By Joe Hawkes-Beamon

OAKLAND, Calif — Marion Grice hauled in a 11-yard touchdown pass from Logan Thomas with 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter as the Arizona Cardinals dropped the Oakland Raiders at O.co Coliseum, 30-23 on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

The Cardinals took a 23-15 lead earlier in the fourth quarter behind a 10-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Drew Stanton to running back Kerwynn William, before Oakland tied the game when backup quarterback Matt McGloin connected with wide receiver Kris Durham for a 4-yard touchdown.

Oakland (1-2) just couldn’t get their offense together as Sebastian Janikowski booted five first half field goals that gave the Raiders a 15-3 halftime lead.

Raiders starting quarterback Derek Carr finished 18-of-34 for 213 yards passing, but threw an interception (that Carr did a poor job in throwing the ball away) to cornerback Cariel Brooks who took it 81 yards for a touchdown that cut Oakland’s lead to 15-10 in the third quarter.

Carr and the Raiders’ first-team offense looked inconsistent and unsure of themselves while playing nine series (or the entire first half).

“As an offense we’re pretty upset right now,” Carr said. “We want to score a lot of points. We felt like we left a lot out there and we did.”

Rookie wide receiver Amari Cooper lead Oakland with four catches for 62 yards, but it was his 39-yard catch over Cardinals Pro Bowl cornerback Patrick Peterson, who had great coverage on Cooper.

Cooper and Carr had chances to put the ball in the end zone, but Oakland had to settle for a field goal.

Arizona bottled up Oakland’s ground game, limiting the Raiders to just 37 rushing yards. Trent Richardson, who is definitely on the roster bubble, led Oakland with 19 rushing yards on five carries. Slated started Latavius Murray was stuffed by the Cardinals, mustering just one yard on seven carries.

Defensively, Oakland’s first-team defense harassed and made life difficult for Cardinals quarterback, Carson Palmer led by second-year stud linebacker, Khalil Mack.

Mack tallied two of Oakland’s three sacks on Palmer, and a forced fumble (which Arizona recovered). Arizona’s offensive line didn’t have an answer for Mack, who was in Palmer’s face almost the entire first half.

Safety Nate Allen was a ball-hawk, intercepting Palmer twice as Palmer finished 8-of-22 for 103 passing yards, as Arizona’s first-team offense struggled on their first four possessions: interception, three-and-out, missed 54-yard field goal, and three-and-out.

Not only did the Silver & Black lose the game, but may have suffered a bigger loss on its offensive line when right tackle Menelik Watson ruptured his Achilles’ tendon and is expected to miss the entire season.

Watson announced the injury via his Twitter account shortly before the conclusion of the game.

“Ruptured Achilles’ tendon…I Will be back stronger than ever that’s a promise. Main thing is supporting the team right now. #RaiderNation.” – @MenelikWatson

“That’s a tough break for us,” Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio said. “It’s really unfortunate. He was having a great camp for us.”

Running back Andre Ellington led Arizona with 19 rushing yards on nine carries, while tight end Ifeanyi Momah led all Cardinals receivers with 61 yards, including the 38-yard catch from second-year quarterback Logan Thomas that would setup the go-ahead score for Arizona.

Arizona (1-2) picked up its first win of the preseason.

Both teams have some tough decisions to make in the next 24 to 48 hours as rosters must be trimmed to 75 players by Tuesday afternoon and 53 by Saturday.

Oakland and Arizona conclude their preseason on a short week on the road Thursday, with the Silver & Black playing in Seattle and Arizona wrapping up in Denver.