Carolina Panthers vs Arizona Cardinals Prediction & Picks - NFL

Prediction published on 12/22/24, 9:13 AM  by Bill Christy | Modified on 1/16/26 at 5:10 AM in NFL Picks

=14.0ptThe re-emergence of Bryce Young in Carolina has been a nice thing to witness. After being benched earlier this season, Young has made the most of his 2nd opportunity to lead this Panther offense. While the wins have not been plenty, his play has been a tier above what it had been earlier in the year before his benching. He will be looking to snap the Panthers’ 4-game losing streak that has come at the hands of some strong opponents. Kansas City, Tampa Bay, and Philly were 3 of those losses. Those teams are a combined 33-9 on the season. Granted, they then lost most recently loss was to Dallas who has not been great this season. Now they face the 7-7 Arizona Cardinals on their home field. The Cardinals snapped a 3-game losing streak last week with a win over New England at home, 30-17. James Conner led the way for the offense and finished with 110 yards and 2 scores on the ground. The Cards will look to establish the run early again in this one against a Carolina defense that allowed over 200 yards on the ground to the Cowboys last week. If they can do that, they should have no problem extracting the road win here in Carolina.