The Arizona Cardinals lost their preseason matchup to the Indianapolis Colts Saturday night 21-13 on the road. However, as we know that preseason final scores don’t mean much, we want to look at individual player performances.
The Cardinals had a few players stand out with their performances. Who were the studs for the Cardinals in their loss?
OLB Cameron Thomas
This was badly needed. The former third-round needed to show some production, and he did. He was clearly the Cardinals’ player of the game. He finished with four tackles, one for loss, two quarterback hits and two sacks. He was in the backfield consistently.
The Cardinals have needed someone to step up to show that he deserves to be in the playing rotation. Thomas did just that.
RB Trey Benson
Benson got some extended action and showed flashes of the big-play back he can be behind starter James Conner. He led the team with 43 rushing yards on nine attempts. That included a 19-yard run. He also had a 20-yard run that didn’t count because it was negated by a holding penalty.
OLB Xavier Thomas
Thomas had a sack for the second game in a row and had two quarterback hits.
P Blake Gillikin
Gillikin had one bad punt early in the game but then boomed two punts that went over 60 yards and were downed inside the 10. He had four of his six punts downed inside the 20 and averaged 51.7 yards per punt.
WR Xavier Weaver
Not only did he have two catches for 27 yards, including one very fine snag near the sideline, getting both feet down, he also had a 37-yard kick return. That is added to the 30-yard return he had last week.
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