The Arizona Cardinals picked up a preseason-opening 36-23 win Friday night over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Quarterbacks Trace McSorley and Jarret Gurantano each threw touchdown passes. Running back Jonathan Ward had a pair of touchdown runs. Linebacker Victoir Dimukeje had a pair of sacks. Receiver Greg Dortch made plays in the passing game and had a big punt return.
The Bengals also had their highlights.
Catch them all in the full video highlights from the game above.
He called plays for the Cardinals in their preseason debut in the fourth quarter.
The Arizona Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 36-23 Friday night at Paycor Stadium to kick off their preseason. They scored five touchdowns, including three in the first half, all without the play of Kyler Murray.
It was fun to watch, but it didn’t lead to anything. The offense stalled when Murray had the headset on. They did not get a first down
There were three offensive possessions:
First series:
Quarterback Jarrett Guarantano completed a two-yard pass, threw an incompletion and was sacked.
Second series:
Undrafted rookie running back T.J. Pledger ran for eight yards. Guarantano threw a deep pass to Andy Isabella that was incomplete. They had a delay of game and then Guarantano scrambled two yards short of the line to gain.
Third series:
With the game in hand, the Cardinals were in victory formation and had two kneeldowns to close out the game.
It was a good way to give Murray something to do and to stay involved but, luckily, they won’t need him calling plays once the season starts. They need him making plays on the field.
Kyler Murray will not play vs. the Bengals, but now there is a reason to watch the fourth quarter of the Cardinals’ preseason opener.
The Arizona Cardinals will not have quarterback Kyler Murray on the field playing in their preseason opener against the Cincinnati Bengals, but he will be involved. He will be involved with the playcalling.
Head coach Kliff Kingsbury, speaking pregame with Paul Calvisi, the team’s play-by-play announcer for the game, told him there would be a guest playcaller during the game.
After that, 12 Sports reporter Cameron Cox reported from the sideline during pregame coverage that it was to be Murray who will have headsets on and call plays in the fourth quarter.
It isn’t the first time for Murray.
When Murray was given a day off of practice before testing positive for COVID-19, he called plays in practice.
It is a way to keep Murray mentally engaged. He won’t get bored on the sideline of a game in which he isn’t playing.
There isn’t always a lot to watch in the fourth quarter of a preseason game. Having a team’s starting quarterback call plays is something to keep the game on for.
While no starters are playing, the performance of a number of players for the Cardinals will be noteworthy.
The Arizona Cardinals open the preseason Friday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. Arizona time, taking on the Cincinnati Bengals on the road. Almost no starters are expected to play.
With no starters, it gives opportunities to younger and unproven players to make an impact and improve their chances of making the final roster.
In tonight’s game, who are the players to watch and why?
The Cardinals don’t have many expected starters playing. These players are expected to be contributors in 2022 but will play Friday night.
The Arizona Cardinals take on the Cincinnati Bengals in their preseason opener Friday at 4:30 p.m. Arizona time in Cincinnati. Almost none of the team’s starters will play in the game.
However, a select few possible starters and players who have a chance to make significant contributions once the regular season rolls around will play, according to Kliff Kingsbury on Wednesday.
We have the info you need if you want to watch or listen to the Cardinals’ preseason opener against the Bengals.
The Arizona Cardinals finally have a football game. The preseason is here. They are in Cincinnati and will take on the Cincinnati Bengals for each team’s preseason opener.
The Cardinals are coming off an 11-6 season and their first trip to the postseason since 2015. However, they were embarrassed in the first round and finished the season with one game in their final 5, including the playoff loss.
The Bengals, on the other hand, got hot and made a run to the Super Bowl, although they did lose to the Los Angeles Rams in the big game.
Arizona brought back most of their key players and signed quarterback Kyler Murray to a huge extension. The Bengals invested a ton of money into their offensive line to try and protect quarterback Joe Burrow.
Neither team will play most of their starters, so it will be a quarterback matchup of Trace McSorley for the Cardinals against Brandon Allen for the Bengals.
If you are planning on watching, streaming or listening to the game, below is the information you need.
Cardinals at Bengals game info
Arizona Cardinals at Cincinnati Bengals, Friday, Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. Arizona time) at Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati OH.
Cardinals at Bengals TV, streaming, broadcasting team
The game will not be aired nationally. It will air only locally in each team’s home market.
In the Cardinals’ home market, the game will air on KPNX 12 News. Dave Pasch and Ron Wolfley, who are the team’s radio announcers during the regular season, will call the game for the TV broadcast.
For the Bengals’ TV broadcast, Mike Watts and Anthony Munoz will call the game on WKRC-TV (Channel 12) in Cincinnati, with WKEF-TV (ABC Ch. 22) in Dayton, WSYX-TV (ABC Ch. 6) in Columbus, WLIO-TV (FOX Ch. 8.2) in Lima, WDKY-TV (FOX Ch. 56) in Lexington, Ky. and WDRB-TV (FOX Ch. 41) in Louisville, Ky.
The game can be streamed on the NFL app or the Arizona Cardinals app if you are in the area the game will normally be televised.
Cardinals at Bengals radio info
The Cardinals’ radio broadcast will air on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. Paul Calvisi and Drew Stanton will call the game.
The Spanish broadcast is on KQMR 100.3 FM. Luis Hernandez and Jose Romero will call the game.
The Bengals’ radio broadcast can be found in Cincinnati on the Bengals Radio Network, led by Cincinnati flagship stations WLW-AM (700), WCKY-AM (ESPN 1530; all sports) and WEBN-FM (102.7). Dan Hoard and Dave
Lapham will call the game.
The focus this year is maintenance for the established players and a focus on experience and evaluation for the younger players.
The NFL preseason brings mixed feelings. It is the return of NFL football games but not really. The amount of known and established players playing in games varies widely across the league.
Things have changed for the Arizona Cardinals, who play their preseason opener Friday in Cincinnati.
Because they are in their fourth season with the same system and the players largely are in their second year or beyond in the system, they can use a maintenance approach to the preseason instead of a strategy based on game reps for established players.
The Cardinals’ starting lineup is mostly filled with established veterans or players with multiple years in the system. Kyler Murray is in his fourth year and doesn’t need preseason game reps.
They don’t have to risk their starters in meaningless games and, instead, focus on practice reps and health.
Instead, the strategy is to give young players and those competing for spots on the roster for depth opportunities to prove themselves and to give them experience that will pay off should they get called into action during the season.
Young players like Marco Wilson, Zaven Collins, Rashard Lawrence and Leki Fotu can get experience and more game reps. Older players with something to prove like Dennis Gardeck or veterans competing for a roster spot or role on offense or defense like Josh Jackson.
What it means is we won’t know how the Cardinals will actually look until they take on the Chiefs in a month.
Only two players on their 90-man roster were once with the Cardinals.
The Cincinnati Bengals are the Arizona Cardinals’ first preseason opponent. Typically, opponents have a number of former Cardinals players on their roster. It is often more true with a 90-man training camp roster.
However, the Bengals, of all 90 players they have, only two spent time with the Cardinals.
One is center Lamont Gaillard. Gaillard was drafted by the Cardinals out of Georgia in the sixth round in 2020. After one season with the team, he was released last year during training camp and spent time last season with the Bengals on their practice squad.
The other is cornerback Jalen Davis. Davis spent the last two seasons with the Bengals and has played in 21 games for them.
He spent most of the 2019 season on the practice squad and appeared in two games late in the season. He also saw time on the practice squad in 2020 before joining the Bengals.
But that is it.
The Cardinals have receiver A.J. Green, linebacker Nick Vigil and offensive lineman Justin Murray who are former Bengals.
LIke the Cardinals, the Bengals will only have a couple of young expected starters playing, with veterans sitting out the preseason opener.
The Arizona Cardinals and Cincinnati Bengals face off in their preseason opener Friday night at the newly named Paycor Stadium. The Cardinals will not play hardly any of their starters in the game.
That is the plan as well for the Bengals, head coach Zac Taylor said, according to Cincinnati’s Local 12.
Starting quarterback Joe Burrow has been out all of training camp since having his appendix removed. Brandon Allen will start for Cincinnati, going against Arizona’s Trace McSorley. Jake Browning will also get work for the Bengals.
According to Bengals Wire managing editor Chris Roling, really only rookie first-round safety Dax Hill and second-year starting guard Jackson Carman will get significant playing time.
The Cardinals will also have a handful of young players who have something to prove to play like cornerback Marco Wilson and linebacker Zaven Collins.
