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Saturday 17 auguSt 2019
Jackson looks sharp, Rodgers sits as Ravens beat Packers

BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar yards.
Jackson directed two scor- Keenum, Haskins and long-
ing drives during a limited time backup Colt McCoy
appearance, had an im- are competing to be the
pressive touchdown run Redskins' Week 1 starter.
erased by a penalty and McCoy has yet to play in
sparked the Baltimore Ra- the preseason while he
vens to a 26-13 victory over deals with lingering pain
the Green Bay Packers, from a broken leg last year.
who played Thursday night After already passing Jeff
without quarterback Aaron Driskell on Cincinnati's
Rodgers. depth chart, Finley again
Rodgers developed back showed why he's now the
stiffness and was a late favorite to back up Andy
scratch , a move the team Dalton. The fourth-round
labeled as a "precaution." pick out of N.C. State com-
After being held out of pleted his first nine passes
Green Bay's first preseason and was 20 of 26 for 150
game against Houston, the yards with two TD passes.
seven-time Pro Bowl star The first six plays of the
was slated to start for the game featured seven flags,
first time under rookie head and the penalty parade
coach Matt LaFleur. continued all night. The
Instead, DeShone Kizer, Tim Bengals and Redskins com-
Boyle and Manny Wilkins bined for 22 penalties that
struggled against a de- added up to 195 yards.
fense that last year was RAIDERS 33, CARDINALS 26
ranked No. 1 in the NFL. GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ky-
Coming off a rookie sea- ler Murray's second out-
son in which he didn't start ing as an NFL quarterback
until mid-November, Jack- didn't go nearly as well as
son is seeking to master a his first, and the Raiders
new playbook devised by Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson looks to pass against the Green Bay Packers during moved the ball with ease
first-year coordinator Greg the first half of a NFL football preseason game, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Baltimore. on the Cardinals' top de-
Roman. Jackson started Associated Press fensive units.
and played three series Murray, the first overall pick
last week in a 29-0 rout of ing boos from the meager room and then placed in The Eagles rested tight end in this year's NFL draft who
Jacksonville. This time, the crowd. the concussion protocol. Zach Ertz, defensive tackle looked sharp in his debut
2016 Heisman Trophy win- The Jets are certainly The team already was with- Tim Jernigan, running back last Thursday against the
ner stuck around for two pleased with Darnold, out backup Nate Sudfeld, Darren Sproles, center Ja- Los Angeles Chargers, fin-
possessions, both of which who followed up a marvel- who broke his left wrist in the son Kelce, receivers De- ished 3 of 8 for 12 yards. He
ended with field goals. He ous drive in the preseason team's preseason opener Sean Jackson and Nelson also ran once for 4 yards,
completed 6 of 10 passes opener by completing 5 against Tennessee. Starter Agholor and others. and the Cardinals went
for 58 yards and ran twice of 7 passes for 46 yards. He Carson Wentz rested for The Jaguars sat 31 guys, in- three-and-out on two of his
for 14 yards. guided New York on a 66- the second straight game. cluding quarterback Nick four series.
The Ravens have won 15 yard touchdown drive to He watched from the side- Foles, cornerback Jalen Raiders backup Mike Glen-
straight preseason games, start the game, capped line in uniform, but without Ramsey, running back non completed 11 of 14
34 of the last 43 and 19 of by Ty Montgomery's 1-yard pads and a helmet. Leonard Fournette, line- passes for 175 yards and a
the last 22 at home. scoring run. Rookie Clayton Thorson, the backer Myles Jack and de- pair of touchdowns, and
JETS 22, FALCONS 10 Le'Veon Bell sat out again only other QB on the roster, fensive ends Yannick Ngak- the Oakland defense tack-
ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Ryan for the Jets. He could make played three-plus quarters oue and Calais Campbell. led Murray in the end zone
and Sam Darnold both ap- his New York debut next and completed a 38-yard BENGALS 23, REDSKINS 13 for a safety to lead the
pear ready for the regular week. touchdown pass to former LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Raiders to their second pre-
season. Follow Paul Newberry on college quarterback and Washington first-round pick season win.
Ryan looked sharp in his Twitter at www.twitter.com/ Alliance of American Foot- Dwayne Haskins made Derek Carr, the Raiders'
preseason debut for Atlan- pnewberry1963 His work ball receiver Greg Ward on strong throws and his share No. 1 quarterback, played
ta, completing nine straight can be found at https:// fourth down in the second of mistakes, and fellow one series and led a touch-
passes, and Darnold led apnews.com quarter. rookie Ryan Finley contin- down drive, going 2 for 2
New York on another scor- EAGLES 24, JAGUARS 10 Thorson beat the blitz by ued to make his case to be for 40 yards in his preseason
ing drive. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) lofting a deep ball toward Cincinnati's backup quar- debut. Carr threw 13 yards
After sitting out the first two — Philadelphia third-string the left sideline. Ward was terback. to Ryan Grant for a touch-
exhibition games, Ryan quarterback Cody Kessler a couple of steps behind Haskins threw a 55-yard down on the game's open-
played most of the first half. was knocked out of the safety C.J. Reavis, made TD pass to camp standout ing drive, and former Car-
He completed 10 of 14 team's win on the open- an acrobatic catch and Robert Davis and was 7 of dinal Glennon picked up
passes for 118 yards, a per- ing drive. Defensive end then outran two defend- 14 for 114 yards with a fum- where Carr left off.
formance that was even Datone Jones came un- ers to the end zone. It was ble. The 15th overall pick Raiders star wide receiver
more impressive consider- blocked off the edge and another big play in the past took two sacks but showed Antonio Brown came out
ing Brian Hill and Justin Har- walloped Kessler in the three weeks for the 5-foot- poise under pressure and for pregame warmups in full
dy dropped back-to-back back. 11 wideout who threw for was more effective than uniform and pads — and
passes in the back of the Kessler was escorted to 8,704 yards and account- veteran Case Keenum, a helmet — and caught
end zone that should have the sideline, evaluated for ed for 91 touchdowns in who played the first three passes. He didn't play in the
been touchdowns, spark- a head injury in the locker four years at Houston. drives and was 3 of 7 for 52 game.q