GLENDALE, Ariz. — Less than three hours before Sunday’s kickoff, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer streaked across the field at University of Phoenix Stadium practically in his birthday suit. Wearing a makeshift bikini top and hula skirt over gray bicycle shorts, Palmer was making good on a bet he had lost to three teammates in a weekly postpractice throwing game. The pregame sprint was a prelude to a blissful 36th birthday for Palmer, who led the Cardinals to a 38-8 defeat of the Green Bay Packers.
Palmer, whose future last December was shaky as he recuperated from a second operation on the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, continued his ageless season.