Beanie Wells

din their offense is explosive enough to match up with any in football, but the real factor will be Beanie Wells and the running game. The Saints are weak against the run, so look for plenty of Wells carries out of the backfield to soften them up.

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Larry Fitzgerald will have a monster game either way. Now that rookie RB Beanie Wells is playing a first-round pick, the Cardinals have a semblance of a ground game. The biggest injury is to corner Dominique Rogers-Cromartie, who is questionable with knee and toe issues. If he's not 100%, the other 10 guys on defense have to pick up the slack.

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The real shocker was that Arizona ran as effectively as they did behind Beanie Wells and Tim Hightower, racking up 182 yards on the ground. Contributing to Chicago’s pathetic defensive effort was the most idiotic play of the day, credited to Tommie Harris. On the fifth play of the game, Harris punched Arizona’s Deuce Lutui in the helmet while the two were on the ground. The officials wasted no time in ejecting Harris from the game for his unsportsmanlike conduct. That left a hole up the middle in the Bears’ defense that allowed their rushing attack to succeed most of the day. Harris has failed to show up this season and his bone-headed play gave him another excuse to not make an impact. 

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