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The surprising Arizona Cardinals host the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship on Sunday (3 pm ET, FOX).

Philadelphia is a 3.5-point favorite and the over/under total is 47 at Legendz.

Arizona won the NFC West division, even after playing badly until the final regular season game.

Once Arizona beat the Atlanta Falcons, Carolina and Charlotte, they now host the Eagles in the NFC Championship. Defeating Carolina was their first win on East Coast this season. There worst loss in the East was against the Eagle 48 to 20.

Quarterback Kurt Warner’s amazing offense, gives the Cardinals added capability with a decent running game. Runningback Edgerrin James a future NFL Hall of Famer was benched for a large part of the regular season. He is playing again and doing a great job.

However, Arizona’s defense was below average in the 2008 NFL regular season. They shut down the Falcon’s running game in the first week of the playoffs and contributed to Jake Delhomme’s meltdown in the next playoff game.

The Philadelphia Eagles battled injuries and questionable play in the 2008 regular season. Quarterback Donovan McNabb really turned up his game big time after being benched for part of one game.

For Philadelphia to beat the Arizona Cardinals they need to disrupt Kurt Warner and break his concentration. Warner is inconsistent and tends to not play well when hit a lot early in the game. The Eagles need their offense to come up big early to suppress the very emotional defense of the Cardinals.

Philadelphia is 6-1 SU and ATS in its previous seven. The Eagles are 7-2 ATS in their past nine meetings with Arizona. Arizona is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing with home field advantage. The total has gone over in seven of the past nine meetings.

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