INDIANAPOLIS _ Neither Chris Carter or Marcus Hardison knew that Thursday night’s winning play had been fumbled.
And Carter caused it and Hardison recovered it.
But once Hardison saw it, that ball laying on the ground at the Colts 34 was all his in a 6-6 game with 3:54 left. Less than a minute later rookie Tom Obarski kicked a 28-yard field to give the Bengals the pre-season finale, 9-6.
“No overtime, no overtime,” said Hardison, the rookie tackle, of what his thoughts were. “I was on contain . .