So Palmer zipped a 17-yard pass to rookie J.J. Nelson, who had a breakout game that included a 64-yard touchdown catch.
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Arizona had the ball at its 16 with 58 seconds to go and Palmer quickly threw 19 yards to Nelson.
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis called it a “phantom call”.
If Larsen had been penalized, there would’ve been a 10-second runoff and the two teams would’ve gone to overtime.
Cincinnati’s Domato Peko was called for unsportsmanlike conduct for mimicking Palmer’s offensive counts as Arizona prepared to spike the ball and bring in the field goal unit.
Peko said he’d never seen that penalty called since he’s been in the NFL. That left the Cardinals plenty of time to drive right down the field for the game-winning field goal and the 34-31 win. Too often in Dalton’s first four years as an National Football League quarterback, the term “gunshy” was used with him more often than the term ‘gunslinger.’ I’d rather my quarterback make those kinds of risky and slightly reckless decisions than throw dump-offs, check-downs or even throw it away in critical situations.
Cincinnati running back Jeremy Hill (13 carries for 45 yards and 2 scores) authored a much needed 2 yard touchdown run up the middle late in the second quarter.
That’s it, you can officially name the Arizona Cardinals’ Chandler Catanzaro as a part of “The Dab” club after Sunday’s game against the Bengals.
Following yet another Bengals punt the Cardinals drove 49 yards and capped it with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Palmer to running back David Johnson, who easily beat linebacker Vontaze Burfict. The second cut, a 10-yarder, cut it to 31-28 with 3:44 to play.
“We made it a game when we could have just gone in the tank and folded”, Green said after the 34-31 walk-off loss to the Cards.
If Sunday night’s Bengals-Cardinals clash was a Super Bowl preview, we’re all going to be in for a treat come February. Dalton managed to throw for 315 yards and two TDs despite getting hammered and chased all night.
Palmer’s babysitter of his two kids and his number three receiver, John Brown (3 catches for 43 yards and 1 score), got into the scoring action late in the third quarter. And that future Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald (8 catches for 90 yards) wasn’t 100 percent as far as health for this game. Carson Palmer told Peter King that Peko said “set, go!”-which is exactly what Palmer says to signal the snap”.
The Bengals bounced back from Smith’s penalty to a take 7-0 lead three plays after Sanu’s TD was wiped out, when Dalton hit Eifert with a three-yard touchdown pass with 32 seconds left in the first quarter.
The best start in franchise history has been followed by back-to-back losses that loosened their hold on the AFC North and left them at one of those turning points that come each season. But his defense bailed him on one of those and then they showed up again for a sustained stretch in the third quarter, with the pass rush putting consistent pressure on Dalton and the Bengals only managing one first down-by penalty-in three series. “We fought until the very end and that’s good to see”. Dalton also failed to give Jones a chance to do what he does best, leap and out-battle the defender, on another deep ball when he threw it too far right and out of bounds. Arizona also lost Frostee Rucker to an ankle injury.
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Notes: Bengals cornerback Darqueze Dennard left the game with a shoulder injury in the first half…. In his first start of the season, Keenum went 12 for 26 for 136 yards and fumbled three times, losing two.
