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(CBS San Francisco) — The NFC West has a beauteous wide spread going into Week 10. The Arizona Cardinals person the NFL’s champion grounds astatine 8-1, portion the Los Angeles Rams are 1 of lone a fewer teams to scope 7 wins. The San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks, connected the different hand, person each lone won 3 games. Their likelihood of making a playoff tally look to turn longer by the week.
Coming disconnected a win, the Seahawks volition get different boost successful Week 10, erstwhile backmost Russell Wilson returns. But they look the unenviable situation of gathering the Packers successful Green Bay. Aaron Rodgers’ status, a cardinal constituent for some teams, remains uncertain. The 49ers look a Rams squad looking to bounce backmost from their caller nonaccomplishment to the Tennessee Titans. And the soaring Cardinals effort to adhd different triumph against the fading Carolina Panthers.
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CBS San Francisco sports anchor Vern Glenn breaks down the 3 NFC West matchups successful Week 10.
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Carolina Panthers @ Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, November 14 @ 4:05 p.m.
The Panthers conscionable re-signed their erstwhile backmost Cam Newton. But that won’t alteration thing for them connected the tract erstwhile they had to Arizona to look the Cardinals. Carolina has struggled down backmost Sam Darnold, losing 5 of their past six games. His accumulation is down, and turnovers are up, apt due to the fact that of the enarthrosis wounded that has present landed him connected injured reserve. P.J. Walker volition get the commencement against the Cardinals, but his tenure arsenic the apical awesome caller whitethorn beryllium constricted to the clip it takes Newton to get re-acclimated.
“Carolina connected the road, they’re going to beryllium 10-point underdogs astatine Arizona,” Glenn speculated. “But conscionable the thought of Cam Newton rejoining a franchise that needed a hypodermic into that limb I deliberation is exciting. So he’s going to locomotion in. He’s going to beryllium revered arsenic the aged man, the OG, arsenic the kids say, astir that team. I benignant of consciousness atrocious for P.J. Walker, who’s going to beryllium starting this crippled for the Panthers, due to the fact that he’s been getting each the reps.”
Walker volition beryllium starring the Panthers against the NFL’s apical team, astatine slightest successful presumption of record. The Cardinals defence allows conscionable 321 yards and 17.2 points per game, some among the NFL’s apical 5 best. The offense, led by Kyler Murray until an ankle wounded sidelined him successful favour of Colt McCoy, puts up 398.4 yards and 30.8 points per game, besides among the league’s best. Murray starting volition beryllium a game-time decision. But McCoy was an effectual 22-26 for 249 yards and a touchdown against the 49ers past week. And whoever starts nether halfway volition besides get backmost wide receiver A.J. Green.
The Panthers person their enactment chopped retired for them. “I don’t deliberation there’s immoderate mode they’re going to locomotion into Arizona and instrumentality attraction of a squad that’s got the champion grounds successful the NFC, that has each systems go,” said Glenn.
Seattle Seahawks @ Green Bay Packers, Sunday, November 14 @ 4:25 p.m. connected CBS
The Week 10 matchup betwixt the Seahawks and Packers could acceptable up arsenic a conflict of legendary quarterbacks. Russell Wilson has been cleared to instrumentality from digit surgery, which made him miss 3 games for the Seahawks. Aaron Rodgers, who tested affirmative for COVID and was aboriginal revealed to beryllium unvaccinated, tin rejoin the Packers this coming Saturday if helium clears the NFL’s protocols.
The Seahawks person dropped to 3-5 without Wilson and are seeing their playoff chances dwindle each week. Under backup Geno Smith, they mislaid by a tract extremity to some the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints earlier routing the Jacksonville Jaguars. Coming disconnected a Week 9 bye, they’ll beryllium good rested heading into Lambeau Field.
“They request to not marque immoderate mistakes,” Glenn emphasized. “Wilson, we know, is going to marque bully decisions directing the offense, and helium gets DK Metcalf back. That said Seattle’s going to beryllium connected the road. They’re a antithetic squad connected the road. They’re astatine Green Bay, they’re astatine Lambeau Field… there’s an effect that they have, an vantage that they conscionable automatically person erstwhile you locomotion into that stadium.”
But the Packers are a antithetic squad erstwhile Mr. Rodgers isn’t nether center. That was wide successful past week’s 13-7 nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs. Backup QB Jordan Love didn’t find the extremity portion until the 4th quarter. He lone managed to spell 19-34 for 190 yards against 1 of the NFL’s worst defenses.
If Rodgers returns Saturday, helium volition person missed a week of preparation. But that astir apt won’t marque overmuch quality for the aboriginal Hall of Famer.
According to Glenn, “he’s the 1 feline that doesn’t person to practice, doesn’t request immoderate reps. He tin conscionable locomotion successful determination and nonstop the offense. He’s going to person Davante Adams with him. And a operation of those 2 astatine home, on with that defense… by the way, they person the October Defensive Player of the Month successful De’Vondre Campbell, the linebacker there. I conscionable deliberation Green Bay wins this one, particularly if Aaron Rodgers plays.
Los Angeles Rams @ San Francisco 49ers, Monday, November 15 @ 8:15 p.m.
The Rams offense, down Matthew Stafford, seemed to person reached overmuch much of their imaginable than they did nether Jared Goff. The Rams are averaging 296.3 yards per crippled passing, and Stafford has piled up 2,771 passing yards connected the season. They struggled successful their 28-16 nonaccomplishment to the Tennessee Titans, who are uncovering their mode without Derrick Henry. The Titans sacked Stafford 5 times, which intelligibly had the desired effect.
“The lone mode the 49ers person a accidental to triumph this crippled is to triumph the matchup up front,” said Glenn. “Eric Armstead has to spell [hard]. Nick Bosa has to spell [hard]. Fred Warner has to tally that defense, helium makes each the calls there. That defence has to person a bounceback crippled and a highest show if the Niners are going to person a accidental to triumph that game. If immoderate 1 of those 3 dominoes bash not perform, they person nary accidental of stopping the Rams.”
The 49ers were picked isolated by Colt McCoy and the Cardinals successful Week 9. McCoy’s businesslike passing was bolstered by a beardown showing from moving backmost James Conner, who ran for 96 yards and 2 TDs connected 21 carries. The 49ers defence volition person to bash amended this week if San Francisco is to person immoderate hope.
“If the defence tin make a propulsion and unit Matthew Stafford into the 3rd and agelong and marque atrocious decisions, past the Niners person a chance,” said Glenn. “But my spider consciousness says the Niners are looking astatine a 3-6 grounds coming retired of that crippled and the Rams triumph it.”
That said, this has been a brainsick play successful the NFL. Plenty of evident wins for the league’s elite person turned into embarrassing losses. The Jacksonville Jaguars bushed the Buffalo Bills and the Denver Broncos bushed the Dallas Cowboys conscionable past week.
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“You inactive person to rotation the shot retired and play the game,” said Glenn.
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