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"It's great to be back and play on this grass again in front of our fans and in our stadium," Palmer said. "It's been a long time coming. It's been a lot of days since I saw this day in the future."
Cardinals: " I told him to get in shape because he's never been caught before," Arians said about Ellington being caught from behind on his big play, "and he agreed."
Arizona's Tyrann Mathieu intercepted Alex Smith's pass on the Chiefs' first possession to set up a field goal to put Arizona up 10-0. The Kansas City reserves scored the next 31 points.
They excelled in the first preseason game, too.
In his first game since tearing an ACL last Nov. 9, Palmer was 4 for 4 for 77 yards, directing a seven-play, 80-yard touchdown drive to start the game before sitting down for the night. Palmer, who said he never took a single hit, threw over the middle to Andre Ellington on a 57-play to highlight the seven-play, 80-yard drive.
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Chandler Catanzaro's 52-yard field goal try early in the fourth quarter was deflected by the outstretched hand of 6-foot-7 rookie David Irving.
EMOTIONAL RETURN
Smith completed 6 of 10 for 42 yards.
On Kansas City's first possession, Smith was under pressure when he threw the pass intended for open Jason Avant. The pass was well behind the intended receiver and Mathieu, who was slowed noticeably last season after coming off knee surgery, easily picked it off.
Smith said he had a defender "screaming in my face" and he sailed the ball behind the receiver.
Asked what he learned about his young players, Arizona said "Some can't tackle."
Sarah Thomas became the first female official to work an NFL game and Jen Welter, a Cardinals intern, is the league's first female coach of any kind.
Cardinals: Logan Thomas, trying to hold off rookie Phillip Sims for the No. 3 quarterback spot,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, completed 9 of 15 for 107 yards. He was intercepted once but the ball bounced out of the hands of rookie Gerald Christian,Cheap Jerseys, "Mr. Irrelevant" as the final player chosen in this year's draft. Sims, playing most of the fourth quarter, was 3-for-12 for 49 yards, including a 1-yarder to Travis Harvey with 29 seconds to play.
Berry completed treatment in May and was declared cancer-free a month later.
Daniel was 17 for 29 for 189 yards in two quarters of play.
Nine months after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, Chiefs safety Eric Berry made a triumphant, emotional. return. On the field before the game, on the field,Wholesale Jerseys, he gave his mother a big hug. Just before kickoff,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, he got a hug from Arizona cornerback Patrick Peterson.
Palmer was flawless in a brief appearance, Daniel threw for three touchdowns and the Chiefs beat the Cardinals 34-19 on Saturday night.
The Cardinals held cornerback Jerraud Powers out of the game with an oblique injury.
Starting right guard Jeff Allen was carted into the locker room with a knee sprain. A short time later,Wholesale NHL Jerseys, backup RB Knile Davis (knee) and WR De'Anthony Thomas (calf) left the contest.
"It was great being back out here," Berry said. "Just the smell of the grass, the crowd, the food. I was just taking everything in. ... And having my mom on the sideline, that was just great. She was there from day one. We went through a lot."
Three Kansas City players left the game in the first half with injuries and did not return.
So did Kansas City backup quarterback Chase Daniel.
MILESOTES
On the big play, Palmer found Ellington through a tight window. Ellington, who nursed a foot injury most of last season and has missed most of training camp with a hamstring injury, scored on a 2-yard run on third-and-goal.
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The Cardinals put a pre-game message up on the big screen that said "Welcome Back Eric Berry!"
Chiefs: In the second quarter, Daniel was 13 of 16 for 145 yards and two touchdowns. Murray threw one pass, and it was incomplete.
Two women set NFL milestones at kickoff.
Arizona rookie Rodney Gunter tackled quarterback Aaron Murray from the blind side for a safety.
"The ones could have been sharper. ... The twos and threes played tremendous and they moved the ball," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. "Chase did a nice job with that group."
Arizona coach Bruce Arians said he was "very, very pleased with the way our starters came out,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, displeased with our young guys."
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carson Palmer and Tyrann Mathieu have been probably the most impressive players in the Arizona Cardinals' training camp.
"Luckily, the quarterback threw the ball right to me so I didn't really have to break and get a good route to the receiver," Mathieu said. "He kind of just threw it right to me." |
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