The Green Bay Packers earned their first victory of the preseason as they dominated the Cincinnati Bengals 27-13. The Tennessee Titans almost let one go at home as Arizona Cardinals threatened late in the game, but they won 32-27 and the Baltimore Ravens destroyed the Jacksonville Jaguars 48-17.
With seconds left in the game, the Cardinals, after struggling in the early parts of the game, tried coming back after holding a lead late in the fourth quarter. I holding call, however, pushed them back as they were in the red zone, killing any hopes of getting a score.
Larry Fitzgerald was on a catch-less diet early in the game as Tennessee went on 23-13 lead going into the fourth quarter. After two Cardinal touchdowns, the Titans were forced to respond, Jamie Harper scored the game-winning touchdown at the end of the quarter.
The Packers captured their first victory on the legs of Aaron Rodgers. He had two running TD's in the first quarter to give Green Bay a 14-3 lead early, a lead which they would never relinquish.
Rodgers finished with a game-high 52 rushing yards and two TD's but threw 12/22 with 154 and an interception.
The Bengals' Dalton struggled while he was running the offense, hitting less than 33 percent of his passes and throwing for just 40 yards. Cedric Benson chipped in with 48 yards of total offense.
In Baltimore, the Ravens started out hot with a 13-3 advantage and then caught compete fire putting on a show in front of the home crowd. They scored 35 points in the second half alone.
These were the Ravens stats, Torrey Smith caught 103 yards. Bobby Raine had 73 yards and a TD, LaQuan Williams had 43 yards and a TD. Tommy Streeter caught 40 yards and a TD, finally Anquan Boldin went for 39 yards and 1 TD. None of the receivers, except for Smith, who had 8 catches, caught more than three passes. So you can only imagine how fast this Ravens offense was working.
The quarterbacks had a night. Flaco performed like a regular season game going 27/36 with 266, 2 TDs and an interception. Tyrod Taylor went 7/9 with 139 yards, 2 TDs by the air, 1 on the ground and an interception. Then finally Curtis Painter had a perfect night going 3/3 with 45 yards and a TD.
For Jaguar fans wondering, Justin Blackmon had 4 catches and 72 yards, while Blaine Gabbert went 11/21 and 117 yards passing.
