Arizona Cardinals vs San Francisco 49ers: Game balls

The Cardinals opened the scoring midway through the first quarter when Larry Fitzgerald let a pass from Carson Palmer slip through his fingers, leaving Chandler Catanzaro to kick a 26-yard field goal. Arizona is a top team in the NFC and in the divisional driver seat with a handful of games remaining on the 2015 schedule.

The Cardinals won in San Francisco for the first time since 2008.

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“First of all, that was un-athletic”. Then Palmer spiked the ball so hard that he fell to the ground and rolled. “I don’t think there’s any debate over that”.

Palmer fully expected the ridicule to last a while.

“I’m taking a lot of heat for that and I (couldn’t) care less”. “The teasing’s not going to stop”.

The extra downs proved to be the charm for Arizona, as RB David Johnson would plunge one-yard up the gut for the afternoon’s first touchdown and a 13-3 lead.

_The Cardinals’ touchdown drive immediately after halftime was enhanced by five penalties on the 49ers, including four in the end zone.

“This has been a bad-boy division with the Seahawks and 49ers”, safety Tyrann Mathieu said. On Sunday, McDonald caught six passes for 71 yards and a touchdown against the Cardinals. Fitzgerald churned 66 receiving yards Sunday and is eight yards from eclipsing the 1,000-yard mark for the seventh time in his career and first time since 2011.

Arizona crushed San Francisco the last time they met back in Week 3. “We just have to come out and play like this consistently”, Reid said. “We found a way to squeak one out”.

It was an ugly first half. Gabbert is not worth starting next week at Chicago, but he should at least give San Francisco a chance to win. He racked up a game-high 13 tackles (11 solo), one tackle for loss and two passes defended. Mathieu said Palmer had his teammates laughing – nervously. “He hit me right in the face with the crown of his helmet”, Palmer said.

Dial thought he was making a legal play as it unfolded.

The two teams played earlier this season and that was a blowout for the Cardinals, but Colin Kaepernick was the quarterback for the 49ers in that game. The team could probably get him on Day 2 of the draft, so they wouldn’t be investing too much in him.

Will the Niners hang around or will the Cardinals turn on the offense in the second half?

Palmer later said the matter shouldn’t even be considered for discussion.

The 49ers pass defense held National Football League leading touchdown holder Carson Palmer to zero passing scores. Gabbert completed 25 of 36 passes with one touchdown and one interception. I don’t care what the league says, I don’t care what Roger says. Be a man. That’s what pisses me off, that guys like that work in this league and work on this field, and we have to deal with it. The Niners might have to earn back some of their support system.