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"Michael slowed down then took off," Arians said. "The ball still ended out of bounds. It was a bad throw."
Arians said there were "some red zone things that the quarterbacks didn't see very well and didn't point out to the receivers."
On one play, Michael Floyd broke wide open deep down the field but eased up running just as Carson Palmer threw the ball.
Minter is a second-year player who, like Mathieu, played at LSU. Minter had been counted on to help ease the impact of losing Karlos Dansby and Daryl Washington. He had been sidelined since the preseason opener with a pectoral muscle injury.
But all was not awful. Fitzgerald caught three passes for 71 yards, including one of his trademark one-handed grabs. And Brown made a diving grab, horizontal to the ground, of Drew Stanton's pass for a 30-yard touchdown. Brown had four catches for 56 yards.
Mathieu and inside linebacker Kevin Minter were optimistic about being ready for Arizona's season opener against San Diego on Sept. 8.
"Dropping balls. We haven't many third-down balls that hit you in the chest, especially No. 12 (rookie John Brown). That was unusual to see him drop one down there in the red zone, which would have kept the drive alive, then we missed the field goal."
As for placing a game-winning kick in the hands of a rookie, Arians said, "Any position they're all the same. Either you can or you can't."
He was most critical of the passing game, the bread-and-butter of Arians' offense.
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Arians said he released Feely with one preseason game to go to give the veteran a chance to find another team.
Feely, quarterback Ryan Lindley and tackle Max Starks were among 13 players released by the Cardinals on Monday.
Lindley, who started four games two years ago, lost his job as the No. 3 quarterback to rookie Logan Thomas, a fourth-round draft pick out of Virginia Tech. Thomas, who will play the entire game Thursday night, was asked if he ever had doubt he would make the team.
"They were both about the same field-goal wise," Arians said. "Kickoffs obviously were a huge difference, although Jay really improved his. I just liked the strength of his (Catanzaro's) leg for a young guy. He has a very good demeanor about him."
Arians called Sunday night's 19-13 loss to Cincinnati at home "an OK game."
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