Saints’ QB Showdown Heats Up as Rookie Tyler Shough Faces Early Struggles in Preseason Blitz

If Rattler did lead that race before Saturday, Shough probably didn’t do enough to catch him. He mostly struggled in a 28-19 loss against the Denver Broncos, though he finished his day with a good drive that ended in a touchdown.AdvertisementIndianapolis Colts 41, Cincinnati Bengals 14: Neither team played starters. Perhaps that’s a reason the Colts decided on Daniel Jones as their starting quarterback earlier in the week, ending the competition. With that settled, third-stringer Riley Leonard got the start at quarterback for Indianapolis. Leonard had 189 yards and a touchdown.Advertisement

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Standout player: Browns QB Dillon Gabriel

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Final thoughts

The Broncos were one of the few teams to use starters in the preseason finale. And one thing that is clear is Bo Nix will feed Courtland Sutton plenty this season.The Broncos starters didn’t play great in the preseason opener, and didn’t play at all in the second game, so it was good for the first team to have a positive outing on Saturday. Nix was 10 of 14 for 114 yards. The Broncos have displayed plenty of quality depth during a 3-0 preseason and look like a team that could make it back to the playoffs after breaking their postseason drought last season.

Houston Texans 26, Detroit Lions 7: The Lions have been giving linebacker Grant Stuard a chance to return kickoffs in the preseason and he has been pretty good at it. He had a 28-yard average on four kickoff returns this preseason going into Saturday’s game, then had a 44-yard return to start the game against the Texans.

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