Cardinals head into bye week with NFC West lead in hand

GLENDALE — It was another wild day in the NFC West, where the Arizona Cardinals maintained their division lead after throttling the New York Jets, 31-6, on Sunday.

Quarterback Kyler Murray came to play in the winning effort, totaling 266 yards and a touchdown through the air to go along with a pair of rushing scores. Running back James Conner chipped in 113 scrimmage yards on 17 touches.

Not only will the Arizona sit atop the division heading into the bye week, it’ll return in Week 11 with the same standing thanks to head-to-head tiebreakers and a perfect 2-0 divisional record.

Ask safety Budda Baker about the team’s current standing in the division and that’s the last thing he and the rest of the Cardinals are thinking about.

“Honestly, I’m not even paying attention to it,” Baker said postgame. “It doesn’t matter at all. We talk about when we come back, it’s 0-0. It’s a new season, so we’re excited for the process and we’re going to continue to take it day-by-day.”

A look at what else went down divisionally in Week 10:

The 49ers missed how many field goals?!

Usually when a team missed three field goals, that’s typically a loss.

That is unless you’re the San Francisco 49ers (5-4).

The 49ers narrowly eked out a 23-20 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after watching Jake Moody miss three field goals throughout the afternoon.

He made the most important one count, though, knocking in the game-winning 44-yard field goal as time expired to move San Francisco to 5-4 on the year.

It marks the first time since entering Week 2 that San Francisco is over .500.

And while it wasn’t the biggest of games from running back Christian McCaffrey in his return to action, he still came away with 107 scrimmage yards on 19 touches.

Arizona native and wide receiver Ricky Pearsall also found the end zone in the victory.

San Francisco is getting healthier and stringing wins together — even if they aren’t the cleanest or most consistent.

Now, a divisional tilt against the Seattle Seahawks looms for the 49ers, who still sport one of the toughest schedules the rest of the way. Per Tankathon, San Francisco has the fifth hardest remaining strength of schedule (.571).

Speaking of the Seattle (4-5), it’ll be back in action next week following a bye.

Rams watch

With no other divisional games in action on Sunday, all sights turn to Monday Night Football where the Los Angeles Rams (4-4) are set to take on the Miami Dolphins.

Even notching a pair of wins the next two weeks — which could certainly be the case with Miami and New England — L.A. still wouldn’t be able to leapfrog Arizona in the standings thanks to the Cardinals’ Week 2 win over the Rams.

But with the 24th-hardest remaining strength of schedule (.476) and their recent success upon the return of wideouts Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp, L.A. doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon.

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