The Arizona Cardinals boast a new play-caller this year in head coach Jonathan Gannon, and the projections expect their pass/run mix to tilt 2.8% more towards rushing than it did last year (in a neutral context).At the moment, the 9th-most run-heavy team in football (41.5% in a neutral context) according to the projection model is the Arizona Cardinals.Given their underlying strategic approach and game dynamics, the Cardinals are forecasted by our trusted projection set to run 66.5 plays on offense in this contest: the 3rd-most among all teams this week.James Conner has been much less involved in his team's offense this season, staying in the game for just 61.9% of snaps compared to 79.5% last season.The model projects James Conner to notch 16.5 carries in this game, on balance, putting him in the 89th percentile among running backs.
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