Running backs have won two of the past four NFL Offensive Player of the Year awards. San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey took the trophy home last season. In his first year with the Eagles, Saquon Barkley is staking his claim as a top candidate for the award.

In a renaissance year for the running back, Barkley leads the NFL in yards from scrimmage (1,347) and is second in the league in rushing yards (1,137) entering Week 12. The Barkley-led Eagles rushing attack averages an NFL-best 181.3 yards per game.

Through 10 games, Barkley is on pace to set a career high in rushing yards per game and is threatening to set a new career high season touchdown total (15) which he set his rookie season.

“We’ve been putting up a lot of rushing yards and gaining a lot of respect,” Barkley said to reporters after Week 11’s win. “When we get the running game going, it’s kind of hard to beat our team.”

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The Eagles are flying on a six-game winning streak, the second longest active streak in the NFL. They have rushed for at least 150 yards and two touchdowns in five consecutive games.

“Our guys have done an awesome job. Obviously, we’ve ran the ball a number of times the last few weeks and certainly that’ve become a big confidence thing for us,” Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore told reporters this week. “It’s certainly something that we believe in and going to continue to emphasize.”

The Eagles’ running game often wears on opponents throughout a matchup. Barkley’s registered a league-leading 738 rushing yards in the second half. The running back credits the Eagles’ offseason approach and O-line for getting stronger as the game goes on.

“This offseason kind of gave me like a college mindset. We were really grinding with each other. When you have those guys up front, it’s easy to get stronger because they are doing a lot of the load,” Barkley said. “Just keep trusting them, trusting the scheme and try to make the right reads because they are doing a hell of a job for me.”

Barkley and Philadelphia’s running game will be a key to the game Sunday night versus the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams defense has given up 127 rushing yards per game and allow slightly over four yards a carry.

If Barkley has a big-time performance Sunday night, he’ll bolster his NFL Offensive Player of the Year candidacy. He’s currently one of the frontrunners for the award, per Bet MGM. The running back’s been everything the team’s hoped for in his first season in Philadelphia.

“I knew the guy was a special player,” Eagles left tackle Jordan Mailata told reporters. “The possibilities of what he could do behind our offensive line. You don’t really know what to expect until you see it or until he does something.

‘He’s a special player, man. I’m glad he’s on our side.”

The NBA season is rolling on.

And the West, as it has been in recent history, is loaded. This weekend offer fans another tempting slate of games in the conference.

The defending Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks, despite starting slowly, have a Friday night showdown against the Denver Nuggets. It also presents another chance for good friends Nikola Jokić and Luka Dončić to renew their cordial rivalry.

The Nuggets then will hop on a plane for a quick back-to-back against the Los Angeles Lakers Saturday night, a rematch of last year’s first-round playoff series and the previous season’s Western Conference Finals.

On Sunday, the marquee game features Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves against MVP-candidate Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics.

Here are some takeaways from the fifth week of the NBA regular season.

Are the 76ers teetering toward a breaking point?

The 76ers, with their loss Wednesday night against the Grizzlies, now own the NBA’s worst record (2-12).

Philadelphia held a meeting Monday in which guard Tyrese Maxey called out star teammate Joel Embiid for tardiness and urged him to be a better leader. The offense, at times, plods through games; Philadelphia ranks 27th in pace (97.79) and is dead last in offensive rating (104.7).

Granted, the team’s big three simply hasn’t been on the floor. Wednesday’s loss was the first time Embiid, Maxey and offseason signing Paul George started the same game; George played 17:27 minutes, scored two points and left the game after hyperextending the same knee he injured in the preseason. Maxey played almost 20 minutes and scored eight points, missing all six of his 3s.

It’s still early, but there are obvious signs of concern. Memphis was without star Ja Morant and impact rookie Zach Edey. The Sixers, however, despite everything, are only four games back of the six-seed in the East, which is the final guaranteed playoff spot.

Lakers finding rhythm

Winners of six consecutive games, the Lakers (10-4) are keeping pace in the loaded Western Conference. And, they’re getting key contributions from all over the roster.

Rookie sharpshooter Dalton Knecht is soaring up the NBA Rookie of the Year ladder and has averaged 24.3 points per game over his last four. His 37-point outburst Tuesday against the Jazz — in which he tied the NBA rookie record for made 3 pointers (nine) in a single game — showed L.A. is far more than LeBron James and Anthony Davis; at one point, Knecht had scored 22 straight for the Lakers.

Austin Reaves has been another bright spot, leading the team with nearly three made 3s per game.

That this has come with a pair of contributors, forward Rui Hachimura and backup center Jaxson Hayes sidelined with ankle injuries, shows the depth of this team and how well rookie coach JJ Reddick is managing his rotations.

The real test starts now for Cavaliers

Cleveland became the fourth team in NBA history to win their first 15 games. And with that, the Cavaliers (16-1) sent a statement, though the real test starts now.

Each of the other three teams to accomplish the feat made the NBA Finals. Only one, — the 1993-94 Rockets — won a title; the Cavs now must show that their start was not merely a fluke, but a marker for future success.

Their loss against Boston Tuesday was an interesting case study. In May, the Celtics shredded Cleveland in the Eastern Conference semifinals in five games. Tuesday, by the third quarter, the Celtics had opened a 21-point lead. The Cavs, however, battled back and outscored Boston by 12 in the period to bring it to within two.

In defeat, the Cavaliers showed they have an offense built for a postseason run. Evan Mobley has handled the ball more, freeing up Darius Garland and Donovan Mitchell to create mismatches with off-ball movement. The Cavs own the NBA’s top-rated offense (123). They are tied with the Warriors for the lead in assist ratio (20.3%) and true shooting percentage (63.6%).

Still, that doesn’t mean a trip to the Finals is in the forthcoming. Cleveland must back that up the rest of the way, and beating Boston will be the barometer.

The Suns can’t overcome injuries to two of ‘Big Three’

Wednesday’s blowout loss against the Knicks marked the seventh consecutive game missed for Kevin Durant and the fifth consecutive for Bradley Beal — both out with calf strains. The Suns (9-7) have lost all five that both Durant and Beal have missed.

Phoenix is averaging 105 points per game with Durant and Beal out, compared to the 115.3 they had been posting the rest of the season.

The defense has taken a hit, too — especially because Durant’s length makes him an excellent perimeter defender and weakside rim protector. Through the first nine-and-a-half minutes Wednesday against the Knicks, the Suns had allowed 16 fast break points. By halftime, New York had poured in 76 points, overall, and was shooting 63% from the field and 52.6% from 3.

The good news? Phoenix now has five days off because of a scheduling quirk, and Durant and Beal could be on the verge of returning.

Warriors keep rolling and record-pace bench is big reason why

Led by Lou Williams, who averaged 20 points per game off the bench, the 2018-19 Clippers set the single-season NBA record for highest-scoring bench, pouring in 52.3 points per game.

Through 14 games, the first-place Warriors (11-3) are averaging 55 bench points. While that number has been steadily dipping as the season wears on, the team’s depth — led by Buddy Hield, Jonathan Kuminga  and Brandin Podziemski  — has been essential to its hot start.

Golden State’s bench also leads the NBA per game in field goals made (20.7) and attempted (46.4), 3 pointers made (7.2) and attempted (20.9), rebounds (25.4) and — perhaps most importantly — trails only the Cavaliers (4.9) in plus-minus (4.3).

Russell Westbrook reaches new heights

Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook on Tuesday accomplished something no one in league history has ever done: Record his 200th career triple-double.

He scored 12 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and handed out 14 assists in a 122-110 victory over the Grizzlies. 

Westbrook, 36, passed Oscar Robertson for the most career triple-doubles with his 182nd back in 2021, but his all-around production has slowed somewhat over the past few years. Tuesday’s triple-double was his first of this season and just the second since leaving the Lakers in a trade last February.

If it weren’t for Chris Dailey, Geno Auriemma would never be on time. 

Never mind all the wins — 1,217, to be exact — Dailey has been by Auriemma’s side for, the latest of which came Wednesday night and made him the all-time wins leader in Division-I college hoops, one-upping former Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer. 

If it weren’t for for Dailey — or ‘CD,’ as she’s known to Husky players and the UConn faithful — Auriemma probably wouldn’t have even been on time for tipoff of most those wins. 

The Huskies held a reunion-slash-celebration Wednesday for hitting the milestone, a gathering of more than 60 former players that was as much an acknowledgement of Auriemma as it was Dailey. They’ve worked together since Day 1, building UConn from an afterthought to a powerhouse, a feat neither of them anticipated when they took the job before the 1985-86 season. 

‘When we started coaching together, we didn’t have anyone else that we could rely on to help us build what we were trying to build,’ Auriemma said Nov. 15 after he got win No. 1,216 over North Carolina. ‘We didn’t even know what we were trying to build, we were just trying to not finish last in the Big East.

‘We relied on each other for everything. We were the ticket office, the recruiting coordinators, the media people, the coaching people — anything that had to be done, we had to do it. She was very good at handling all that and she still is to this day. I don’t know if you can build something like that without somebody like her. If she wasn’t here, I wouldn’t have lasted this long, I can pretty much guarantee that.’

Dailey, 65, has filled in as head coach 17 times, leading the Huskies to a perfect record in those games. Auriemma joked Friday he is well aware that his lead assistant has a better winning percentage than him. 

But talk to players and they’ll say Dailey’s contribution is far more than occasionally moving over to the first chair or making sure Auriemma isn’t late to important appointments. 

She’s in charge of post players, and UConn has had its share of standouts at that position, from Rebecca Lobo to Tina Charles to Swin Cash to Napheesa Collier to Breanna Stewart. She’s a renowned recruiter, as responsible for luring top talent to Storrs as Auriemma is. And for four decades, she’s been in charge of team-building activities, from scavenger hunts to game nights to cooking competitions. 

‘She’s a big part of the relationship building,’ Lobo told USA TODAY Sports. ‘It’s really about playing for them. She lets him be good at what he’s good at, and their strengths are very different. So many of the details that end up mattering, she’s behind them. A lot of the fabric of what the team needs and what each player needs, while always being focused on the team being bigger than any individual, she really helps foster all that.’

Details are Dailey’s domain. She insists players learn the names of bus drivers and team cooks, harping that it is not just nice to say ‘thank you’ to all the people working behind the scenes, but necessary. She talks about the ‘right’ way to do everything, from approaching practice to walking into the classroom. She checks to make sure players are wearing the right socks and have their shirts tucked in. She’s meticulous — and it leaves a lasting impression.

‘I credit a lot of who I am as a woman to CD,’ Collier said. 

On Tuesday at UConn practice, senior guard Paige Bueckers was asked where Auriemma would be without CD. 

‘Lost,’ Bueckers sighed, laughing. ‘I feel like every man needs a woman to be around and keep him in check. They’re really a great duo because they both bring different things to the table. They both help each other be better. … They have a great relationship where they can challenge each other, hold each other accountable and also support each other. There’s not one without the other.” 

Dailey knows it’s rare for an assistant to be publicly celebrated. 

‘I don’t know of any other head coach that would be as willing to share the limelight as he is,’ Dailey said Tuesday, holding back tears. ‘I just think it says everything about him, and I am appreciative for all the responsibilities he’s given me and the trust that he has in me. Being able to share this with him, in this way, is really special to me.’

As for if they’ll ever split up, insiders can’t imagine UConn, or Auriemma, without Dailey. 

‘CD is a humble servant, and I mean that in the most remarkable way,’ said Swin Cash, who won two national championships when she played for the Huskies. ‘When you’re building an empire, you need everybody to play their role, and she has always been comfortable with hers. There is no one else who could sit in the second chair. 

‘If she leaves, he might as well retire, OK? Because that’s how good they are together — and it’s not gonna work without her.’

ASHBURN, Va. – Inside his desk at Dallas Cowboys headquarters, Dan Quinn kept a notebook. He filled it with how his former superiors went about things. 

Whenever the former Cowboys defensive coordinator saw something done in a way he liked – whether it was Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy’s practice scheduling methods or how the front office approached free agency – the ideas and best practices made it onto the page. 

‘That’s a good deal,’ Quinn would tell himself as he scribbled his notes.  

Quinn’s defenses ranked seventh, fifth and fifth, respectively, in scoring during the three seasons he spent with the Cowboys. Dallas went 12-5 each year and won one playoff game before the Washington Commanders hired him. Sunday will mark the first time he faces the organization that took him in following his firing as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons in 2020. 

“When you see something done really well, you want to take note of it,” Quinn said Wednesday. “… And so, coming into here, for me, it was more applying some of the processes on the coaching side that I could with the staff.

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“I learned a lot there. … It was an incredibly valuable time for me.” 

The two franchises have taken completely different paths in 2024. Both prone to distractions in their own right, the Commanders have thrived under new ownership and a first-year general manager (Adam Peters) along with Quinn – not to mention a quarterback who is the front-runner for Offensive Rookie of the Year in Jayden Daniels. Washington, which hasn’t had a winning season since 2016 and has lost five of the last six matchups against Dallas, is in playoff position. Meanwhile, the Cowboys have careened to 3-7 with quarterback Dak Prescott done for the season. McCarthy seems bound to be let go this offseason, and owner Jerry Jones can’t stay out of the news. Under new coordinator Mike Zimmer, the Cowboys’ defense entered Week 12 allowing the sixth most yards per game in the NFL (365.7), and only the Carolina Panthers have surrendered more points per contest. 

“I would say coverage wise, there’s probably some differences,” Quinn said when asked about the differences between the defense he saw on tape this week and the one he coached the three years prior. “Mike’s got a good blitz package that he’s used and had been successful for a long time.”

For the former Commanders who spent time with Quinn in Dallas recently, the downswing is surprising. 

‘It’s not good,” said defensive lineman Dorance Armstrong, who spent the first six seasons of his career with the Cowboys prior to signing with the Commanders this offseason. “I’ll just say that.

“I watch here and there. Those are still my guys, for real, but I watch them and I see what’s going on.” 

Quinn may have taken some of those ideas he jotted down in Dallas. He definitely took some key contributors. Armstrong, edge rusher Dante Fowler, center Tyler Biadasz, wide receiver Noah Brown and cornerback Noah Igbinoghene are the five former Cowboys players on Quinn’s first Washington roster. Defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. was Dallas’ pass game coordinator/secondary coach from 2021-23. 

Fowler, who fake-sparred with the backward-cap wearing Quinn as the team stretched at the start of Wednesday’s practice, knows which side of the divide he’d currently rather be on. 

‘It’s definitely cool to be in that type of position rather than being on the other side,” said Fowler, who was in Dallas for Quinn’s final two years. “Just cool to see what Coach Quinn has just done since he came here with this team and getting a group of guys to come together and play as one. As far as the Cowboys, it’s going to be really cool to play against them. I’m playing against a lot of my old friends, a lot of my old teammates. Being able to catch up with those guys and stuff like that and going and competing with them out there on the field, that’ll be cool.’

Quinn has been hailed a player’s coach by all corners of the Commanders locker room. Brown, who played for the Houston Texans last year before signing with Washington in late August to reteam with his former coach, has seen more of that since Quinn didn’t have as much interaction with offensive players in Dallas. 

“He understands how this game goes,” Brown said. “I’ve seen nothing short of that since I’ve been here. He cares a whole bunch about his players, and it shows with how he runs the program.” 

The best three seasons of Armstrong’s career (21 total sacks) coincided with Quinn’s presence in Dallas. The 27-year-old was one of the few ex-Cowboys to admit he had this game circled, even if the NFC East matchup being a noted NFL rivalry may be a thing of the 20th century.

“I feel like it’s one of the bigger things for me,” Armstrong said. “Every game’s a big game, but obviously when you play the team you came from, you just have more urgency or something. I don’t know what it is about that, but that’s what it is right now for me.’

Gamesmanship will be a factor this week – for both the coaching staff and the players. Armstrong said he is giving tips to his new teammates about the tendencies of players on Dallas’ offensive line (which has its share of injuries currently, potentially rendering reconnaissance moot). Quinn classified his matchup with McCarthy – whom he called “a phenomenal coach” – a chess match. 

“But at the end (of the day), it’s the guys executing and playing it out,” Quinn said. “And so that’s a number one top of the pile, our execution, the speed at which we play.” 

Washington will face Cooper Rush at quarterback and could see some of backup Trey Lance. 

‘Cooper’s been there for a little minute, so he knows the system really good,” Fowler said. “I think he’s a good quarterback. Trey Lance is really good with his legs, and he’s a dynamic quarterback, as well. You don’t want to go out there half-stepping against those guys because they do play good football, as well.’

For Biadasz, it could be the first time he’ll be in the same game as one of his mentors, Cowboys right guard Zach Martin, but not beside him on the offensive line. A fourth-round pick in 2020, Biadasz learned how to be a professional from the future Hall of Famer and has carried it into his new routine with Washington. Martin, however, might not actually play in the game due to ankle and shoulder injuries.

“It’s been a blessing to play next to him,” Biadasz said. “Even (former Cowboys left tackle) Tyron Smith. To see great players, future Hall of Famers, just go about their routine and everything and figure out what fits for you and how to intertwine that.” 

The ex-Cowboys contingent has already influenced Quinn’s tenure; for example, it was Brown who caught the game-winning Hail Mary pass against the Chicago Bears. Aside from their availability, Quinn had a reason why he wanted Biadasz, Armstrong and Fowler in the fold during Year 1 of his second shot at being a NFL coach. 

“I think the line of scrimmage is a big deal,” Quinn said. 

Noted.

This story has been updated with new information.

To put the talent gap between No. 17 Army and No. 6 Notre Dame into perspective, travel back two weeks to the Black Knights’ matchup with North Texas.

With 25 players, including quarterback Bryson Daily and safety Max DiDomenico, Texas is the most-represented state on Army’s roster. But none of those players were even offered a scholarship by the Mean Green. Not that it mattered: Army controlled the time of possession and won 14-3 to earn the program’s first 9-0 start since 1996.

Heading into Saturday’s game at Yankee Stadium, the even more dramatic talent disparity against the Fighting Irish had Army coach Jeff Monken recalling a quote from his coaching mentor, Paul Johnson, who would say of high-profile opponents during his stint at Navy: They’ve got 22 Parade All-Americans, and we’ve got 22 guys who walked in a parade.

“Our guys have to embrace that we have to execute our assignments and our fundamentals at a really high level, and try to do that better than anybody else does that,” Monken said. “We have to practice and play with absolute exactness. Because if we don’t, we’re going to get embarrassed.”

Even as Army continues to stress one annual game above all others — the rivalry with Navy, set for the Saturday after the American Athletic championship game against No. 20 Tulane — the opportunity presented by Saturday’s matchup makes this one of the most important and meaningful regular-season games in modern program history.

Beating Notre Dame would thrust the College Football Playoff into chaos, impacting the race for the Group of Five’s automatic bid into the field and the number of at-large bids given to teams from the Big Ten and SEC. A win would be Army’s first in this series since 1958, snapping a 15-game losing streak that coincides with the program’s steady drop from Bowl Subdivision powerhouse to perennial underdog.

‘Notre Dame is a great team,’ said senior offensive lineman Lucas Scott. ‘Obviously, they have a great tradition. They’re not going to give us any freebies. We’ve got to do everything we can, fire on all cylinders every play, every snap.’

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Army doesn’t ‘match up physically’ with Notre Dame

It may take a perfect game to beat the Fighting Irish.

Notre Dame has been rolling since a stunning loss to Northern Illinois back in September, winning eight in a row by an average of nearly 32 points per game. A series of lopsided wins has helped the Irish remain ahead of several two-loss SEC teams in the playoff rankings despite owning just one ranked win, against No. 14 Texas A&M in the season opener.

“We don’t match up physically. So we’ve got to do is execute at a really high level and do what we do, and hope that’ll be good enough,” said Monken.

Army’s game plan will be simple: control the clock, force turnovers, commit no giveaways, have no breakdowns on special teams and hang around long enough to “give ourselves a chance,” according to Monken.

The Black Knights can look back to Notre Dame’s 51-14 win against Navy last month and see the potential for that formula to find a foothold. The Midshipmen ran for 222 yards, the most the Irish had allowed in a game in nearly two years, and averaged 5.4 yards per play, the highest for any Notre Dame opponent since Northern Illinois.

But Navy was undone by a whopping six turnovers, which the Irish converted into four touchdowns.

“Our big thing is, Army can’t beat Army,’ Scott said. “We feel like if we don’t commit penalties, don’t miss blocks, every person, all 11 guys do their job on every rep, then no one in the country can beat us. I think that’s the mindset we carry all the time.”

Still, this talent gap leaves no room for error and would demand something close to a flawless performance — if not outright perfection.

“It’s a college football game. And they’re all hard for us, every one of them,” Monken said. “Certainly, our guys recognize who Notre Dame is. They recognize that this is the most talented team that we’ve faced all year, the most successful team from a record standpoint that we’ve faced all year. This is the best football team that we’ve faced all season. They’re one of the best teams that I will have a faced as the coach at Army.”

What an Army win would mean for the playoff

Army’s here-and-now focus can’t overwrite the immense importance of this game on the playoff picture and the Black Knights’ eventual postseason destination.

“It’s day-to-day here,” DiDomenico said. “We haven’t talked about anything past Notre Dame, to be completely honest. Of course, people and the media see what happens. As far as in-house, we’re focused on the next game, the next day.”

Losing on Saturday would eliminate Notre Dame given an earlier loss to Northern Illinois and the depth of two-loss Power Four teams still in contention. The biggest winner in the case of an upset might be No. 11 Tennessee, which has fallen out of the hypothetical playoff bracket following last weekend’s loss to Georgia but would have the chance to vault back into the mix.

Army could lose and still earn an automatic bid as the top-ranked conference champion in the Group of Five, but not without some help in the Mountain West. Currently, No. 13 Boise State leads the way among the non-major conferences with games remaining against Wyoming, Oregon State and one of No. 23 UNLV or Colorado State in the conference championship.

And even a competitive loss on Saturday and wins against Texas-San Antonio and Tulane would leave the Black Knights in very good position should the Broncos lose once, especially if the loss comes to the Rams to decide the Mountain West.

But a win would have a rattling impact on the year’s postseason race and stir echoes of the sport’s bygone era, when Army would routinely compete for and even win national championships at Notre Dame’s expense.

“I assume that the field is still going to be 120 yards long,” said Monken. “I assume they’ll still have goalposts the same size as they have at Michie Stadium. So once the game starts, we’re on the field, we’ve got to play the game. It wouldn’t matter where we played those guys. It’s going to be a hard game to win.”

With seven weeks remaining in the 2024 NFL season, the playoff contenders are coming into sharp focus. More than half of the teams in the league now have overwhelming probabilities of making or missing the postseason.

At top, nine teams have 90% chances or better of earning one of the 14 playoff slots, according to Next Gen Stats’ playoff probabilities. Nine other teams have 1% or less chance of making the playoffs. That said, none of those teams are mathematically eliminated.

Two teams on opposite ends of the playoff spectrum kick off Week 12 schedule on Thursday night’s Prime Video game at 8:15 p.m. ET. The Pittsburgh Steelers (8-2) fresh off their two-point win over AFC North rival Baltimore Ravens travel to Cleveland to play the Browns (2-8). The Steelers are favored by just about field goal, according to BetMGM as of Thursday morning.

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The Steelers aren’t the only team this week with a chance to solidify their playoff chances at top of the bracket. A half dozen games will pit some of the most and least likely playoff teams with the least likely, according to Next Gen Stats. Three of this weekend’s games with a broad range of playoff impacts:

Kansas City Chiefs 9-1 at Panthers 3-7: Even if the Chiefs extend their losing streak to two in the 1 p.m. ET Sunday game on CBS, neither team will alter their chances of making the playoffs by winning or losing. BetMGM odds: Chiefs by 11 points.

Baltimore Ravens 7-4 at Los Angeles Chargers 7-3: Both teams have more than a 90% chance of making the playoffs. Regardless of the outcome of the Monday night football game, both will remain top AFC contenders. The Chargers could strengthen their playoff probabilities the most with a win. BetMGM odds: Ravens by three points.

Arizona Cardinals 6-4 at Seattle Seahawks 5-5: With a fifth-consecutive win in the 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday game on FOX, the Cardinals could extend their lead in the NFC West and boost their playoff chances. With a loss, the Seahawks’ playoffs hopes would take an 11 percentage point leap, according to Next Gen Stats. BetMGM odds: Even.

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