Jones, Kyler Murray (Rush)