{"id":649446,"date":"2026-01-03T01:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649446\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:06:18","slug":"matthew-stafford-week-18-preview-vs-the-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/649446\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Stafford Week 18 Preview vs. the Cardinals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has a favorable matchup in Week 18 (Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET), facing the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals are giving up the ninth-most passing yards in the NFL, 229.4 per game.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford has racked up 4,448 passing yards this year (278.0 per game), including 42 passing TDs and eight picks. On the ground, Stafford has rushed 28 times for -2 yards, averaging -0.1 yards per game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62735?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1441&amp;pb=959275&amp;cid=hhn3f27iaF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on Fubo<\/a> (Regional restrictions may apply).<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/live\/931-jack-fm-10897\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">93.1 Jack FM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stafford vs. the Cardinals<\/p>\n<p>Stafford vs the Cardinals (since 2021): 10 GP \/ 250.3 PASS YPG \/ 19 PASS TD<br \/>\nArizona has allowed 300 or more passing yards to only two opposing players this year.<br \/>\nThe Cardinals have given up one or more passing TDs to 14 opposing quarterbacks this season.<br \/>\nEight opposing quarterbacks have thrown for at least two TDs in a game against Arizona in 2025.<br \/>\nThe Cardinals have allowed five opposing players to throw for at least three TD passes in an outing this season.<br \/>\nStafford will play against the NFL&#8217;s 24th-ranked pass defense this week. The Cardinals concede 229.4 passing yards per game.<br \/>\nOpponents of the Cardinals have scored 27 touchdowns through the air (1.7 per game). The Cardinals&#8217; defense is 21st in the league in that category.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62736?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1422&amp;pb=959284&amp;cid=hhn3f27iaF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catch every NFL touchdown with NFL RedZone on Fubo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stafford Passing Insights<\/p>\n<p>Stafford has surpassed his passing yards prop total in 10 of 16 opportunities this season.<br \/>\nThe Rams have passed 56.2% of the time and run 43.8% this season. They rank first in the NFL in scoring.<br \/>\nStafford is No. 5 in the league averaging 8.0 yards per attempt (4,448 total yards passing).<br \/>\nStafford has thrown for a touchdown in all 16 games this season, with more than one TD pass 14 times.<br \/>\nHe has 71.2% of his team&#8217;s 59 offensive touchdowns this season (42).<br \/>\nStafford has attempted 97 passes in the red zone (53.6% of his team&#8217;s red zone plays).<\/p>\n<p>Get in the game and sign up for FanDuel Fantasy today. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/70562?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=4416&amp;cid=hhn3f27iaF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to start playing daily fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford&#8217;s Recent Performance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford has a favorable matchup in Week 18 (Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[375,390,2604,1327,61566,7,58,32,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-649446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-arizonacardinals","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-ds-sports","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-los-angeles-rams","15":"tag-matthew-stafford","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115828489250889827","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}