SEATTLE – Chandler Catanzaro has been the punching bag all season.
This time he was the boxer, and couldn’t help but flex after the knockout blow.
The Cardinals’ kicker was the target of fan vitriol after several critical misses earlier in the year, but he flipped the script on Saturday night, connecting on a 43-yarder as time expired to give his team a 34-31 upset victory over the Seahawks.
“That,” he said afterward, “is where the ball is supposed to go.”
Catanzaro rushed onto the field in the game’s waning seconds and had to hurry through his pre-kick routine with the Cardinals out of timeouts.