The Lions have played 7 games against teams with winning records and they have lost each of them by double figures.  The Cardinals will likely be in a bad frame of mind on Sunday after losing to the Niners on Monday Night Football last week 24-9.  That is likely not good news for the Lions.  In a perfect world the Lions would try to run the ball to keep the Cardinals’ offense off the field.  The Cardinals are giving up 111.2 yards rushing per game and 4.5 yards per carry this season.  It will be interesting to see if Maurice Morris and Aaron Brown can get anything going on the ground or not this weekend.  The Cardinals will likely blitz often in this game while double covering Calvin Johnson the whole game so it will likely he a long day for the Lions’ offense.

The Lions are allowing 272.1 yards passing per game and opposing QBs have a 108.8 QB Rating against them this season so it could be a long day on defense.  The Lions must find a way to put pressure on Kurt Warner or he is going to have a field day.  Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Steve Breaston will all likely have good games this weekend.  Tim Hightower and Beanie Wells will also likely get their share of yards on the ground on Sunday.

PREDICTION:  CARDINALS 34, LIONS 10