Arizona Cardinals edge Cincinnati Bengals on last-second field goal

The Arizona Cardinals received game-long consistency from their talented kicker Chandler Catanzaro, who authored a game-winning 34 yard field goal that gave the Cardinals a 34-31 victory at University of Phoenix Stadium. With a third-down conversion, the Bengals could have either grinded the clock down and kicked a field goal with precious few seconds remaining to set up overtime or, even better, scored a touchdown to go up by four. They know they’re 8-2 and just went 15 rounds with one of the NFC’s two best teams in a duel of heavyweights. The Cincinnati Bengals, sitting at 8-1, are in town to play the Arizona Cardinals, who sit at 7-2.

Arizona had the ball at its 16 with 58 seconds to go and Palmer quickly threw 19 yards to Nelson.

Now, why believe this year will be different for the Bengals, for Dalton, for Lewis, for any of them? Andy Dalton got the Bengals back in the game. I didn’t say hike…. What can you tell me about this group? “He’s alerting a run and not anything to do with what they (the Cardinals) are saying”.

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Flacco “tore his ACL and I think, his MCL as well”. This one took place early in the third quarter, when he ran a deep slant and out pattern, which enabled him to get behind the Bengals defense to latch onto a Palmer pass that he took 64 yards to the end zone. That will happen when you commit 10 penalties, don’t give your quarterback any time and give the other quarterback too much time. Earlier this week, Rivera defended his players’ dancing to ESPN, recognizing the value in the theatrical aspect of the game. With 3:44 left in the game the score was now 31-28 with Arizona in the lead. Nelson had 142 receiving yards and the Cardinals defense sacked Andy Dalton four times.

The Seahawks jumped out to a 20-0 lead on two Wilson-to-Tyler Lockett touchdown passes and a Rawls 2-yard scamper.

Aaron Rodgers threw for 212 yards and a pair of touchdowns and Datone Jones had two of Green Bay’s six sacks. Bengals running back Giovani Bernard caught eight passes for 128 yards. “Just kind of got the jitters out and we got rolling”. “It’s just hurting us and it’s hard”.

The penalty moved the ball from the 27 to the 14.

After Reggie Nelson grabbed the second pick against Palmer, the Bengals had a 9-yard touchdown run by Mohamed Sanu wiped out by a holding call on right tackle Andre Smith, who is playing for the first time since sustaining a concussion in the second half of the Pittsburgh game November 1. The touchdown reception extended Eifert’s league-leading total to 10 on the year. “I’m just glad they finally caught it later in the game”.

Iupati had to be carted off the field last week in Seattle after sustaining a neck and head injury. Two of his throws landed in the arms of Cincinnati defenders without an Arizona teammate in sight. That set the stage for Palmer, who probably couldn’t have written a better script himself. We were fighting the refs and the Cardinals.

The offense is allowed to do whatever they want to convince the defense they’re allowed to snap the ball – this is considered gamesmanship, and when a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers becomes great at drawing the opponent offsides, we laud them. “That’s a great accomplishment and it motivates us to keep going”. “He said “[expletive] yes” when asked if he was anxious that he had committed a false start. He was replaced by CB Darqueze Dennard…. Led by quarterback Carson Palmer, the Cardinals have a dizzying array of talent at wide receiver with Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Brown.