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o a road game against the Vikings 2019 Terry Beckner Jersey , hoping to be the second team with a rookie “Josh “ quarterback to upset the Vikings and their poor offensive line.On the other spectrum, the 2-2-1 Vikings just beat the world champion Eagles and are trying to take care of business at home against a bad Cardinals team.Who will succeed in fantasy football?Let’s take a look:Start of the Week: Kyle Rudolph, TE, VikingsThe Cardinals have a solid secondary and are top 15 against the pass in the NFL.Perhaps that’s because they get run on a lot but Patrick Peterson and Bene Benewikere have played well and Budda Baker, Antoine Bethea and Tre Boston in Steve Wilks’ coverage scheme have prevented the majority of big plays in the passing game from happening.That’s usually not good for the 3rd ranked passing attack in the Vikings, but they have a creative OC who I believe will continue Adam Theilen’s 100 yard streak and will take advantage of Arizona’s linebackers by utilizing his tight end similarly to how he did last week against the Eagles.George Kittle looked unstoppable at times against Arizona as they don’t have the linebackers in coverage to be able to stop TE threats, so look for a big day from Rudolph.Cards Start: Larry Fitzgerald, WR: 6 catches, 90 yards, 1 TDWhile you’d normally say that Christian Kirk will be the top WR option (maybe top offensive option, period, in AZ outside of David Johnson) I think that in what could be Larry Fitzgerald’s final game in Minnesota they make it an effort to get him the ball more and he ends up with a few tough catches and finally catches a Touchdown pass from Josh Rosen.Perhaps off of some play-action or a flea-flicker like Bruce Arians was bound to do.I bet Kirk and others are used to keep the safeties deep so Rosen can hit the middle of the field.Cards Sit: Chad Williams, WR 0 Catches, 0 yards.Williams might be the guy who draws Xavier Rhodes given how often Christian Kirk can line up in the slot and with Fitzgerald probably shifting outside a bit more Terry Beckner Arizona Cardinals Jersey , I think that Williams might see a lot less targets.There’s another factor too: Kendall Wright.Wright was recently signed this week and while it doesn’t seem like he will be active for Sunday’s game, with how BAD Arizona’s receivers have been, they might want just anything at this point.If he plays, Williams’ snaps go down as there’s just too many slot recievers.As for David Johnson—I think he’ll have a decent statline but given how predictable OC Mike McCoy’s offense has been and this being a good Vikings defense, don’t expect a true breakout game from him as long as McCoy is calling plays.Viking Start: Latavius Murray/Dalvin Cook150+ yards, 2 TD’s combinedHuh?The Vikings are 31st in running the ball, so why start the running backs?Because Arizona is worse at stopping the run than the Vikings are at running the ball, obviously.Arizona has given up an insane amount of yardage to running backs this year, particularly off of screens, and despite battling injuries himself last week, Niners RB Matt Breida was averaging 8.0 YPC before he finally left the game.If Cook plays, he might have a breakout game even with his health, and Murray’s a tough body to bring down who might score a touchdown if the Vikings get close enough.Vikings Sit: Kirk Cousins, QB Black Christian Kirk Hersey , Vikings 210 yards, 0 passing TD’sI can’t say to sit Diggs against Patrick Peterson yet, even though he might be matched up on him a lot.If Diggs ends up drawing Bene Benewikere, he might go off for a few big or deep catches if Arizona’s pass rush can’t get home, and if he does that he might hit over 100 yards.If he doesn’t, eh, you shouldn’t be sitting Diggs anyway.Who you can sit?Cousins has fascinating splits in his wins and his losses.In his wins let’s see what his fantasy total was according to Yahoo! Fantasy:Win vs. San Francisco: 26.8 pointsWin vs. Philadelphia: 24.15 pointsLoss vs. Buffalo: 16 pointsLoss vs. LA Rams: 53.9 pointsAnd one tie against the Packers: 70.75 points (425 yards and 4 TD’s, whew!)Notice anything in common?In the wins against the Niners and Philadelphia, Cousins put up a decent day. In the loss against the defensive Bills, he had his lowest output, but against the heavily offensive Ramsand Packers teams, he put up great numbers keeping up with those two offenses......Does anybody really think Cousins and the Vikings are going to get into a shoot-out with Arizona this week?No.The Vikings seem to be playing to their level of competition so if you are choosing between Cousins and another option, pick that option knowing that Kirk’s going up against a tougher passing defense that could force turnovers or bad plays while they will get run on a ton.And if AZ ends up turning the ball over with a rookie QB on the road and how David Johnson can fumble a time or two....might be Kirk doesn’t have to do a ton.OR he might not be able to...If the Vikings get down early to Arizona and Cousins starts throwing the ball similarly to the Niners with C.J. Beatherd last week, it’s possible that the Vikings win this one without needing to rely a ton of Cousins in a comeback effort against a bad Cardinals offense.Either way Christian Kirk Hersey 2019 , it doesn’t seem like Cousins will be having a booming fantasy day throwing the ball against Arizona.You can follow @blakemurphy7 and tweet your fantasy questions at him! GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler Jones had an All-Pro season as an outside linebacker in 2017, leading the NFL in tackles with an Arizona Cardinals franchise-record 17.Now he’s a defensive end, a position that could mean even more trouble for opposing quarterbacks. His only duties: set the edge to stop the run or get to the quarterback, something Jones does with a vengeance.There’s a viral video of Jones wreaking severe damage on a blocking sled earlier in camp.“Just too powerful” he explained.But there’s more than power to the 6-foot-5, 265-pound Jones’ game.“The guy has great length, good speed off the ball,” Cardinals coach Steve Wilks said. “He has that sliver technique to be able to get around the edge of the tackles, and he’s physical. He can turn that speed into power and create some momentum getting back to the quarterback. He has it all, and hopefully we can continue to build on what he had last year.”Jones came to the Cardinals from New England in March of 2016 in a trade that sent a second-round draft pick and guard Jonathan Cooper to the Patriots. Because the Cardinals played a 3-4 defense under coach Bruce Arians, Jones had to learn to drop back in pass coverage as well as rush the passer and try to stop the run.He handled the transition well.Jones had 11 sacks and four forced fumbles in 2016 and, in March of last year, signed a five-year, $82.5 million contract that offseason Black Mason Cole Jersey , with $53 million guaranteed.In the 2017 season, Jones lived up to those big numbers. Not only did he lead the league in sacks but also in tackles for loss with 28, well ahead of the second-best performance, 21 by Houston’s Jadeveon Clowney.“I feel like if you want to be labeled an elite defensive end, you can’t be just a pass rusher,” Jones said. “You have to be good on all cylinders and definitely setting the edge and defeating the run is one of them. That’s one thing I tried to take pride in last season and hopefully I can carry that forward to this season.”Now 28 and entering his seventh NFL season, Jones wants more.His goal, he said, is to do “better than I did last year.”“There’s never a perfect season,” Jones said. “I can sit here and tell you a handful of plays that I left out there last season and hopefully I can capitalize this year.”With Arians’ retirement and the arrival of Wilks, Jones is moving back to the 4-3 defense that he played with the Patriots. It means going back to a three-point stance instead of standing up as an outside linebacker.“It’s not that hard,” he said. “You just have different terminology. You attack offenses different, but it’s not that big of a difference honestly.”Wilks agrees.“He hasn’t had a problem with that at all,” he said. “You go look back at some of the things he’s done in the past. He’s put his hand on the ground before.”Jones likes the new defense.“I feel like guys are flying around a lot more Mason Cole Jersey 2019 ,” he said. “There’s less thinking. There’s one-gap assignments and everyone is flying to the ball.”Jones will get some edge-rushing help from the return of Markus Golden, who had a team-high 12 1/2 sacks in 2016 but played in just four games a year ago before a season-ending knee injury. Golden is on the physically unable to perform list but could be back before the season begins.“Markus is a vocal leader,” Jones said. “He’s a guy that you can feel his presence out there but not by just his game play. I’m excited to have him back he’s a ‘hoorah’ guy and a hell of a player on top of that.”Meanwhile, Jones and left tackle D.J. Humphries have had some spirited battles already in training camp as Wilks encouraged physical play. Humphries is lucky to have the practice, Jones said.“I told D.J. yesterday, ‘You know what? You’ll never go against someone in a game that’s like me’ and I say that proudly because there’s not a lot of guys that do the moves that I do. I told D.J., ‘If you can stop me on a consistent basis, you’ll be fine.'”Notes: Wilks said LB an MRI on LB Deone Bucannon’s knee showed no structural damage and the player’s availability in training camp would be evaluated “day to day.” Bucannon banged his knee against WR Brice Butler’s helmet on Thursday. … Several thousand people attended the team’s “Red and White Practice” on Saturday.