The Arizona Cardinals will face the San Francisco 49ers this weekend. The Niners are banged up, having lost their starting quarterback and their starting running back for the season. However, in the absence of Jerick McKinnon, Matt Breida has shone.

Through four games, he is third in the NFL with 313 rushing yards, averaging 7.6 yards per attempt. The Niners have the league’s fourth-best rushing attack.

“They look good,” Cardinals coach Steve Wilks said Wednesday of the Niners’ rushing attack of Matt Breida and Alfred Morris. “McKinnon they lost, they haven’t missed a beat. They’re still running the football well.”

In a conference call with San Francisco media, Wilks called Breida “an all-around running back.”

“He can run inside the tackles,” Wilks said of Breida. “He has the speed to take it to the edge. Also when you start to talk about his ability to be able to catch the ball out of the backfield, and he does a pretty good job in pass pro.”

“I’m very impressed with him, also Morris. Those are two dynamic running backs.”

The Cardinals have been inconsistent against the run. They struggled against Adrian Peterson and Mike Davis. They bottled up Todd Gurley and Jordan Howard.

Limiting the San Francisco 49ers rushing attack will be key in the Cardinals getting their first win of 2018.

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