The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 8 Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals Thursday Night Football game.
| Green Bay | Rank | @ | Arizona | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Spread | -6 | ||
| 22.5 | Implied Total | 28.5 | ||
| 24 | 16 | Points/Gm | 32.1 | 4 |
| 20.9 | 7 | Points All./Gm | 16.3 | 1 |
| 59.6 | 26 | Plays/Gm | 66.3 | 10 |
| 61.6 | 11 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 59.6 | 4 |
| 5.7 | 19 | Off. Yards/Play | 6.1 | 7 |
| 5.4 | 10 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.3 | 8 |
| 41.25% | 16 | Rush% | 48.49% | 4 |
| 58.75% | 17 | Pass% | 51.51% | 29 |
| 40.37% | 13 | Opp. Rush % | 39.09% | 10 |
| 59.63% | 20 | Opp. Pass % | 60.91% | 23 |
- The Cardinals are second in the NFL in expected points added per pass attempt (.42) while the Packers are sixth (.30).
- Arizona has led for 80.5% of their second half plays (second) while Green Bay has for 73.3% (fourth).
- Arizona is averaging 7.9 yards per play on third downs, second in the league.
- The Cardinals are allowing 3.7 yards per play on third downs, the fewest in the league.
- Opponents are converting 28.8% of their third down plays against Arizona, the lowest rate in the league. League average is 40.4%.
- Opponents have scored on 24.0% of their possessions against Arizona, the lowest rate in the league.
- Aaron Rodgers has accounted for 89.5% of the Green Bay offensive touchdowns, the highest rate among quarterbacks.
Trust = spike production for that player
Bust = down-week production for that player’s standards
Quarterback
Kyler Murray (TRUST): Murray has been a top-10 scorer in five of seven games this season. Being matched up with another high-end quarterback, Murray and the Cardinals should be pressed to stay on the gas wire-to-wire. Murray leads all quarterbacks in fantasy scoring in the first half of games this year but is the QB17 in scoring after halftime with just 12.4% of his fantasy output coming in the fourth quarter, the lowest rate of all quarterbacks in the league.
The Packers have been mid-pack against the pass, ranking 16th in passing points allowed per attempt (0.45) facing one of the lighter slates in the league versus Jameis Winston, Jared Goff, Jimmy Garoppolo, Ben Roethlisberger, Joe Burrow, Justin Fields, and Taylor Heinicke.
We have not seen Murray use his legs at all of late (17 yards rushing the past three weeks), but this would be a great spot as Green Bay is 31st in rushing yardage allowed to opposing passers, allowing Winston (37 yards), Goff (46 yards), Fields (43 yards), and Heinicke (95 yards) all to add significant rushing production to their totals.
