The Arizona Cardinals picked up a nice win to kick off the preseason. Quarterback Trace McSorley, making the start, led them to three first-half touchdowns and four first-half scores and the Cardinals beat the defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals 36-23 Friday night at Paycor Stadium.
Young players stood out and the offense and defense both looked good.
How did things go down? Read on.
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The offensive starting lineup
QB: Trace McSorley
RB: Eno Benjamin
WR: Andy Isabella, Greg Dortch
TE: Stephen Anderson, Deon Yelder
OL (LT-RT): Josh Jones, Danny Isidora, Sean Harlow, Will Hernandez, Josh Miles
WR3: Andre Baccellia
Cardinals 6, Bengals 0
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The Cardinals get on the board first with a nice drive. Trace McSorley completes a pass to Andy Isabella and scrambles for a first down. Isabella draws a 40-yard pass interference to move the ball down the field and McSorley throws a three-yard touchdown pass to Andre Baccellia.
The bad? Kicker Matt Prater misses the extra point.
Starting defense
DL: Leki Fotu, Jonathan Ledbetter, Rashard Lawrence
OLB: Dennis Gardeck, Victor Dimukeje
ILB: Zaven Collins, Zeke Turner
CB: Marco Wilson, Antonio Hamilton
S: James Wiggins, Charles Washington
Nickel CB: Jace Whittaker
Cardinals 9, Bengals 0
After forcing a punt on their first defensive series, which included a sack by second-year linebacker Victor Dimukeje, the Cardinals get a field goal from Matt Prater after their drive stalls in the red zone.
Greg Dortch has a 30-yard grab and Jonathan Ward adds a 12-yard run and 21-yard reception.
McSorley is almost picked off in the end zone but undrafted rookie tight end Chris Pierce breaks up the pass to set up the field goal.
Cardinals 9, Bengals 3
The Cardinals gave up a big pass play but held the Bengals to a field goal.
Michael Dogbe had pressure on quarterback Jake Browning, but brown got the ball off and…
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