THREE AND OUT
Dallas QB injured on his third play
SEATTLE — Dallas quarterback Tony Romo lasted just three plays in the Cowboys’ preseason 27-17 loss against the Seattle Seahawks Thursday after getting pulled down from behind by Cliff Avril.
Romo was forced from the pocket by a blitz from K.J. Wright. As Romo scrambled and was about to begin his slide, he was pulled down by Avril chasing in pursuit.
Romo immediately grabbed at his back and was tended to by trainers for a few minutes before popping up and walking off the field without any assistance.
Turned out it was all just a scare. Romo walked off the field without assistance, threw passes on the sideline and lobbied for a return to the game. Dallas coach Jason Garrett opted to play it safe and Romo donned a baseball hat as a spectator the rest of the night.
“I was just in shock and had my mind on just, ‘C’mon, Tony. Get up,’” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told the team’s TV broadcast.
“Said a few prayers right there in the middle on the spot. Really just couldn’t imagine getting that hand dealt to us. We’re pleased that it’s in good shape. We obviously don’t need to see what Tony can do out there.”
Dak Prescott took over and Jones said Romo was upset with the decision not to let him go back in.
“We don’t think it’s a serious thing, and we just felt better
keeping him out,” Garrett said.
Prescott continued his impressive preseason by throwing for 116 yards and a touchdown.
Dallas rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott ran for 48 yards on seven carries in his debut this preseason. DOLPHINS 17, FALCONS
6: In Orlando, Fla., running back Arian Foster had a 2-yard touchdown run in Miami’s win over Atlanta on Thursday night.
Foster, who joined the Dolphins during the offseason and is coming off an Achilles injury, had his most extensive playing time with his new team in the third preseason game that was played at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.
The four-time Pro Bowl running back played in just one series in the first half, but he made the most of the limited opportunities by sparking the Dolphins to their lone touchdown drive of the half with five carries for 10 yards, capped by his 2-yard scoring run early in the second quarter.
The Dolphins are taking a cautious approach with Foster, who hasn’t played a full season since 2012 with Houston. The former Texans star didn’t play in the Dolphins’ preseason opener and had just two carries for minus-5 yards last week against Dallas.
Foster didn’t get a lot more work, but he did enough in the seven touches he received to make the Dolphins’ running back competition interesting. Ajayi carried seven times for 11 yards and caught two passes for 12 yards.
Foster had two receptions for 20 yards, which included a 16-yard catch that moved the Dolphins into scoring position at the Falcons 22.
Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill didn’t put his team in many scoring positions, but he did move the ball effectively.
He completed 20 of 29 passes for 155 yards while leading the Dolphins to a score in one of two red zone opportunities.
The Falcons couldn’t get much going and wide receiver Julio Jones left in the second quarter with an ankle injury.
CHARGERS: A day after the Chargers took their contract dispute with rookie defensive end Joey Bosa public, San Diego coach Mike McCoy had nice things to say about the former Ohio State star.
“I think everybody understands the business side to this,” McCoy said Thursday. “But we all understand the type of player Joey is. He loves the game; he plays with passion. So I’m sure he is going crazy being back home and not with his teammates. We all want him here.”
“Once he walks in the door, he is one of us,” McCoy added. “That is how we are going to approach it.”
Bosa, the only first-rounder who has not signed with his team, has missed all of training camp as his agents and the team wrangle over how much of his $17 million signing bonus he’ll get up front, as well as offset language in case he gets cut. VIKINGS: Minnesota has sold out its new stadium for the inaugural season.
The team announced Thursday that it has started waiting lists for tickets and suites. The official capacity at U.S. Bank Stadium will be 66,655, with more than 60,400 seats committed for the entire season and the remaining single-game seats also sold out.
LAS VEGAS: Backers of a proposed NFL stadium said they’ve whittled their list to two sites just west of the Las Vegas Strip and refuse to accept anything less than $750 million in public funding toward the project, which they hope will soon be home to the Raiders.
Representatives from Majestic Realty and the Las Vegas Sands casino company updated an oversight committee Thursday on their quest to build a 65,000-seat domed stadium. They lamented that the price tag rises on a daily basis and is now $1.9 billion, and said they’d walk away from the project if state lawmakers don’t meet their minimum financial demand.
The Raiders have made little progress securing a new stadium in the Oakland area and have committed to lining up $500 million toward building a new one in Las Vegas.
Stadium supporters, who presented a long site list earlier this summer, said Thursday that they’ve zeroed in on two land parcels south of the Mandalay Bay hotel complex. They’ve signed a preliminary agreement for their top candidate — a 62-acre plot just west of Interstate 15 — but also cited a secondary, 100-acre option at the Bali Hai Golf Club between the interstate and the Las Vegas Strip.
TRADE: The Cleveland Browns have traded disappointing linebacker Barkevious Mingo to the New England Patriots in exchange for a 2017 fifth-round pick.