The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 4 Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams Sunday afternoon game.
| Arizona | Rank | @ | LA Rams | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | Spread | -4.5 | ||
| 24 | Implied Total | 29.5 | ||
| 34.3 | 1 | Points/Gm | 31.7 | 3 |
| 21.7 | 11 | Points All./Gm | 20.7 | 9 |
| 63.7 | 16 | Plays/Gm | 57.7 | 26 |
| 63.3 | 18 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 68.3 | 26 |
| 6.8 | 2 | Off. Yards/Play | 6.7 | 3 |
| 5.4 | 11 | Def. Yards/Play | 5.5 | 13 |
| 43.98% | 11 | Rush% | 43.93% | 12 |
| 56.02% | 22 | Pass% | 56.07% | 21 |
| 41.05% | 16 | Opp. Rush % | 31.71% | 4 |
| 58.95% | 17 | Opp. Pass % | 68.29% | 29 |
- Under Sean McVay, the Rams are 8-0 (7-0-1 ATS) versus the Cardinals.
- The Rams are averaging 9.3 yards per passing play, the most in the league.
- Arizona is averaging 9.0 yards per passing play, second in the league.
- The Rams are averaging a league-high 0.549 points per offensive play.
- The Cardinals are second in the league at 0.539 points per play.
- The Cardinals are allowing a league-low 1.2 yards per play on third downs.
- The Rams are averaging 8.5 yards per play on third downs, second in the league.
- Arizona is allowing a league-high 5.0 rushing attempts per game to gain 10 or more yards.
Trust = spike production for that player
Bust = down-week production for that player’s standards
Quarterback
Kyler Murray: Murray had a “down” fantasy week with 18.5 points last week. He still completed 82.4% of his passes for 316 yards and 9.3 yards per pass attempt, but Arizona had three rushing touchdowns. At least one was Murray himself.
Murray has had a stellar draw of Tennessee, Minnesota, and Jacksonville to open, so this will be his first showdown of the season versus a solid opponent. Murray has been a mixed bag against the Rams over the course of his career, failing to finish higher than QB19 in any of his three full games against the division rival with a high of 16.4 points.
This Rams defense is strong, but it clearly has few new wrinkles from a year ago. The Rams are blitzing a lot more this season, 30.7% of the time, which is seventh in the league. Teams have only blitzed Murray on 21% of his dropbacks this season and he has made them pay, completing 14-of-20 passes for 287 yards (14.4 Y/A) and four touchdowns. While this is the first challenge for Murray, the Rams did allow 8.0 yards per attempt to Carson Wentz in Week 1 and 7.9 Y/A to Tom Brady last week. Murray’s rushing ability and ceiling are too strong to get cute with.
