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Just a few plays later, however, a fumble by wide receiver Anthony Gould, forced by Cardinals’ cornerback Kei’Trel Clark, put the ball back in Arizona’s hands as the first quarter came to an end.
The Cardinals quickly worked their way into the redzone as the second quarter began, but three straight offensive holding calls and an incomplete pass kept pushing the first-down marker back and Arizona’s first points of the game came on a 40-yard field goal. The 10-play, 23-yard drive took four minutes and 43 seconds.
The two teams traded possessions for the next eight minutes, until the Cardinals went on a five-yard, 41-yard drive to score their first touchdown of the game and take 10-7 lead. On the previous drive, an offensive holding penalty pushed the Colts back to their own nine-yard line and a pass from quarterback Jason Bean to Montgomery was intercepted right in front of the Colts sideline. The momentum shifted over to Arizona, and Tune marched his offense down the field accordingly.
Arizona held the lead, and momentum, going into halftime.
Bean wasn’t going to let them keep it, however, and promptly led a 10-play, 75-yard scoring drive on the Colts’ first possession of the second half. Bean connected with wide receiver Laquon Treadwell three times on the drive and worked in tandem with running back Zavier Scott on rushing plays. Scott rushed 10 yards for a first down early in the drive, and he was the one to carry the ball into the endzone for the touchdown and put the Colts back on top.
