New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- GLENDALE - The call came on a third-down pass route, and Carson Beck threw it like he had been reading Simi Fehoko's intentions for years. The back-shoulder fade was precise enough that Fehoko barely had to adjust; he reached back, snatched it away from the Cardinals defensive back, and Beck was already pointing at the sideline, having placed the throw where only his receiver could get to it. That was not a rookie's throw. It did not look like an audition.

Beck completed 15 of 19 passes for 188 yards and one touchdown in Arizona's preseason opener Thursday, a 33-30 loss to the Carolina Panthers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton. The Cardinals fell short on a walk-off touchdown, but Beck's night was not ...