Preseason Week Three Wrap-Up

Miami showed some signs that they could be a franchise in recovery, with Ted Ginn Jr. finally exposing some of his potential, but there is simply no chance they'll be a team of any significance this season. And against Kansas City, a team equally as unimportant, who really cares about the outcome of this game...MIAMI 24, KANSAS CITY 0.

Jacksonville isn't anyone's sleeper pick, but they've been solid the whole preseason. Tampa Bay has not been solid. Neither one of these teams are convincing anyone that they'll be in the playoffs, but the former has a fairly easy schedule, so they could reasonably get to 10 wins.

Garrard wasn't bad and neither was Garcia, otherwise, a fairly unremarkable game...JACKSONVILLE 23, TAMPA BAY 17.

Carson Palmer is hurt. Chad Johnson is hurt. T.J. Houshmandzadeh is hurt. The offensive line is straight-up terrible. The secondary is talented, but untested. Cincinnati is headed for a collapse, and their preseason performance, particularly in this game against New Orleans, proves it.

Things could get ugly. New Orleans wasn't spectacular, but they got the job done...NEW ORLEANS 17, CINCINNATI 0.

Minnesota is my sleeper pick for the NFC. I think they can go toe-to-toe with every other team in the conference and win. We'll get a chance to see that during the season, but in the preseason, it's not clear that is panning out.

Jackson needs to stay healthy and so does Peterson. Pittsburgh's defense played brilliantly. Otherwise, no big stories...PITTSBURGH 12, MINNEOSTA 10.

Arizona will be good this season. Their preseason games kinda give that away, if you can judge teams by the preseason. Oakland will be bad this season. Note to Ken Whisenhut: Matt Leinart is not ready for the NFL...ARIZONA 24, OAKLAND 0.

St. Louis and Baltimore. What did I write about Miami and Kansas City again?...ST. LOUIS 24, BALTIMORE 10.

I really don't know what to think of Buffalo, and the Indianapolis game didn't help. They should have won, because Manning didn't play, and they did, but what does that tell us?

J.P. Losman looked good, but his stats were padded when Indianapolis pulled some of their first-team defense at the end of the first quarter. On the other hand, I think Indianapolis fans have a founded worry about Peyton Manning. He can't play at all?...BUFFALO 20, INDIANAPOLIS 7.

San Diego and Seattle were both lukewarm in their prime-time game. Neither first teams stayed in the game very long. Both are supposed to be playoff contenders, but they certainly have not appeared as such so far this pre-season. By the way, how good is the San Diego defense without Shawn Merriman?...SAN DIEGO 18, SEATTLE 17.

STAT OF THE WEEK

The winning teams of preseason Week Three scored a total 374 points, the lowest aggregate total for a preseason week since Week Two of 2004.

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