Reserves lift Redskins late; Bengals starters sharp early

NFL EXHIBITION REDSKINS 23, BENGALS 17

LANDOVER, Md. — Andy Dalton and the Cincinnati Bengals’ starters shrugged off a rough start to the preseason to finish exactly the way they wanted.

Dalton was 8 of 13 for 70 yards and Cincinnati’s firstteam offense and defense looked sharp against Washington on Sunday as the Redskins won 23-17 on the strength of their backups. A.J. Green had four catches for 43 yards, Jeremy Hill ran for 15 yards and the Bengals regulars’ first exhibition touchdown before his day was cut short with an ankle injury.

“We just executed,” Green said. “Once we’re clicking on all cylinders and everybody getting their touches, we can be a dangerous offense.”

And a dangerous defense, too.

Linebacker Vontaze Burfict intercepted Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins’ pass and returned it for a touchdown, stiff-arming the quarterback at the end zone and jumping into the stands, before leaving with a back injury. Chris Smith and rookies Jordan Willis and Carl Lawson each sacked Cousins as defensive coordinator Paul Guenther seems to have the edge rushers he was looking for.

It was the opposite for Cousins and the Redskins’ starters, who ended their preseason with nine threeand-outs on 15 possessions. Washington went three-andout three times on Sunday as Cousins was 10 of 19 for 109

yards and an interception, which he called “entirely” his fault. Cincinnati ............ 7 7 3 0 — 17 Washington .......... 3 10 0 10 — 23 First Quarter Cin—Hill 3 run (Bullock kick), 3:45. Was—FG D.Hopkins 51, :26. Second Quarter Cin—Burfict 62 interception return (Elliott kick), 11:18. Was—Kelley 1 run (D.Hopkins kick), 5:10. Was—FG D.Hopkins 44, :58. Third Quarter Cin—FG Bullock 53, 10:53. Fourth Quarter Was—Carrier 9 pass from McCoy (D.Hopkins kick), 14:55. Was—FG D.Hopkins 26, 3:41. Attendance—52,016. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Cincinnati, Mixon 8-31, Driskel 4-29, J.Williams 10-26, Bernard 4-25, Hill 5-15, Ross 1-8, Dalton 3-7, Carson 1-4, Huber 1-(minus 8). Washington, Kelley 10-57, M.Brown 3-13, C.Thompson 3-9, Cousins 1-8, M.Jones 2-5, Perine 5-5, McCoy 1-(minus 1). PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 8-13-0-70, McCarron 7-13-1-82, Driskel 2-3-0-33. Washington, Cousins 10-19-1-109, McCoy 8-11-0-76. RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Green 4-43, Erickson 3-51, J.Williams 2-19, LaFell 2-13, Whitfield 1-30, Boyd 1-12, Mixon 1-6, Laufasa 1-5, Ce.Carter 1-4, Kroft 1-2. Washington, Hazel 2-25, Crowder 2-24, Carrier 2-22, V.Davis 2-21, B.Quick 2-19, Reed 2-12, M.Jones 2-10, C.Thompson 1-27, Pryor 1-17, Paul 1-5, Kelley 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cincinnati, Elliott 45. BEARS 19, TITANS 7

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Mike Glennon capped an opening 96-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown pass to Dion Sims as the Chicago Bears beat the Tennessee Titans.

Glennon completed 11 of 18 passes for 134 yards passing despite losing starting wide receiver Cameron Meredith late in the first quarter. Meredith was carted off with a suspected left ACL injury, which Bears Coach John Fox said must be checked by an MRI exam first.

Mitchell Trubisky, the second overall pick out of North Carolina, opened the third quarter with the Bears’ starters. But Trubisky threw two incompletions as the Bears (2-1) went three-and-out.

The Titans (1-2) had issues on offense, defense and special teams. The Bears could have led 14-0 if Adam Shaheen controlled the ball before going out of bounds after Roy Robertson-Harris blocked a punt into the end zone early in the second quarter. Chicago ............... 7 5 0 7 — 19 Tennessee ........... 0 0 0 7 — 7 First Quarter Chi—Di.Sims 1 pass from Glennon (Barth kick), 3:21. Second Quarter Chi—safety, 10:24. Chi—FG Barth 41, :24.

Fourth Quarter Ten—Henry 3 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), 14:56. Chi—Gentry 45 pass from Trubisky (Aguayo kick), 10:37. Attendance—61,868. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Chicago, Jo.Howard 12-45, Langford 5-18, Rounds 5-11, Trubisky 1-9, B.Cunningham 2-7, Cohen 1-5, Stevenson 1-2, Shaw 1-(minus 1).

Tennessee, Henry 9-24, Murray 6-16, Cassel 1-12, Mariota 2-12, Taylor 3-12, Fluellen 1-3.

PASSING—Chicago, Glennon 11-18-0-134, Trubisky 10-15-0-128, Shaw 2-3-0-22. Tennessee, Mariota 1221-0-193, Cassel 4-7-0-62, Tanney 4-6-0-60.

RECEIVING—Chicago, T.Davis 3-38, Wright 3-35, Meredith 2-44, White 2-30, Pruitt 2-22, Langford 2-19, Di.Sims 2-8, Da.Brown 2-6, Gentry 1-45, Thompson 1-14, Miller 1-9, Cruz 1-8, Shaheen 1-6. Tennessee, Matthews 3-54, Fluellen 3-44, Henry 3-29, Jennings 2-35, McBride 2-28, Krause 2-27, Taylor 1-48, Walker 1-27, Mabon 1-16, Sharpe 1-10, Murray 1-(minus 3).

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Tennessee, Succop 40. VIKINGS 32, 49ERS 31

MINNEAPOLIS — Brian Hoyer passed for 176 yards and two touchdowns in the first half before the Minnesota Vikings rallied for a victory over the 49ers on Sunday night.

Sam Bradford and the Minnesota starters failed to reach the end zone, though Bradford was sharp when given time to throw. Jerick McKinnon scored on a 108-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, boosting his bid to take over that role.

Hoyer found Marquise Goodwin wide open for a 46-yard touchdown score and Carlos Hyde out of the backfield for a 24-yard connection, San Francisco ....... 7 7 10 7 — 31 Minnesota ........... 0 0 17 15 — 32 First Quarter SF—Goodwin 46 pass from Hoyer (Gould kick), 10:30. Second Quarter SF—Hyde 24 pass from Hoyer (Gould kick), 14:55. Third Quarter Min—FG Koehn 58, 10:59. SF—FG Rose 55, 5:32. Min—Adams 9 pass from Keenum (Koehn kick), 1:43. SF—Mostert 87 pass from Beathard (Rose kick), :49. Min—McKinnon 108 kickoff return (Koehn kick), :37. Fourth Quarter SF—Mostert 4 run (Gould kick), 7:48. Min—K.Carter 16 pass from Keenum (Koehn kick), 6:09. Min—Newby 1 run (Heinicke run), :00. Attendance—66,551. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—San Francisco, Breida 7-29, Mostert 4-26, Hyde 7-19, J.Williams 7-16, Beathard 1-1. Minnesota, McKinnon 7-27, Cook 5-17, Murray 2-6, Newby 1-1, Thielen 1-(minus 1). PASSING—San Francisco, Hoyer 12-17-0-176, Beathard 7-13-1-159, Barkley 2-2-0-19. Minnesota, Bradford 17-21-0-134, Keenum 10-14-0-139, Heinicke 8-12-0-73. RECEIVING—San Francisco, Garcon 6-64, Hyde 3-45, Taylor 3-36, Mostert 2-104, Goodwin 1-46, Juszczyk 1-16, Murphy 1-13, J.Williams 1-11, Bourne 1-8, McCloskey 1-6, Breida 1-5. Minnesota, Thielen 5-50, Coley 4-76, McKinnon 4-31, Treadwell 3-36, Adams 3-35, Ca.Jones 3-26, Murray 2-10, Diggs 2-6, K.Carter 1-16, Fruechte 1-13, Hodges 1-13, M.Floyd 1-10, Morgan 1-9, Truesdell 1-8, Ham 1-7, Newby 1-5, Cook 1-(minus 5). MISSED FIELD GOALS—Minnesota, Koehn 47.