Arizona Cardinals

Playing for overtime not an option for Cardinals under Arians

Published Nov. 23, 2015 3:52 a.m. ET

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The Arizona Cardinals could have played it safe, sitting at their own 16-yard line in a tie game with 58 seconds left in regulation. Except safe is not coach Bruce Arians' style.

“We’re not the type to run it out and play for overtime," Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer said. "That comes from the head coach. He’s got that ‘go-for-it’ type of mentality.”

As does Palmer, who bounced back from a pair of first-half interceptions to play brilliantly in the second half of Sunday's 34-31 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals.

Palmer needed only three plays to get Arizona into position for a potential game-winning kick. He hit rookie J.J. Nelson for 19 yards before connecting with Larry Fitzgerald twice - for 20 and 18 yards - to move the Cardinals to Cincinnati's 27-yard line with 20 seconds to play.

“There was never a doubt that we wouldn’t go two minutes at the end because I trust our guys and I trust our quarterbacks and receivers to make plays, and we made the plays necessary to win the game,” Arians said.

The Bengals did provided assistance with an unsportmanslike conduct penalty for calling out Palmer's signals, setting up kicker Chandler Catanzaro for a 32-yard boot with one second remaining.

“That’s a great defense. That defense has been playing great for a long time over there," Palmer said of Cincinnati. "It wasn’t easy, but we made the plays we had to.”