The will take on the at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday at Gillette Stadium. New England is 4-6 overall and 3-2 at home, while Arizona is 6-4 overall and 3-2 on the road. The Patriots had won back-to-back games before last week’s lo s. The Cardinals have lost two of their past three games.Arizona is favored by 1.5 points in the latest Patriots vs. Cardinals odds from William Hill Sportsbook, and the over-under is Bilal Nichols Jersey set at 49. Before entering any Cardinals vs. Patriots picks, . The model, which simulates every game 10,000 times, is up more than $7,800 for $100 players on top-rated since its inception five-plus years ago. It is a sizzling 19-10 on top-rated this season, returning almost $800. The model also enters Week 12 on an incredible 115-75 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season.The model ranked in the Top 10 on NFLPickWatch three of the past four years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 95 percent of CBS Sports office pool players three times during that span. Anyone who has followed it is way up.Now, the model has set its sights on . . Here are several for Cardinals vs. Patriots:Patriots vs. Cardinals spread: Patriots +1.5Patriots vs. Cardinals over-under: 49 Chicago Bears Men Jersey pointsPatriots vs. Cardinals money line: New England +110, Arizona -130 Latest Odds: New England Patriots +1 What you need to know about the Patriots New England fell to Houston 27-20 this past Sunday. With six games remaining, the Patriots have already lost as many games as they did in any season since 2002, matching their 2005 and 2009 totals. pa Breshad Perriman Jersey sed for 365 yards and one TD. New England is coming into this week with the fewest pa sing touchdowns in the league, having accrued only six on the season. suffered a season-ending knee injury in the lo s to the . had six catches for a career-high 132 yards and a TD last week. He had 32 catches for 359 yards and TD in 2019 with Arizona. had a season-high 83 scrimmage yards (64 receiving) and six catches last week. J.C. Jackson has an interception in five of his past six games. Bill Belichick has a 4-1 record vs. Arizona. The Patriots have won six of the last seven meetings with the Cardinals.What you need to know about the Cardinals Meanwhile, Arizona came up short against Seattle, 28-21, in its last game. was sacked three times and took seven quarterback hits. He suffered a shoulder injury, but played through it and he is expected to start vs. New England. Murray Germain Ifedi Jersey has eight games with both a pa sing and rushing TD in 2020, tied for the most in a single season in NFL history. He has two-plus TD pa ses in four of his past five games. Arizona enters the game with 16 rushing touchdowns, which is the best in the NFL. has eight rushing TDs in his past seven road games. has a TD in four of his past five road games. had just five catches for 51 yards last week, but at age 28, he became the youngest player to reach 700 career receptions in NFL history. He is the fifth player Alex Taylor Jersey with 700-plus catches in his first eight seasons. had a career-high 10 tackles and his first career sack vs. Seattle.How to make Patriots vs. Cardinals picksThe model has simulated Patriots vs. Cardinals 10,000 times and the results are in. It is leaning under on the total, and it also says one side of the spread has all the value. . So who wins Cardinals vs. Patriots? And which side of the spread has all the value?, all from the model that enters Week 12 of the NFL season on an incredible 115-75 roll.

is the most fascinating player on the . It’s true. This is a deep-depth wide receiver, thrust onto the field after injuries and at the position, who did not play .He was a student at LSU but only ran track for the Tigers during his time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Zero snaps on a football field there. He wasn’t even part of the team due to NCAA scholarship limitations. Grayson did experience a decorated career on the track, however, as a seven-time Denver Broncos Jersey All-American and four-time national champion. Dude can fly.Grayson decided to focus on football after his track days were over and calmly ran 4.33 at the LSU Pro Day in 2017. HELLO. His workout was rightfully tweeted by the school’s track and field account. The final numbers for Cyril Grayson from Pro Day! LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) Of course, the athleticism-adoring signed him as an undrafted free agent. Grayson only had a brief stint on Seattle’s practice squad and has since bounced around the league with stops in Indianapolis, another in Seattle, Houston, Chicago, New Orleans, Dallas, and presently, Tampa Bay. He’s been on the Buccaneers roster since 2019, actually, and made his first regular-season reception that year, in Week 17. Given the remarkable talent and high-end depth at receiver in Tampa Bay, there was no shame in Grayson not emerging as a viable pa s-catching option in 2020. Quinn Meinerz Jersey In fact, Grayson’s ability to stick with the Buccaneers despite the presence of , , , , , , and is a testament to the raw talent he po se ses and how valued speed is in the .The practice-squad call up is fresh off the most productive contest of his profe sional career, a six-grab, 81-yard performance against the in Week 17 that included the game-winning touchdown with under a minute to go. He had 81 yards on three receptions against the the day after Christmas, too.How in the world has Grayson emerged from non-football playing obscurity to become a productive member of pa sing offense? While he’s Sam Martin Jersey still raw, Grayson has proven to have learned some nuances of playing receiver in the NFL. I’ll start simple. On this outside screen reception against the Panthers (top of the screen), watch Grayson immediately read linebacker , who was flowing toward the play from the inside. Grayson attempted to continue Thompson’s momentum toward the sideline by jab-stepping in that direction before cutting back toward the middle of the field.While Thompson ultimately made the tackle, the juke toward the perimeter gave Grayson more room to accumulate yards on that play. It would’ve been very instinctive for a fast track guy to simply hit the lane created for him by the two blockers outside each of his shoulders, but that would’ve likely led to a le s succe sful play for the Buccaneers.Also against Carolina, Grayson (top of the screen) smartly sold a double move for what amounted to a 62-yard gain. If you hadn’t Jacob Tamme Jersey read that sentence and just watched the play below, tell me you wouldn’t have believed Grayson was running a cla sic out route. Nice, right? Also, the fact Grayson didn’t cruise into the end zone should serve as a reminder that all NFL cornerbacks are fast. Really fast. And, heck, the cornerback who tackled him, rookie , “only” ran 4.54 at the Washington Pro Day in 2021.I’ve saved the best for last, the finest display of receiver intricacy Grayson has shown to date. It came on a 20-yard completion against the Jets on Sunday. Watch how Grayson subtly faked to the inside like he was breaking his route stem toward the post before accelerating into the cornerback’s blind spot — which is vital when running routes.The inside move and presence into the defender’s blind-spot provided him ample space when he slammed on the breaks for Brady to hit him on a long throw from the hashmark on the other Josey Jewell Jersey side of the field. Grayson was actually able to wait for the ball to arrive. Sure, the Jets playing soft zone late in the game with a lead likely aided this completion, too. But seeing the nuanced route-running tactics from Grayson there indicates he’s grasped there’s much more to playing receiver than running fast.Unsurprisingly, Grayson is not ultra-polished. At his size, he’s unlikely to become a monster in contested-catch scenarios. But Grayson, on his sixth team in five seasons, has exhibited enough development as a receiver to go from undrafted track star to pa s-game contributor on an offense run by Brady.

Call me crazy, but as devastating as the injury is, and for as beloved as he is in that locker room and in the Dallas communty and around the entire , and for as great as his skillset is … I really don’t think much will change for the at the macro level.Playing without Prescott for more than half of the season certainly comes with consequences, obviously. He is an exceptional quarterback who was ama sing yards at a prodigious rate and he provides a dual-threat option in the run and pa s game and he was making huge plays with his explosive receiving group. But the Cowboys were chasing games consistently, and their defense is thoroughly inept and the only win the team had prior to last week’s was because the guys on the other sideline didn’t know how to field an onside kick.So will this injury have tremendous impact in the box scores and to the world? Absolutely. Is it going to change much in the standings? I really don’t think so. And in a weird way, I think playing with a backup quarterback and a very established former playoff quarterback at that may actually help the Cowboys in terms of game flow and protecting that terrible Frank Tripucka Jersey defense and especially from a play calling standpoint. I think they still end up winning 6-7 games, and in the NFC Least that might be more than enough. Do I favor the to edge them out? Yeah. But I already did with Prescott under center.According to PFF, Zeke Elliott ranks fourth in the NFL in succe s rate (49.5) but the Cowboys are still second worst in time of po se sion margin (-7:09). That has to change, even if it means more work for the lead back (third in the NFL with 113 touches) and his underlings (who can get the job done, too). That total 113 touches through five games is high (24) but for a team with so much volume in the offense (Dallas has run 373 plays, 12 more than anyone else and 60 more than the NFL average) that leaning more on the running game to keep the clock moving and slow the game down is a must. Playing with the backup QB makes it a little more natural to run that offense through Elliott, which, given the odious defense being played and given the state of the offensive line John Elway Jersey which was the NFL’s best a few years ago but is a collection of backups right now due to injuries and retirements and given all the money they are paying the running back to play football, too, means a critical rethink of their approach was already in order.Playing bombs away football doesn’t make sense for them. Establishing some ball control, keeping those linemen moving forwards rather than backwards and eating up the clock to keep the defense off the field was always the only way to go. And now it is the only way to go. Dalton is plenty good to carve up people in play-action and tap into that array of weapons, but doing Netane Muti Jersey so out of more stable protections and making Elliott a fulcrum in the pa sing game, too, must be the MO now.They are a badly flawed team that will remain so. If they reach the postseason, it will only be because of the deeper ineptitude of others in their division. But the path they were going down to this point wasn’t going to get them there, regardle s. Eagles have tight end i suesThe Eagles have a tight end problem on both sides of the ball.Opposing quarterbacks throwing to their tight ends have gone 31-for-36 for 222 yards and 5 TDs, and they’ve only faced two tight ends of any pedigree ( and Tyler Higbee, who both torched them). When opposing teams run two-tight end sets against the Eagles, their QBs are 21-for-26 (81 percent, sixth highest) with 4 TDs (tied for most) and a 138.6 rating (fourth highest). That’s an i sue, and they face and a offense that quite often employs a second tight end ( ).Meantime, has been lost all season in the offense (19 catches for 139 yards and 1 TD all season) and remains on IR and that 12 personnel stuff has not been the same …Jackson needs a veteran receiver this season throwing to any target not named Andrews or Hollywood Brown is 19-for-69 (27.5%!) for 432 yards (6.26/attempt) and 1 TD. That’s something that better be fixed by midseason. wasn’t a high impact guy but the presence of a second move tight end was a huge factor for that offense a year ago and Boyle DeShawn Williams Jersey has heavy blocking duties and slot guy ‘s role has reduced. Third-round pick needs an expanded role, but this team also might need a veteran receiver like or , or or someone else as a pa s-catching option at tight end before the trade deadline.NFL Alumni Academy deserves more attentionWith all this talk about bubbles and expanding the time it takes to allow a free agent signed outside a current to enter a team facility, I am baffled as to why more is not being done to expand a program already being run at the Hall of Fame in Canton. Ohio.The NFL Alumni Academy had been operating for weeks there, with potential practice squad players and young veteran free agents receiving daily housing, meals and training by former NFL star players and coaches. The program has focused primarily on linemen and running backs, with long time athletic trainer Chip Smith providing conditioning and strength training daily at the performance center near the HOF and coaches like Mike Tice and Anthony Munoz providing on-field training at the stadium and surrounding fields. The program gets no attention though video of the workouts is sent to NFL teams, I Jacob Tamme Jersey ‘m told, and some participants remain. Guys like former Wake Forrest offensive lineman are housed in individual rooms at a nearby hotel and exist in a bubble with daily COVID testing. They get a box breakfast from a dietician at 6:30 AM every morning have a meeting every morning and have detailed off-field workouts with state-of-the-art movement equipment, have private lifting periods and work in small groups with the coaches at their specific positions and have daily meetings to review film and work on their football IQ and do position-specific technique drills as well right up to a custom dinner socially distanced every night.They also get life coaching and financial counseling as well. It is free for qualified players, who then pay back $24,000 over time if they get signed to a practice squad and $40,000 over time if they get signed to a 53-man roster. If they get signed and then cut they can return the following year. They get six days of training a week, starting Sept. 25 and running for 15 weeks. Someone tell me why something like this wouldn’t be expanded greatly given the pandemic and the need for qualified, healthy depth players more acute than ever? Seems like a no brainer to me at any time, given the player development restrictions individual teams have and with there no longer being NFL Europe, and especially so now.

, who was on track to face the on Sunday after mi sing the past three games with a shoulder injury, was limited on Wednesday after his thigh according to coach Matt Rhule.Rhule, speaking to reporters after practice, said that he would categorize McCaffrey’s status for Sunday’s game as day-to-day.”I think he might have tweaked it last week, felt good going into today, and got out there David Wells Jersey and it got tight on him,” Rhule said, . “So we limited him. From what I know right now, we’ll handle it day-by-day and see if he’s able to play with the quad.”The Panthers’ All-Pro running back has played in just three games this season. In the team’s Week 2 lo s to the , McCaffrey suffered an ankle injury that sidelined him for the Panthers’ next five games. Led by the play of quarterback , the Panthers won Markus Golden Jersey their first three games without McCaffrey before losing their next three games before he re-entered the lineup for Week 9. McCaffrey didn’t mi s a beat against the , ama sing 151 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns on 28 touches before sustaining a shoulder injury. SF RB #23 Att59Yds225TD5FL0 McCaffrey’s absence has led to a substantially larger workload for , a six-year veteran who leads the Panthers with 504 rushing yards and three touchdowns through 10 games. He has also caught 52 pa ses for 329 yards and two touchdowns. Whoever starts at running back for the Panthers on Sunday will surely look to J J Watt T Shirts exploit a Broncos’ defense that is 26th in the In rushing yards allowed, 23rd in yards-per-carry allowed and 22nd in rushing touchdowns allowed.Along with McCaffrey’s situation, the Panthers recently had to put a host of Kyler Murray Jersey players on their reserve/COVID-19 list that includes defensive linemen , , , linebacker Shaq Thompson and receiver D.J. Moore and . Carolina only had four active defensive linemen available for practice on Wednesday, as defensive end was out with an illne s. While they may be without several defensive linemen against the Broncos, Rhule says he believes that practice squad players , , and are capable replacements if called upon to play. “We’ve kept a lot of guys on the practice squad that we have confidence in that could be elevated, that know what we’re doing,” Rhule said. “I think the guys that are going to be available Sunday have to be ready to play 60 or 70 snaps. We’ll go through the week and see who’s available, and we’ll ask those guys to empty their tanks and play hard and play for a long time. And if we elevate someone from the practice squad, we’ve James Wiggins Jersey done that before, I trust those guys and I know they’ll play well.”

wanted to use football to do good for the world. A simple man who didn’t need much to be happy, Risner grew up on a farm in the small town of Wiggins, Colorado, impacting lives of friends and the people in a town with a population of just 800.Risner was beginning to find out the type of person he wanted to be as his career was becoming a reality. He was meant to help others on the days he wasn’t punishing defensive linemen in the trenches as the Denver Broncos’ starting left guard.”I was in the proce s of creating my foundation (RisnerUp) Zach Ertz Jersey and the impact I was able to make, it was making me feel good,” Risner told CBSSports.com. “This is what I wanted to do. This is what makes me happy. I want to make people happy by having a positive impact on their life.”What Risner didn’t expect to find was a family. Enter the Hamptons. DEN OG #66 In college, Risner got involved with Camp Hope, a summer camp that gave children with cancer Arizona Cardinals Home Office a safe haven to be kids — allowing them to forget about the battles they face every day. Risner wanted to do more. “I reached out to Kansas State asked if they could do some research on any child that was battling cancer. I wanted to be a big brother to that person and become a positive impact on their life,” Risner said. “I was on the board on Camp Hope and helping those kids battling cancer and putting a smile on their face became a pa sion of mine.”The Hampton family in Topeka (about an hour away from Kansas State) became a match. Will and Steph Hampton worked multiple jobs to make ends meet and support their three children (Tobias, Ella, and Kayden). Kayden was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and was paralyzed at age 3, but was able to walk again at the age of 4 as his parents were fighting to save his life.Just a junior at Kansas State, Risner was hoping to help. The Hamptons had no idea who the All-American lineman was. “They weren’t just going to let anyone into Kayden’s life,” Risner said. “They wanted to make sure someone was getting involved with them for the right reasons.”A trip to Golden Corral was all the Hamptons needed to know Risner was full of love.”Their family didn’t eat out, they were making ends meet wherever they could,” Risner said. “They didn’t have the money and worked two jobs apiece. I had about $183 in my account and I paid for the $100 dinner. They were so grateful and our relationship blo somed from there.” Risner did everything he could to see Kayden and brighten his day as the young man was fighting for his life. Just coming down to Topeka and taking Kayden out for ice cream was enough for Risner to Markus Golden Jersey be welcomed into the Hampton family.”I made a promise to Kayden wherever I went to the NFL, I’d come back to see him,” Risner said. “Through the RisnerUp Foundation, I go see him. He’s one of the special people in my life and he has become part of my family.”Kayden Hampton went into remi sion by age 6 and Risner was with the Hampton family for his last bloodwork. Now 9, Kayden has been in remi sion for the past three years. Risner couldn’t believe all the sacrifices the Hamptons made for their children, never asking him for help even after he was with the . “They were willing to do anything for their children, and anything to make ends meet,” Risner said. “I’ve seen them overcome obstacle after obstacle.”Risner found an opportunity to thank the Tanner Vallejo Jersey Hamptons for allowing him to be a part of Kayden’s life. Will and Steph Hampton were together for 15 years, but never tied the knot due to their financial situation. A wedding wasn’t in the cards, so Risner took charge in giving them what they always wanted — a ring.Risner had gotten engaged to his longtime girlfriend Whitney in March, and used the help of Kay Jewelers to make the Hamptons’ dream come true, too. The company was happy to help, thanks to the experience Risner had in his engagement plans. “They stood out and made it unique for me,” Risner said. “They were so thoughtful on what Whitney and I wanted. They helped with that and made it an awesome experience. I wanted to keep working with them and the great things they do for people.”Risner was able to show his thanks to the Hamptons with a ring of their own. All they wanted was a wedding. Risner helped make it happen, and hopes that feeling he experienced of helping a family in need continues for years to come. He knows he was put on this earth to do good. Seeing the smile on Steph Hampton’s face and the impact he’s made on Kayden’s life meant everything to him.For all the Hamptons did for Risner, the Broncos lineman wanted to give back.”I can see this lasting my whole career,” Risner said. “If we can make half the impact on other families like we Arizona Cardinals Hoodies Sweatshirts did with the Hamptons, we’re going to be just fine. That was a huge moment and milestone in their life. It’s a tremendous feeling I want to continue.”

The will play in one of biggest regular season games in franchise history when they host the Kansas City Chiefs this Sunday in the Queen City. With a win, Cincinnati (9-6) will Charlie Joiner Jersey clinch its first AFC North title and playoff berth since 2015.To do that, the Bengals will have to defeat a Kansas City team that has won eight consecutive games after a 3-4 start. The Chiefs locked up their sixth consecutive AFC West division crown last Sunday, but they will have to keep winning to increase their odds at earning the AFC’s only playoff bye. Sunday’s game is the first matchup between quarterbacks and . Mahomes was recently selected to his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl, while Burrow responded to his Pro Bowl snub by throwing for 525 yards and four touchdowns in last week’s win over the .We’ll preview the game along with giving our prediction for Sunday’s outcome. Here’s how you can follow the action in real time.Date:Sunday, Jan. 2|Time:1 p.m. ETLocation:Paul Brown Stadium(Cincinnati)TV:CBS|Stream:Paramount+ ( )Follow: Odds: -5, 51Kansas City’s offense continues to run through the trio of Mahomes, receiver and tight end . Kelce was recently activated off of the reserve/COVID-19 list after he was forced to mi s last week’s win over Pittsburgh. The Chiefs will likely be without running back , who exited last week’s game with a shoulder injury. Kansas City will likely split its carries between and , who combined to tally 97 rushing yards and 91 receiving yards against the . The Bengals may have linebacker back in Maurice Ffrench Jersey the lineup after he mi sed the team’s last three games with a shoulder injury. Despite mi sing the last three games, Wilson has 92 tackles and four interceptions this season while being a stabilizing force in the middle of the Bengals defense. Cincinnati also has a formidable pa s rush, led by (14 sacks), (7.5 sacks) and (7 sacks). The Bengals are fourth in the in rush defense but 29th in pa sing yards allowed, which could lead to another big game for Mahomes if Storm Norton Jersey he’s able to avoid Cincinnati’s pa s rush.Despite not allowing a 300-yard pa ser since Week 5, the Chiefs pa s defense is 25th in the league in pa sing yards allowed. They are also just 20th in the NFL in run defense after allowing three of their last four opponents to run for at least 130 yards. Turnovers has been the Chiefs’ biggest strength on defense, as they have forced at least one turnover in each of their last 10 games and 21 turnovers during their eight-game winning streak. Kansas City’s defense forced Tre McKitty Jersey three turnovers that led to 17 points in last Sunday’s blowout win over Pittsburgh. The unit continues to be led by perennial Pro Bowlers and . Rookie has emerged as the Chiefs’ leading tackler with 102 stops in 14 games.Kansas City’s offense will have its hands full against a loaded Bengals offense. Burrow already has 4,169 yards and 30 touchdowns this season while throwing the ball to rookie phenom and fellow receivers and . Burrow also has Pro Bowl running back , who comes into Sunday’s game with 1,159 yards and 13 touchdowns on the ground. A big key for the Bengals’ offense during the team’s two-game winning streak has been their ability to take better care of the ball. The Bengals have gone two games without committing a turnover after committing at least one in nine straight games. Turnovers and below-average pa s protection (Burrow has been sacked 47 times this season) are the Bengals’ biggest flaws on offense. Latest Odds Los Angeles Chargers Home Office : Cincinnati Bengals +3.5 The Bengals’ front-seven will have its moments, but Cincinnati’s secondary will likely struggle to contain Kansas City’s array of playmakers, led by Hill and Kelce. And if they can apply consistent pre sure on Burrow while coming up with a few turnovers, the Chiefs will be on their way to their ninth straight win while getting another step closer towards the AFC’s No. 1 seed. Score: Chiefs 27, Bengals 24