3 questions and a prediction: Cincinnati Bengals at Arizona Cardinals
The aforementioned Carson Palmer has been a Pro Bowl-caliber passer this year and has been lighting up the scoreboard in recent weeks, posting a 9 to 2 TD:INT ratio over his past three games.
InteractiveWeek 11 fantasy football start ’em or sit ’em? Even the fans are having a down year in Seattle, so the Seahawks might as well try to shock everybody on the road. The future Hall of Famer leads the Cardinals with 836 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. They’re a quality, quality group.
Can you imagine what another loss in this fashion would to do the confidence of the Bengals?
Larry Fitzgerald is the longest-tenured Cardinals player on the roster and Sunday night, when the team celebrates its 100th consecutive sellout at University of Phoenix Stadium, he will tie Larry Stallings (1963-76) for seventh on the franchise’s all-time games-played list (180). The Cardinals can’t get excited after that big win over the Seahawks. You’ve got to take what the defense is giving you, and we’ve done that this year. “Seattle is a fantastic team”.
“There are two sides of every story”, Palmer said, “I know the truth and I know my side and obviously his side”.
All three of the Cardinals’ top three running backs bring a little something different, and Ellington said he’s just happy to be a part of the trio, which also includes rookie David Johnson.
The 7-2 Arizona Cardinals are coming off their most impressive win of the season at the Seattle Seahawks. St. Louis leads the NFC with 29 sacks.
“They know the process and there’s no hangover”, coach Bruce Arians said. But against the Browns, Palmer blew up for 374 yards, including a gorgeous 60-yard touchdown to Michael Floyd. San Francisco, meanwhile, is in full-on dumpster fire mode, and yet two of their three wins have been against potential playoff teams in Minnesota and Atlanta.
“As far as tight ends we’ve seen this year, he’s the best tight end we’ve seen this year”, Bettcher said. “Tough teams overcome one player’s mistakes and move on”.
The Cardinals have great faith in their secondary, so they will take their chances playing a lot of man-to-man coverage. The Cardinals were aided by a huge third-down illegal contact penalty against Bobby Wagner to keep the drive alive and Jaron Brown catching a tipped pass that Richard Sherman almost intercepted. Facing the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card game, his first pass gained 66 yards and left Palmer writhing in pain. With a short week, playing in Arizona and going up against a Cardinals defense could force Dalton to have another dud.
-This will be the Cardinals’ third prime time matchup on TV, with a fourth slated for later this season. Iupati was taken off the field in an ambulance during Arizona’s 39-32 victory at Seattle on Sunday night…. He underwent a battery of tests and exams and was cleared to fly home with the team. K.J. Wright was ruled down at the 3 after the recovery and Marshawn Lynch bulled his way in for his third touchdown of the season on the next play. On was on a scramble by Wilson for zero yards – though that doesn’t count when Wilson ran into left tackle Russell Okung scrambling away from pressure near the goal line and lost the ball.
The Bengals’ offense has been outstanding, because of Jackson’s game plans and knowledge.
Dalton completed 22 of 38 passes for a season-low 197 yards with one interception. He didn’t really mean any ill will by it. It was just something, he saw a few friends in the crowd, they were right behind the bench, they got excited, he got excited so he did this. Reggie Nelson had the one interception off of Palmer. Thanks to Brown’s heroics, Arizona had a first down at the Seattle 39-yard line.