Player Rankings and Projections
Arizona Cardinals Rank  Player Projections QB 8 Ryan Lindley Pass: 210, 1 TD Rush: 5, 0 RB 9 Kerwynn Williams Rush: 45, 0 TD Rec: 2-15, 0 RB 12 Stepfan Taylor Rush: 40, 0 TD Rec: 1-5, 0 RB 19 Marion Grice Rush: 5, 0 TD Rec: 2-10, 0 WR 10 Michael Floyd Rec: 4-55, 0 TD WR 11 Larry Fitzgerald Rec: 3-45, 0 TD WR 14 John Brown Rec: 3-40, 0 TD TE 9 John Carlson Rec: 2-20, 0 TD TE 10 Darren Fells Rec: 1-10, 0 TD K 5 Chandler Catanzaro FG: 2/2 XP: 1/1 DEF 4 Defense / ST		Carolina Panthers Rank  Player Projections QB 3 Cam Newton Pass: 235, 2 TD Rush: 35, 0 RB 3 Jonathan Stewart Rush: 75, 1 TD Rec: 2-15, 0 RB 15 Mike Tolbert Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 1-10, 0 RB 18 DeAngelo Williams Rush: 10, 0 TD Rec: 0-0, 0 WR 5 Kelvin Benjamin Rec: 6-75, 1 TD WR 17 Jerricho Cotchery Rec: 2-30, 0 TD WR 19 Philly Brown Rec: 2-25, 0 TD TE 1 Greg Olsen Rec: 6-65, 1 TD K 7 Graham Gano FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3 DEF 1 Defense / ST

Cardinals Won 11 games, tied for most in franchise history. Under head coach BRUCE ARIANS, team won 21 games, tied for most in any 2-year span in club history. Arians' 21 wins are most by Cardinals head coach in 1st 2 seasons... Team has won 4 of past 6 postseason games, incl. 2008 Div. win (33-13) at Car. (1/10/09)... Cardinals had 3 players selected to Pro Bowl: ST Justin Bethel (2nd), DE Calais Campbell (1st) & CB Patrick Peterson (4th)... QB Drew Stanton is 5-3 as starter (.625) in 2014 & has won 7 of past 10 starts. QB Ryan Lindley passed for career-high 316 yards & threw 1st 2 career TD passes last week... In 3 games with 10+ att., RB Kerwynn Williams had 242 rush yards (80.7 per game). RB Stepfan Taylor had career-high 4 TDs (3 rec., 1 rush)... WR Larry Fitzgerald has catch in 169 consecutive games, incl. playoffs. Since entering NFL in 2004, has 98 rec. TDs (incl. playoffs), tied for most in NFL. In 6 career postseason games, has 42 catches for 705 yards (117.5 per game) & 9 TDs. Holds NFL records for most catches (30), rec. yards (546) & rec. TDs (7) in single postseason. Had 8 catches for 166 yards & TD in 2008 Div. game at Car. WR Michael Floyd had 8 catches for 153 yards & 2 TDs last week. Led team with 841 rec. yards, 17.9 avg. & 6 rec. TDs. Rookie WR John Brown had 4 come-from-behind GW TDs, incl. 3 in 4th Q... Cardinals led NFC in red zone defense (43.9 TD pct.) & tied for NFL lead allowing 18 red-zone TDs. Team's +8 turnover differential ranked 3rd in NFC... DE Campbell had 2 sacks, safety & FF in last meeting. Had 7 sacks, his 6th consecutive season with 6+ sacks. LB Alex Okafor led team with career-high 8 sacks. Team had 18 INTs & 4 players with 3+ INTs: S Rashad Johnson (4), CB Antonio Cromartie (3), CB Peterson (3) & CB Jerraud Powers (3). Johnson had 2 INT-TDs, tied for most in NFC & tied for 2nd most in NFL. Since 2011, Peterson is only player in NFL with 15+ INTs (15) & 5+ return TDs (5). In 2 games vs. Car., has 89-yard PR-TD & 43-yard INT. DT Frostee Rucker had career-high 5 sacks. Team had 4 players with 75+ tackles: Johnson (90), LB Larry Foote (84), rookie S Deone Bucannon (76) & S Tony Jefferson (75)... Cardinals outscored opp. 102-64 in 4th Q. Team's 64 points allowed in 4th Q were fewest in NFC... K Chandler Catanzaro scored 114 points, most by rookie in club history.

Panthers Won division for 5th time (1996, 2003, 2008, 2013) & are repeat champions for 1st time. Head coach RON RIVERA has won division in 2 of 4 seasons with Car. Have won 4 games in row, outscoring opp. 111-43... Panthers had 2 players selected to Pro Bowl: LB Luke Kuechly (2nd) & TE Greg Olsen (1st)... QB Cam Newton had 3,127 pass yards & 539 rush yards. Is only player in NFL history to start career with 4 consecutive seasons with 3,000+ pass yards & 500+ rush yards... Offense was 2nd in NFL in Dec. averaging 199.3 rush yards per game... RB Jonathan Stewart rushed for 401 yards in Dec. (100.3 per game), 2nd most in NFC. Scored TD in 2008 Div. vs. AZ. RB DeAngelo Williams is franchise leader in rush att. (1,432), yards (6,846) & TDs (46). Has 3 career 100-yard rush games vs. Az... TE Olsen had 6 rec. TDs. Is only TE in NFL with 5+ rec. TDs in every season since 2008. Had 1st career 1,000-yard season (1,008) & ranked 2nd among TEs. Was 3rd among TEs with career-high 84 catches. Had career-best 3 TDs vs. Az. (11/8/09 with Chi.). Among rookies, WR Kelvin Benjamin was 3rd with 73 catches, 1,008 rec. yards & 9 rec. TDs. WR Jerricho Cotchery was 3rd on club in catches (48) & rec. yards (580). Had 2 TDs in 9/28/08 game vs. Az. (with NYJ)... Team ranked 2nd in NFL allowing 10.8 points per game in Dec. Defense was 3rd in NFL (2nd in NFC) in Dec. allowing 278.3 yards per game. LB Kuechly led NFL with 153 tackles. Since entering NFL in 2012, leads league with 473 tackles. LB Thomas Davis was 2nd on club with 100 tackles. DE Charles Johnson led team with 8.5 sacks, his 5th consecutive season with 8+ sacks. Since 2010, is only NFC player with 50+ sacks (52.5) & 13+ FFs (13). S Roman Harper led team with career-high 4 INTs & had 31-yard INT-TD in Week 17. Since 2006, is only DB in NFL with 15+ sacks (18), 15+ FFs (15) & 10+ INTs (11). Panthers had 3 players with 10+ PD: Kuechly (11), CB Josh Norman (11) & Harper (10). DE Mario Addison was 2nd on team with career-high 6.5 sacks. Rookie S Tre Boston had 84-yard INT-TD last week, his 1st career INT & TD. Rookie DE Kony Ealy has sack in 3 consecutive games... K Graham Gano led NFC with 61 kickoff touchbacks & leads NFL with 124 kickoff touchbacks in past 2 seasons.