Warner will outgun Cutler, get Bears back on track

Neither the Bears nor Cardinals can make up their mind. Both oscillate from brilliant victory to crushing defeat, and momentum has been non-existence. Perhaps this Sunday matchup will spark something and get one of them rolling… but probably not. So who should you take at the sportsbook this weekend?

Arizona Cardinals at Chicago Bears
Sunday, November 9 at 1:00 p.m. ET
NFL odds: Bears -3

The Cardinals offense was in flux last week, to say the least. Kurt Warner's five interceptions highlighted an awful day that culminated in a 35-21 home loss to the Panthers. Receiver Anquan Boldin is struggling with an ankle sprain and has been severely limited, but that's no excuse—Warner has plenty of good targets to choose from. Warner now has 11 touchdowns and 11 interceptions this season; he hasn't been able to recapture the magic of last season's Super Bowl run.

Arizona wasn't much better on defense. The team had made some great strides and was showing real fight against the run, but it all came crumbling down against the Panthers, who rushed for 270 yards, two touchdowns and gouged the Cards for 6.1 yards per pop. Suffice to say, it's embarrassing to give up 35 points when the opposing team's quarterback  goes 7/14 for just 90 yards.

Chicago got back on track with at 30-6 win over the hapless Browns. The defense created five turnovers and was excellent on third down, limiting Cleveland to just one conversion in 11 tries. Bear in mind, it's easy to look good against the Browns and Chicago allowed a humiliating 45 points agains the Bengals a few weeks ago.

The Bears finally got a nice contribution from the running game, racking up 170 yards and two scores. Problem is, 85 of those yards came from a back-up and quarterback Jay Cutler. Matt Forte ground out 90 yards and the two touchdowns but it took him 26 carries to do it—a 3.5 average. Cutler continued his blase season, much to the confusion of many sports betting system, and went 17/30 for 225 yards, no touchdowns and a pick. He has an underwhelming 80.8 passer rating and, like Warner, 11 touchdowns to 11 interceptions.

Both teams are up and down, but Arizona's offense has proven to be much more explosive, even with Warner struggling last week. Arizona should put some points up this week and score enough to squeak past the Bears. Take Chicago on your NFL predictions.