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My Sportsbook) - The Cardinals assembled a modest two-game winning streak with consecutive victories over San Francisco and Cincinnati. Dave McGinnis' club won each game by three points, but the team's good fortune ran out last week against a desperate Pittsburgh ball club.

The Cardinals have scored 20 points or more just twice this season. The only chance for a rare road win on Sunday in Cleveland is a big game from running back Marcel Shipp or wide receiver Anquan Boldin, the only consistent playmakers on the team.

Shipp had more than 300 total rushing yards in Arizona's back-to-back wins, but he was held to 61 yards on 22 carries against Pittsburgh. The Cardinals will try to establish him early against a Browns defense that is susceptible to the run.

The Browns allowed Baltimore's Jamal Lewis to set an NFL single-game rushing record earlier this year and KC's Priest Holmes had 158 combined yards last week. Skewed by Lewis' record-setting day, the Browns allow 4.7 yards per carry (31st in the league). Against the Chiefs, Cleveland allowed Kansas City to convert 12-of-16 third-down attempts.

Cardinals quarterback Jeff Blake is not accurate underneath, but he still throws an excellent deep ball. Boldin, who has 56 catches in nine games, is on pace to set a rookie record for receptions.

"Anquan Boldin is a special player and he will only get better, but we need some other people to step up and get better, too," McGinnis said. "Anquan will be the first to tell you that he is not a finished product but he has got everything you want. I absolutely love having him on my football team. We just need to start getting production out of other people also in the receiving end of it because that is big. You can't just do it with one or two guys. It's not a one or two man show in this league. It has got to be a team."

Arizona works hard to get Boldin free because he is the only reliable deep threat. Cleveland will use a safety on Boldin's side and try to force Blake to throw to his other receivers.

The Cards released kicker Tim Duncan this week and replaced him with ex-Bengal Neil Rackers, who was inked to a one-year contract. The 27-year-old Rackers was released by Cincinnati on September 1 after three years with the club. He made 15-of-18 field goals and 30-of-32 extra points last year for 75 points. Duncan made only 6-of-10 field goal tries and 5-of-6 extra points. Bill Gramatica has been bothered by back pain since early October and has missed the team's last five games.