Found December 19, 2011 on Cardinals Locker:
The Cleveland Browns made the mistake of punting the ball to Patrick Peterson in O.T.  He returned the ball 32 yards to set up the offense with good starting field position.  John Skelton then hit a wide open Larry Fitzgerald to set up Jay Feely for a game winning 22-yard field goal.  John Skelton was effective yesterday as he completed 28 of 46 passes for 313 yards with 1 TD pass and 1 INT.  He also carried the ball 2 times for 7 yards (3.5 ypc).  Beanie Wells led the way on the ground for the Cardinals in this game with 51 yards rushing on 15 carries (3.4 ypc) with 1 TD run.  TE Todd Heap (7 rec, 69 yards), WR Larry Fitzgerald (3 rec, 65 yards) and WR Andre Roberts (6 rec, 60 yards, TD) led the way in the passing game for the Cardinals today.  The Cardinals finished up with 74 yards rushing on 24 carries (3.1 ypc) and they also completed 28 of 46 passes for 289 yards as they had possession of the ball for 32:42. The defense really picked things up in the 4th quarter and O.T. perio...
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