Foxboro – The New England Patriots, after their rest week, go to the west to face the Arizona Cardinals this Sunday. Neither of the two teams has been very successful recently, with each of them collecting three consecutive defeats.
More than a month ago, these two teams had tasted victory during the tenth week of the season on November 10: New England against the Bears in Chicago and Arizona against the New York Jets. The Patriots have since lost to the Rams, the Dolphins and the Colts, while the cardinals were beaten by the Vikings and twice by the Seahawks.
While the Patriots, with a 3-10 assessment, simply hope to end the season by playing their best football, the cardinals, 6-7, try to stay alive in the race for the NFC playoffs. Here is everything you need to know before the Patriots’ match against the Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona.
Patriots vs. Cardinals Semaine 15
- The Patriots lead the assessment of their historic confrontation against the cardinals with 9-7, including a record of 6-4 in the outside matches.
- New England is undefeated in the state of Arizona with two victories at State Farm Stadium.
- The Patriots had bad beginnings with a 1-6 against the cardinals, but they won eight of their last nine games, including three consecutive. The last defeat against Arizona dates back a lost 20-18 match in Gillette Stadium during the 2012 season.
- This Sunday, this will be the first trip of the Patriots to Arizona since their victory 27-13 during a Monday Night Football on December 12, 2022.
- Led by the quarterback Kyler Murray and running back James Connerthe attack by the cardinal average 348 Yards of Total Offense per match, which classified them 12th in NFL. However, with 21.8 points per game, the cardinals ranked 18th in terms of points scored (which is always better than the attack by Patriots, 31st with 17 points per game).
- Cardinals have the sixth best NFL ground attack, with an average of 139.8 yards per game. Conner leads the charge with 863 yards on his 201 attempts (average of 4.3 yards per race) and five touchdowns, while Murray is also a danger with his 444 yards (7.7 yards on average on 58 races) and four touchdowns on the ground. The defense of the patriots ranks 20th against the race, allowing an average of 124.7 yards per game this season.
- The cardinal receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is the best rookie with seven Touchdown receptions. It ranks fifth among rookies for receptions (55) and Yards received (555) and third with 86 targets.
- Arizona has lost the ball in almost all her games this season, with a differential of -3. (Patriots are at -6). Murray has launched five of his eight interceptions in the past three weeks.
Connexions Patriots-Cardinals
- Several former patriots are on the list of cardinals: DL Angelo BlacksonOL Hjalte FroholdtOL Nick Leverett (training team), k Chad Rylandand lb Mack Wilson Sr.
- Ryland had a hard time as a rookie among the patriots last season, but he succeeded 19 of his 23 field goals and all his 15 additional points for the cardinals in 2024. He was appointed player of the special teams of the NFC of months of October after scoring three Field Goals of match won.
- The Director General of Cardinals Monti Ossenfort spent 15 seasons in the New England staff department and won four Super Bowls with the franchise. He was an assistant in 2003, then had a long career in the recruitment team from 2006 to 2019, including a six -year term as director of college recruitment of the team.
- The Patriots offensive line coach Scott Peters played for cardinals during the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
- The offensive lineman of the patriots Lecitus Smith started his career with the Cardinals, chosen in the sixth round in 2022. He played ten games for Arizona as a rookie, but was released before the 2023 season.
Fun data on week 15 of patriots and cardinals
- Drake Maye has an average of 9.1 yards per race for the patriots, totaling 345 yards out of its 38 attempts. The record for the history of the NFL for the average yards per race for a quarterback in a season (minimum 80 attempts) is 8.5 yards, established by Michael Vick in 2006.
- Maye completed 172 of its 256 passes, with a percentage of completion of 67.2. The record for a NFL quarterback rookie is 67.8 %, established by Dak Prescott in 2016.
- Rhamondre Stevenson Now ranks 10th on the list of runners from all time of patriots with 2,981 yards. He needs 19 more yards this weekend to become the ninth running back of the patriots to reach 3,000 career yards.
- And Christian Gonzalez Makes another defensive touchdown this season, he will be the first player of the patriots to achieve at least two in the same season since the Safety Kyle Duggerwhich had marked three in 2023.
- Hunter Henry Currently ranks fifth among the Tight Ends of Patriots with 191 receptions. He needs nine additional receptions to become the fifth Tight End of New England reaching 200 receptions.
- Henry has at least one reception in 16 consecutive games, the longest series for a Tight End Patriots since Martellus Bennettwhich captured a pass in 18 a success between 2016 and 2017.
- Marcus Jones Make an average of 15.2 yards per return from Punt (380 yards out of 25 returns), which classified the NFL first. The last player of the patriots to have finished the season at the top of the NFL for the average by return of Punt was Gunner Olszewskiwhich had an average of 17.3 yards per return in 2020.
Do not miss the Patriots’ match against the cardinals this Sunday on WBZ-TV-the official broadcaster of the New England Patriots. The pre-match cover starts at 11:30 am with Patriots Gameday, the kick-off is set at 4:25 pm, and after the match, head for TV38 for a complete analysis on Patriots 5th district!
