Cardinals beat Bengals 34-31

Catanzaro just had one request: He wanted to kick it from the right hash.

Even had Dalton hit Green for the score, the Cardinals would have still had a minute to go down the field for the game-winning touchdown. Previously, the Cardinals had to become resilient and they did that, but no one can be certain they can get behind against the Vikings and Packers. Now they have to figure out a way to not throttle down, with back-to-back road games against the lesser lights of the NFC West. The one in St. Louis won’t be as hard to get up for psychologically, since they owe the Rams one, but next week’s tilt at the Niners is gonna be somewhat tougher, with San Francisco doing everything possible to signal their dysfunction.

Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes for the Bengals (8-2), both to Tyler Eifert. The six-play, 70-yard series dispelled any doubt that he was finished after near retirement in October 2011.

With the game newly tied and the Cardinals on their own 16 with 0:58 remaining and no timeouts left, Carson Palmer sliced up the prevent defense with three straight quick passes to get down to the Cincinnati 27, from where it would have been a 47-yard-field goal attempt. The Arizona Cardinals hosted the Cincinnati Bengals during their third preseason game at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, AZ. I’m sure that will be in the back of his mind.

It took all this time, but it appears he finally managed to settle the score.

After Palmer threw his second interception of the first quarter, the Bengals took advantage on their ensuing drive. Having two extremely fast receivers on the field at once could allow the Cardinals to take a few shots down the field. On one of his long catches Nelson was tracked down by Bengals defensive end Michael Johnson. “I had a little bit of butterflies but not really”. The Bengals have been playing football since 1968. They don’t look as good as that Chiefs team from two years ago that couldn’t hold a four-touchdown playoff lead. Fitzgerald, a future Hall of Famer, leads a pass-catching corps that is deep, dynamic and selfless, something Palmer never had in Cincinnati. In addition to Nelson’s big catch in the final drive, Fitz had two huge receptions on that final drive as well.

Dallas 24, (at) Miami 14: Tony Romo pulled off his latest comeback victory, returning from a collarbone injury to throw for two scores as the Cowboys won for the first time since he was hurt in Week 2.

Meanwhile, Nelson authored his second bailout of the Cards offense. However, the team adjusted well during halftime, leading to a 21-point explosion during the third quarter. On 2nd and 1 from the CIN 18, Palmer fired a laser pass into the hands of Brown who caught the pass amid close coverage and near the beginning of the end zone. He’d nail it from 32 yards out to give Arizona a 34-31 victory in a very entertaining game.

Nelson later in the third quarter, used his 4.28 speed to zoom past the Bengals defense for a 36 yard gain to the CIN 17 yard line.

Newton became the first Carolina quarterback to throw four TD passes in the first half as the Panthers jumped to a 31-14 lead.

The seconds ticked down from 20 at the Cincinnati Bengals’ 28-yard-line, and Carson Palmer gathered his Arizona Cardinals in a bunch formation to prepare a spike to kill the clock.