I wanted the NFL, the national audience, the Bengals, to see that Arizona could win this game, in Seattle, and we could win in Prime Time. Palmer has thrown a touchdown pass in 23 of those games.
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The Arizona defense got the ball back for the offense, and then Andre Ellington dashed 48 yards for another TD. Linebacker Bobby Wagner picked it up and rumbled 22 yards for the go-ahead touchdown – and a 29-25 Seattle lead with 13 minutes remaining. Arizona moved in front, 32-29. There’s a three game lead now in the division, with Cincinnati coming up next week, same time, same channel, only at home, the Cardinals just need to take care of business, and get Drew Stanton a few dancing lessons.
The Seattle Seahawks have dropped their fifth game of the season, putting their record at 4-5 and three games out of first place in the NFC West. The Seahawks are trying to defend back-to-back NFC titles, but are not going to be able to do so if they stick with their current offensive strategy. Fitzgerald caught 10 passes for 130 yards and Floyd snatched 7 passes for 113 yards and 2 scores.
“Forget about them and move on”, Palmer said. “Our confidence didn’t waver”.
The Seahawks were bad in the first half when the Cardinals took a 22-7 lead. The teams traded field goals to open the second half before the Seahawks went into serious comeback mode.
When deciding if a player who went through a traumatic moment as Iupati did Sunday night will play in the next game, Arians said he tends to be extra cautious. “The resilience is there”.
The normally stoic Palmer gave an emphatic fist-pump to a group of friends in the crowd after Ellington’s clinching sideline dash to the end zone.
That Wright fumble recovery set up a Lynch 3 yard touchdown run up the middle. Seattle failed on each of those plays. Even with this deficit it was still way too early for the Seahawks to get away from the running game. Again Seattle couldn’t pick up the two-point conversion, but the play gave the Seahawks a 29-25 lead.
“There’s always room for improvement, but scoring on defense is always good”, Avril said.
The lack of dedication to the running game not only played right into the Cardinals’ hands, but since the Seattle passing game is so inconsistent, it forced Seattle’s defense to be on the field for almost two-thirds of the game. The Cardinals held Seattle on its next possession and Ellington added the punctuation, sprinting down the sideline on a third-down run to cap Arizona’s big night. Defensive tackle Cory Redding left with an injury.
Floyd and the great Larry Fitzgerald were the main recipients of Palmers’ passes tonight and they both had 100 yard games. Even that didn’t come until he’d thrown his first interception, gotten sacked and fumbled. With 6:41 left in the second quarter the Cardinals took a 12-0 lead.
BALTIMORE – Jason Myers kicked a 53-yard field goal after Jacksonville got one final play on a facemask penalty with no time left, and the Jaguars ended their 13-game road losing streak. Russell Wilson ran into Russell Okung, which led to a fumble and a safety.
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Replays showed Iupati lowering his head on the block and Chancellor hitting Iupati’s helmet with his shoulder. The team later said a CT scan and MRI at the hospital both came back normal. The ruling on the field was incomplete, and we just didn’t feel there was enough evidence to overturn it, that he clearly established himself. Marshawn Lynch only had eight carries in the game and Seattle’s game plan never got started because of the penalty issues.
