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Another first-year Giant, Jameis Winston, entered in the second half and went 7-of-11 for 62 yards and a score in a game that featured four lead changes after the intermission.
Jude McAtamney drilled a 42-yard field goal with 7:13 left in the fourth quarter to give New York the lead for good. Later in the period, the Giants recovered a fumble deep in Buffalo territory and capitalized with an 8-yard touchdown pass from Tommy DeVito to Jonathan Ward to give the visitors a nine-point lead with 2:11 to play.
Buffalo's Mitchell Trubisky, making the start while reigning MVP Josh Allen rested, completed 9 of 13 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown. Mike White then came on to throw for 112 yards and two scores on 8-for-13 passing.
Vikings 20, Texans 10
JJ McCarthy made his NFL return a year after missing the 2024 season with a right knee injury, completing 4 of 7 passes for 30 yards as Minnesota opened the preseason with a victory over Houston in Minneapolis.
Sam Howell was 11-for-13 for 105 yards for the Vikings, who won their fourth straight preseason game. Howell also had a rushing score for Minnesota, which outgained the Texans 261-194.
Houston led only once in the game, as Davis Mills connected with Braxton Berrios for a 14-yard touchdown to put the Texans up 7-3 with under four minutes to go in the first quarter. Mills completed 4 of 5 passes for 50 yards as the starter.
The Vikings lost wide receiver and punt returned Rondale Moore in the second quarter. After returning a punt two yards, Moore was tackled near the sideline and remained on the ground. He was carted off the field with a leg injury, a year after missing the 2024 season with a right knee injury.
Rams 31, Cowboys 21
Third-year quarterback Stetson Bennett threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns and second-year running back Blake Corum rushed for a pair of short scores to lead host Los Angeles past Dallas in new Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer's debut.
Bennett completed 16 of 24 passes with one interception and linked up with Cody Schrader and Brennan Presley for scores in the second half, the second one pushing the Rams ahead 31-14 with 5:57 to go in the game. Bennett, a two-time national champion at Georgia, is attempting to lock down his job as the Rams' third-string quarterback for another season. He was the lone Rams quarterback to play on Saturday.
Corum finished off Los Angeles' first two drives of the game with touchdown scores from 2 and 4 yards, respectively. He finished with nine carries for 32 yards.
For the Cowboys, Joe Milton III passed for 143 yards, with one touchdown and one interception, in his Cowboys debut before suffering a bruised elbow in the fourth quarter. The second-year pro is vying to be Dak Prescott's backup this season. Will Grier replaced him for the final series.
Both teams rested their key players, including Prescott and CeeDee Lamb on the Dallas side and quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Jimmy Garoppolo for the Rams. Micah Parsons attended with his Dallas teammates after requesting a trade from the organization last week.
Lamb was in street clothes on the sideline when an official ran into him, earning the All-Pro receiver a 15-yard penalty for making contact with an official.
Steelers 31, Jaguars 25
Pittsburgh earned the victory but host Jacksonville received more of the attention with its top draft pick Travis Hunter playing both ways and kicker Cam Little booting a 70-yard field goal.
Little's kick on the last play of the first half is not the NFL record because it was in a preseason game. The mark remains with Justin Tucker, whose 66-yarder came against the host Detroit Lions in September 2021. Little was 4-for-4 on field goals and 1-for-1 on extra points on Saturday.
Hunter, the 2024 Heisman Trophy winner from Colorado and the second overall pick, caught two passes for 9 yards as a wide receiver and did not record a tackle as a cornerback.
The Steelers started Mason Rudolph at quarterback with Aaron Rodgers held out and was 9-for-10 for 84 yards with a 19-yard scoring toss to Darnell Washington. Skylar Thompson was 20-for-28 for 233 yards and touchdown passes to Max Hurleman, Trey Sermon and Ke'Shawn Williams.
Jacksonville starter Trevor Lawrence played the opening series and was 6-for-7 for 43 yards in guiding the team to a 41-yard field goal. Nick Mullens (11 of 18, 89 yards, one TD), Seth Henigan (11 of 14, 78 yards) and John Wolford (3 of 5, 63 yards) played the rest of the game.
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