GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: ARIZONA (3-3) at WASHINGTON (3-2)

NFL: ARIZONA (3-3) at WASHINGTON (3-2)

<h3>Down to third-string QB, Cardinals to take on Redskins</h3>



Arizona (3-3) at Washington (3-2) Sunday 1:00 pm EDT

LANDOVER, Maryland (Ticker) -- Two weeks ago, the ArizonaCardinals had a dilemma as to who to start at quarterback. Nowthey just face a dilemma.


With Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner suffering injuries insuccessive weeks, the Cardinals will be forced to start TimRattay when they travel cross country to meet the WashingtonRedskins on Sunday.


Rattay, who was signed on October 9 in the wake of aseason-ending injury to Leinart, was pressed into service Sundaywhen Warner suffered a torn ligament in his non-throwing elbow.

As expected, Rattay struggled in the 25-10 home loss to theCarolina Panthers, completing 12-of-24 passes for 159 yards andthree interceptions.


Still, Arizona managed to hang tough until the Panthers scored16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter behind 43-year-oldVinny Testaverde.


Rattay should get a boost from wide receiver Anquan Boldin, whois expected to return after missing three games with a hipinjury.


Fellow wideout Larry Fitzgerald has flourished in Boldin'sabsence, hauling in 25 receptions for 353 yards and a touchdownin the three games. He leads the NFC with 40 catches and 545yards.


The Redskins likely will see a heavy dose of running backEdgerrin James, who is second in the NFC in rushing with 522yards and has scored four touchdowns.


Washington is coming off a frustrating 17-14 defeat at GreenBay. The game-turning play came when Packers cornerback CharlesWoodson returned a fumble by Santana Moss 57 yards for thego-ahead touchdown late in the third quarter.


"We lost a major opportunity," Redskins quarterback JasonCampbell said. "We had all the opportunities to win the gameand we didn't make the plays."


Campbell completed 21-of-37 passes for 217 yards with onetouchdown and one interception, but was hurt by at least sixdropped passes. Tight end Chris Cooley was his top target withnine receptions for 101 yards, including a touchdown.

Washington, which had held four of its five opponents to 17points or fewer, needs to get its ground game going.

Clinton Portis scored a touchdown in each of his first threegames but has yet to crack 100 yards this season. He rushed forjust 64 yards on 20 carries against the Packers.


Safety Sean Taylor has at least one interception in his lastthree games, including two last week.

 

NFL: ARIZONA at WASHINGTON

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 0 14:55 LEFT, 1ST QTR

ARI BALL ON ARI 26 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 0 12:07 LEFT, 1ST QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 32 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 0 9:51 LEFT, 1ST QTR

ARI BALL ON WAS 41 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 0 8:32 LEFT, 1ST QTR

WAS BALL ON ARI 25 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD WAS
CLINTON PORTIS 2 YD RUN
(SHAUN SUISHAM KICK)

ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 7 4:12 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 7 4:06 LEFT, 1ST QTR

ARI BALL ON ARI 25 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL END, 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ARIZONA 0 0
WASHINGTON 7 7 END, 1ST QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 2 YD RUN (SHAUN
SUISHAM KICK), 10:48. Drive: 8
plays, 25 yards in 4:20. Key plays:
Taylor 48-yard interception return
to Arizona 25; Sellers 1-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 15;
Campbell 2-yard pass to Sellers
plus 5-yard unnecessary roughness
penalty on Cardinals' Dockett on
3rd-and-6 to Arizona 4. WASHINGTON
7-0</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 7 14:48 LEFT, 2ND QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 21 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 7 13:17 LEFT, 2ND QTR

ARI BALL ON ARI 37 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 7 11:47 LEFT, 2ND QTR

WAS BALL ON WAS 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 7 7:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR

ARI BALL ON ARI 13 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD WAS
LONDON FLETCHER-BAKER 27 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN
(SHAUN SUISHAM KICK)

ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 14 7:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 14 6:55 LEFT, 2ND QTR

ARI BALL ON ARI 14 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 1ST HALF

ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 14

WAS BALL ON WAS 48 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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ARIZONA 0
WASHINGTON 14 1:46 LEFT, 2ND QTR

ARI BALL ON WAS 23 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL TD ARI
ANQUAN BOLDIN 2 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER
(PAT BLOCKED)

ARIZONA 6
WASHINGTON 14 0:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ARIZONA 0 6 6
WASHINGTON 7 7 14 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WAS - TD, CLINTON PORTIS 2 YD RUN (SHAUN
SUISHAM KICK), 10:48. Drive: 8
plays, 25 yards in 4:20. Key plays:
Taylor 48-yard interception return
to Arizona 25; Sellers 1-yard run
on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 15;
Campbell 2-yard pass to Sellers
plus 5-yard unnecessary roughness
penalty on Cardinals' Dockett on
3rd-and-6 to Arizona 4. WASHINGTON
7-0
2ND QUARTER: WAS - TD, LONDON FLETCHER-BAKER 27 YD
INTERCEPTION RETURN (SHAUN SUISHAM
KICK), 8:00. WASHINGTON 14-0
ARI - TD, ANQUAN BOLDIN 2 YD PASS FROM KURT
WARNER (PAT BLOCKED), 15:00.
WASHINGTON 14-6</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
ARIZONA 0 6 6
WASHINGTON 7 7 14 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

10:48 WAS - TD, C Portis 2 Yd Run (S Suisham Kick).
Drive: 8 plays, 25 yards in 4:20.
Key plays: Taylor 48-yard interception return to Arizona 25; Sellers
1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Arizona 15; Campbell 2-yard pass to Sellers
plus 5-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Cardinals' Dockett on
3rd-and-6 to Arizona 4. Washington 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

8:00 WAS - TD, L Fletcher-Baker 27 Yd Interception Return (S Suisham Kick).
Washington 14-0.
15:00 ARI - TD, A Boldin 2 Yd Pass From K Warner (Pat Blocked).
Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards in 1:46.
Key plays: Pace 14-yard interception return to Washington 23.
Washington 14-6.

Arizona - Washington End 2nd Qtr Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS Arizona Washington

FIRST DOWNS 7 5
Rushing 2 2
Passing 4 2
Penalty 1 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-7-29% 2-6-33%
TOTAL NET YARDS 119 82
Total offensive plays 36 23
Average gain per play 3.3 3.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 48 34
Rushing attempts 16 12
Average gain per rush 3.0 2.8
NET YARDS PASSING 71 48
Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0
Gross passing yards 71 48
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 20-14-2 11-7-1
Avg gain per pass play 3.6 4.4
PUNTS: Number and Average 3-42.3 3-22.0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 5-45 3-20
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-0 0-0
TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
Rushing 0 1
Passing 1 0
Interceptions 0 1
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 0-0 2-2
Kicking: Made-Attempts 0-0 2-2
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 17:55 12:05


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Arizona Washington

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
E JAMES 15 48 3.2 16 0 C PORTIS 8 22 2.8 4 1
K WARNER 1 0 0.0 0 0 M SELLERS 3 10 3.3 9 0
L BETTS 1 2 2.0 2 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
K WARNER 14-20- 71 2 1 16 J CAMPBELL 7-11- 48 1 0 17

Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: None

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A BOLDIN 7 19 2.7 6 1 A RANDLE E 2 28 14.0 17 0
L FITZGERA 2 21 10.5 16 0 S MOSS 2 8 4.0 6 0
J ARRINGTO 2 7 3.5 5 0 M SELLERS 2 3 1.5 2 0
J URBAN 1 12 12.0 12 0 C PORTIS 1 9 9.0 9 0
M SHIPP 1 7 7.0 7 0
B JOHNSON 1 5 5.0 5 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
N RACKERS 0/1 0/0 S SUISHAM 2/2 0/0</div>

 

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ARIZONA 6
WASHINGTON 14 14:51 LEFT, 3RD QTR

WAS BALL ON ARI 21 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>