The New England Patriots opened the preseason with a hard-fought 27-25 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday night.
Quarterback Tom Brady tossed two touchdowns in his return to the field (both to tight end Chris Baker), while rookie Julian Edelman returned a punt 75 yards for another score and the Patriots topped the host Eagles in both team's exhibition opener at Lincoln Financial Field.
Brady finished 10 of 15 for 100 yards with the two touchdowns and one interception.
Sammy Morris led the team with 12 carries for 54 yards. Edelman topped the team with five receptions for 37 yards. Jerod Mayo registered a team-high 5 tackles.
The Eagles top performer was first year player Eldra Buckey rushing for 23 yards and a touchdown, Buckley also caught six passes for 56 yards and another touchdown in a losing effort.
Donovan McNabb was out of the game when Eldra Buckley scored rushing and receiving touchdowns in the third quarter for the Eagles, cutting the Patriots' lead to 24-22 at the end of the quarter. With 57 seconds left in the game, David Akers missed a 43-yard field-goal attempt that could have won it for the Eagles.
McNabb went 11-for-18 for 103 yards, the Eagles second-round draft pick LeSean McCoy rushed for 55 yards on 10 carries and their first round pick Jeremy Maclin caught two passes for 44 yards.
Other scores:
Steelers 20, Cardinals 10: At Pittsburgh, Isaac Redman, an undrafted rookie from Bowie State playing long after the starters for both Super Bowl teams left the field, scored twice in the fourth quarter and the Steelers beat Arizona.
Neither team scored a touchdown until rookie Joe Burnett intercepted a pass by third-teamer Brian St. Pierre, a former Steelers backup, and returned it to the Arizona 3 to end the third quarter. Redman scored on the next play, and scored on a 5-yard run about 7 minutes later to end an 80-yard drive led by No. 3 quarterback Dennis Dixon.
Ravens 23, Redskins 0: At Baltimore, Joe Flacco led the Ravens to field goals on his only two series, Troy Smith threw a touchdown pass, and Baltimore beat Washington.
15 players caught passes for Baltimore, eight of them wideouts. Justin Harper led the charge with four catches for 57 yards and a touchdown.
Flacco was 9 for 15 for 103 yards and Smith completed 14 of 30 passes for 200 yards.
Raiders 31, Cowboys 10: At Oakland, Calif., Dallas’ Tony Romo threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten to cap a brief but successful night before Oakland rallied for a victory.
Bruce Gradkowski led three touchdown drives against mostly backups on Dallas’ defense, throwing a 3-yard TD pass to Tony Stewart in the second quarter. Louis Rankin and Gary Russell added short TD runs in the third.
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