GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love threw a touchdown pass to Christian Watson on his third and final series of the day and the Green Bay Packers beat the Seattle Seahawks 19-15 on Saturday in the last preseason game for both teams.
Love had his final tune-up before he begins his first full season as the Packers’ starting quarterback following the trade of four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets. He went 9 of 15 for 63 yards and had three carries for 21 yards against a Seattle defense consisting mostly of reserves.
Overall, Love went 21 of 33 for 193 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in three preseason starts for the Packers (2-1).
The Seahawks (2-1) rested quarterback Geno Smith and most of their starters on both sides of the ball.
Backup Drew Lock led Seattle’s offense for virtually the entire game, going 16 of 25 for 150 yards with an 18-yard touchdown pass to Jake Bobo, a rookie undrafted free agent from UCLA whose impressive preseason could earn him a spot on Seattle’s 53-man roster.
CHIEFS 33, BROWNS 32
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Deshaun Watson led Cleveland on back-to-back touchdown drives before Kansas City rallied late.
Watson played sparingly in the Browns’ first three preseason games, so coach Kevin Stefanski gave him the entire first quarter against Kansas City (2-1). He was 5 of 10 for 92 yards, including a 53-yard toss to Amari Cooper on a broken play.
Juan Thornhill picked off Chiefs backup Shane Buechele and returned it 34 yards for a score against his former team, then Caleb Biggers added a 27-yard interception return off Blaine Gabbert as Cleveland (1-2-1) built a 29-16 lead by halftime.
Browns kicker Cade York, whose job could be on the line after a tough preseason, gave them the lead with a 40-yard field goal with 4:23 to go. But the Chiefs quickly drove the other way, and Harrison Butker was good from 44 yards to regain the lead. York’s 43-yard try with less than a minute left was partially blocked and never had a chance.
The Browns had several injuries. Jakeem Grant Sr. was carted off with a knee injury on the opening kickoff. Defensive tackle Jordan Elliott hurt his hip and linebacker Jordan Kunaszyk injured his knee.
CARDINALS 18, VIKINGS 17
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — David Blough had a touchdown pass and a rushing score in a second-half rally as Arizona beat Minnesota.
Blough went 11 for 22 for 93 yards and no turnovers for the Cardinals (2-1). Davion Davis caught the touchdown pass from Blough, who is vying for a spot on an unsettled Cardinals depth chart with Kyler Murray still in rehab mode from a torn ACL in his right knee late last season.
Zach McCloud, who joined the team only four days ago, had three of Arizona’s six sacks of Minnesota rookie Jaren Hall.
Hall, a fifth-round draft pick out of BYU, had his most efficient performance to date in his bid to make the team behind Kirk Cousins and Nick Mullens. Hall went 16 for 27 for 178 yards, one touchdown and one interception and rushed six times for 21 yards.
The Vikings (0-3), who had more than three dozen players not in pads and watching from the sideline, had their meaningless preseason losing streak stretch to 10 straight games.
BILLS 24, BEARS 21
CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Allen warmed up for the regular season by leading a scoring drive and Buffalo beat Chicago.
Allen was 5 of 7 for 49 yards on Buffalo’s first possession. He left the game after Damien Harris’ 2-yard touchdown run ended the 72-yard drive.
Kyle Allen took over and make a strong case to win the backup quarterback job for the Bills (2-1) over Matt Barkley. Allen led the Bills on three scoring drives, including a 29-yard TD pass behind the Bears' secondary to Quintin Morris in the second quarter for a 14-3 lead.
Bears quarterback Justin Fields played three drives in his second appearance of the preseason. On the final one, he completed a 40-yard pass to wide receiver DJ Moore.
Fields went 2 of 6 for 51 yards in his longest playing stint of the preseason. He also ran for 16 yards on three carries for the Bears (1-2).
Tyson Bagent, competing with P.J. Walker for Chicago's backup quarterback job, finished 7 of 14 for 43 yards and ran four times for 23 yards.
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