Arizona Cardinals pre-game thread

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Cardinals CB Garrett Williams and DL L.J. Collier are going on IR with a chance to return, Jonathan Gannon said.

CB Max Melton will be back at practice today.

CB Will Johnson will not be practicing this week.

Their status for Sunday in SF is still unknown.

— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) September 17, 2025

Originally posted by ninerjok:

Originally posted by Mankster:
With the secondary injury woes that AZ currently has, I can't help but believe that this will be a big receiving day for McCaffery. I can't imagine that Kyle won't exploit them.

Originally posted by Mankster:
With the secondary injury woes that AZ currently has, I can't help but believe that this will be a big receiving day for McCaffery. I can't imagine that Kyle won't exploit them.

And Ricky

Originally posted by Rydes:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by elguapo:
Does anyone have a reliable link to stream games? The few that I have been using took a crap this weekend Thank you!!!!

I gave in and signed up for the Sunday Ticket on You Tube. I'm doing the month to month deal. Looking at the schedule it appears I won't need it for December since at least 3 of the 4 Niner games wil be shown in Eugene.

The fact that they're offering deals like the month to month tells me they aren't getting as many subscribers as they hoped. I know they lost over $1 billion last year. I'm hoping this is heading for a pay for view in the future where you buy only the games you want to see.

Dud now try being on the coast. Neighboring town north of me is 49er territory im stuck in seadick territory. It blows on the coast in oregon

Originally posted by ninerfan4life:
The midget is coming to town. Warner and Winters must be licking their chops right about now.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Cardinals CB Garrett Williams and DL L.J. Collier are going on IR with a chance to return, Jonathan Gannon said.

CB Max Melton will be back at practice today.

CB Will Johnson will not be practicing this week.

Their status for Sunday in SF is still unknown.

— Josh Weinfuss (@joshweinfuss) September 17, 2025

The guy who got carted off is the only one with an actual chance to play. Wild.

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Progress: Brock Purdy will practice today in a limited fashion. He has a chance to start Sunday. Also a chance that he's the 49ers' emergency backup QB vs the Cardinals

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) September 17, 2025

Originally posted by SlipAndSlideBosa:

Originally posted by 49ersRing:

Progress: Brock Purdy will practice today in a limited fashion. He has a chance to start Sunday. Also a chance that he's the 49ers' emergency backup QB vs the Cardinals

— David Lombardi (@LombardiHimself) September 17, 2025

Think it is best to sit him another week. Hate to rush him back and really aggravate the toe where he needs surgery.

Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by ninersrule4:
If the cards DBs are out we should win. If they come back it will be a tough one.

Melton was carted off, doubt that he will be back anytime soon. Williams would an even bigger loss as he's a very good slot CB.

As always the 49ers really need to find a way to limit Trey McBride.

Originally posted by Stevec9932:
This, this MF always has a career day against us

Originally posted by Stevec9932:
This, this MF always has a career day against us

Originally posted by Scoots:

Originally posted by Jeepzilla:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Jeepzilla:

Originally posted by genus49:

Originally posted by Kolohe:

Originally posted by dj43:

Originally posted by the_dynasty:
Wondering who out of safeties or LBs will be covering McBride. Also wondering how they gonna play Kyler.

Cards being favorites on the road is slightly surprising.

Based on last year, and the number of rookies getting a lot of minutes, I'm not surprised. The line will change, IMO.

lol where are you guys seeing that they're favored? BETMGM has the 9ers at -1.5.

Home team gets the benefit of 3 points when it comes to the spread. 49ers getting -1.5 is basically saying Cardinals are favored.

So Vegas is saying the 49ers are favored by 1.5 but your saying they aren't…
lol ok

Home team gets 3 points in their favor and then the spread is provided to the public.

Vegas spread is -1.5 49ers(home team +3)

If the game was in Arizona Cardinals would be getting -4.5 in comparison.

Lol No, that is not how it works.. Moving on.

That's certainly how it used to be. Vegas would start from a spot of giving the home team 3 points, then adjust up or down from there based on all the factors that oddsmaker choose to go to set the line, then the line adjusts based on betting.

The 3 points were a baseline for home field, fans, travel advantages, etc and was the common standard. Some oddsmakers use a lower baseline advantage for home field now than they used to.