The Arizona Cardinals lost their preseason game on Saturday 21-13 to the Indianapolis Colts. They had a halftime lead and then allowed two second-half touchdowns.
There were some good performances from a few players, earning them stud stats for the game.
A few players were underwhelming and can be classified as duds from the game.
There were three in particular.
QB Desmond Ridder
He was disappointing for the second straight week. He finished the game 6-for-10 passing for 71 yards. However, three of those completions and 32 of those yards came in the final seconds of the game when the Colts were simply protecting deep down the field.
He led the Cardinals to a field goal in the first possession of the second half but then had two straight three-and-outs.
Second-year QB Clayton Tune looked much better.
OL Christian Jones
Jones struggled in the first half. He had three consecutive holding penalties at one point and then was flagged for a fourth that was declined. He bounced back, something that head coach Jonathan Gannon was glad to see, but that was rough.
OL Dennis Daley
Daley bungled the final play. The Cardinals had only 27 seconds to try and score a touchdown and two-point conversion to tie the game. After three completions to get them in at least within Hail Mary range, the Cardinals lined up to spike the ball to stop the clock because they had no timeouts with only five seconds remaining.
Receiver Xavier Weaver did his part running the ball after his catch to the line of scrimmage and everyone lined up quickly, but Daley flinched, getting called for a false start that, because they had not timeouts, led to a 10-second runoff of the clock, which meant the game was over.
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