GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 The Arizona Cardinals responded the way coach Jonathan Gannon hoped they would following two blowout losses, putting themselves in position to pick up a rare win.<\/p>\n
They found yet another way to lose instead.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals rallied for a tying field goal at the end of regulation, but Cam Little kicked a 52-yard field goal in overtime for Jacksonville and Arizona turned the ball over on downs in Sunday\u2019s 27-24 loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cLove the fight, love the resilience, we did some good things,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cBut there\u2019s no silver lining in losing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arizona (3-8) had labored since two season-opening wins and seemed to regress the previous two weeks, losing to Seattle and San Francisco by a combined 41 points.<\/p>\n
Gannon expected the Cardinals to bounce back against the Jaguars (7-4) and they did with a solid all-around game.<\/p>\n
The defense forced four turnovers \u2014 one returned for a touchdown \u2014 and kept Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence in check much of the afternoon.<\/p>\n
Jacoby Brissett threw for 317 yards with a touchdown and Michael Wilson had his second straight strong game with Marvin Harrison out, catching 10 passes for 118 yards.<\/p>\n
But the Cardinals weren\u2019t quite good enough in the biggest moments, losing for the eighth time in nine games.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to find a way to finish,\u201d said Brissett, who completed 33 of 49 passes. \u201cThe defense gave us four turnovers and the pick-6. We\u2019ve got to find a way to finish drives with touchdowns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arizona intercepted Lawrence three times and defensive lineman Walter Nolen III had a spectacular 9-yard fumble return for a touchdown, snaring the ball one-handed while being blocked before rumbling into the end zone.<\/p>\n
Outside of Nolen\u2019s TD, the Cardinals had a hard time converting the turnovers into the points. <\/p>\n
Garrett Williams had an interception in the end zone on a pass tipped by teammate Calais Campbell just before halftime and Arizona picked Lawrence off twice more in the second half. Budda Baker and Akeem Davis-Gaither each had interceptions in Jacksonville\u2019s end, but negative plays and penalties backed the Cardinals out of field goal range both times.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to firm up, put them in the right spots and make sure we do a better job of putting points on the board,\u201d Gannon said.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals had their chances even after that.<\/p>\n
Greg Dortch turned a slant into a 39-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, but the Jaguars marched quickly down the field to go up 24-21 on Parker Washington\u2019s 9-yard TD catch.<\/p>\n
Arizona\u2019s defense came up with a huge stop, forcing a turnover on downs when the Jaguars opted to go for it on fourth-and-1 instead of trying for a field goal that would have put them up six. The Cardinals took their turn moving quickly down the field, setting up Chad Ryland\u2019s tying 29-yard field goal with 3 seconds left in regulation.<\/p>\n
Arizona reached Jacksonville\u2019s 28 on the ensuing drive, only to fail on a fourth-and-4 when Brissett tried to hit Xavier Weaver over the middle and the Jaguars broke the pass up.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were trying to win the game,\u201d Gannon said. \u201cWhen you know they\u2019re going to be in a certain coverage and have got to have it, you feel good about a one-on-one.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cardinals are doing anything they can to try winning a game. They\u2019re still trying to figure out how to get it done.<\/p>\n
___<\/p>\n
AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl<\/p>\n
John Marshall, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) \u2014 The Arizona Cardinals responded the way coach Jonathan Gannon hoped they would following two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-58227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}