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Everything’s bigger in Texas, and that includes the preseason matchup between the Lone Star State’s two NFL teams. Last year’s preseason Governor’s Cup matchup was cancelled due to Hurricane Harvey, but the clubs are making up for it this season. Not only will the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans play in Week 4 of the preseason, they will also get together during the regular year with both games taking place in Houston. This will be the first meeting at NRG Stadium since 2010.... 

We’ve seen several scheduling oddities this preseason and the Los Angeles Chargers are presented with another. Not only do the Bolts get the NFC West during the regular season, the preseason slate has three games against the division. After playing the Cardinals and Seahawks in the first two exhibition games, the Chargers end the preseason with a Week 4 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers. The two teams are also scheduled to play in Southern California in Week 4 of the regular season.... 

Arizona Cardinals rookie head coach Steve Wilks will find out sooner or later that winning in the NFL isn’t this easy. The Cards improved to 3-0 with their 27-3 victory over the Cowboys on Sunday night, and they’re forcing turnovers at an alarming rate. Arizona has produced 16 takeaways in three games. Four teams had less than that all of last season. It also helped that Cardale Jones, Taysom Hill and Cooper Rush were the opposing starting quarterbacks in those games. Next up is Chad Kelly and t... 

After last week’s debacle, the Buffalo Bills have more questions than answers at the most important position on the football field. The team was hoping No. 7 overall pick Josh Allen would show enough promise to possibly take the lead in the race for the starting gig, but his effort was far from what the Bills were expecting. In his first start at the professional level, Allen lost more yards on the five times he was sacked than he had throwing the football. The Bills will look for some clarity a... 

We haven’t yet seen what the New York Giants offense is capable of, and we’ll have to wait for the first regular season game to see if the G-Men have turned a corner under new coach Pat Shurmur. Saquon Barkley gave fans a glimpse by ripping off a long gain on his first carry, but he’s been sidelined with a sore hamstring. Odell Beckham will have to wait to see his first action of the year and Eli Manning had a solid outing in his final tuneup, getting a win for the Giants, who conclude the prese... 

This has been an annual preseason matchup since 2003, but with the Carolina Panthers scheduled for a return trip during the regular season don’t expect the playbook to open up when they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Week 4 preseason finale. Not that it would have anyway with the game featuring a majority of players who won’t be on the roster once the regular season begins. The Steelers are hopeful Le’Veon Bell is around for the regular season meeting since he has yet to participate in t... 

Robert Griffin III has done all he can in an effort to make his NFL comeback complete. The former Heisman Trophy winner and No. 2 overall pick will have one last chance to convince John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens, and that comes against the team that drafted him and where RG3’s career started and faded. Griffin is expected to get plenty of work in the Week 4 preseason finale when the Ravens host the Washington Redskins in the beltway battle.... 

Heading into the Week 4 preseason game, the quarterback situation remains unclear for both the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles, but for different reasons. The Jets are looking for a starter between three capable candidates; the Eagles are hoping their starter is cleared to play once the regular season gets underway. Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall pick in the draft, has done enough to earn the starting gig, but Jets coach Todd Bowles isn’t about to reveal his plans. The Eagles, meanwhile, a... 

The results this preseason have not been positive for either side, so it’s a good thing the games don’t count. But the struggles have to be alarming nonetheless. The Atlanta Falcons have played without Devonta Freeman and Julio Jones, so their poor offensive numbers aren’t a complete surprise. The Miami Dolphins have rested some of their regulars as well, but they haven’t been able to do anything. The two sides enter the Week 4 preseason game winless and one will come away with a victory, which ... 

The regular season can’t get started soon enough for the Cleveland Browns, who are looking to put that winless last season behind them as quickly as possible. Unfortunately they’ll have to play through one more preseason matchup before the games count for real. Things appear to be looking better for the Browns, though. A scary moment from their game with the Eagles last week resulted in just a sore hand for Tyrod Taylor, who remains in line to start the opener. The Browns will meet the Detroit L... 

In a game that traditionally features players further down the depth chart or not even on it, the Week 4 preseason matchup between the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals could be even worse. With the teams scheduled to kick off the regular season against each other, this has to be one of the strangest scheduling snafus in the history of scheduling. Both coaches will likely play ultra-conservative football and not give anything away, so we can expect a boring finale.... 

This will be the last chance we get to see Jameis Winston before his suspension kicks in for the regular season opener, and there’s a good chance the former No. 1 overall pick takes the field for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who go for the Florida Sweep when they host the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Week 4 preseason finale. The Bucs lost for the first time this preseason when they gift wrapped a win for Detroit last week. But their win over Miami in the exhibition opener set them up to claim braggi... 

New Arizona Cardinals coach Steve Wilks is going to find out just how difficult the NFL really is. Wilks and his team have made it look easy so for, winning both exhibition games, but he heads into the preseason Week 3 dress rehearsal with two gimpy quarterbacks. The rookie coach sounded like he’s been at it for decades earlier this week when he wouldn’t reveal any information on who would start and how long they would play against the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe he doesn’t know.... 

Jalen Ramsey didn’t hold back in a recent interview when talking about quarterbacks around the NFL. The Jacksonville Jaguars defensive back was particularly harsh when talking about Matt Ryan, who he called “overrated” and a product of former offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan’s system. Ryan, the league’s MVP in 2016, has nothing to prove to the third-year player, but the comments certainly add some intrigue to this preseason Week 3 matchup when the Atlanta Falcons head to Florida.... 

There are plenty of storylines surrounding the preseason Week 3 matchup between the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Chargers, and that’s probably why it will be the first national telecast for CBS. Both clubs are coming off strong seasons and are in position to contend for a title in their respective conference. Then, of course, there’s that whole quarterback thing. Drew Brees and Philip Rivers were teammates on the Chargers when the club decided to stick with Rivers and let Brees walk as... 

I’m sure Josh Allen didn’t want to get the first start of his pro career because of an injury to a teammate, but that’s how things lined up for him this week and he’ll attempt to seize the opportunity to become the Buffalo Bills regular season starter against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 3 of the preseason. The three-player race for the No. 1 job was cut to two after A.J. McCarron sustained a shoulder injury last week, opening the door for the seventh overall pick to walk through it.... 

A battle of unbeatens takes place in Week 3 of the NFL preseason when the New England Patriots visit the Carolina Panthers. Eight teams have yet to lose and this is the only matchup that features two of them. Tom Brady saw extended action last week and the Pats felt better after knocking off Philly in their Super Bowl rematch, and Brady shook the hand of Nick Foles afterwards. We never know what Bill Belichick is going to do in the preseason and there’s a chance Brady doesn’t play on Friday.... 

We are just halfway through the preseason, but some of the issues that plagued the Detroit Lions last season continue to be a problem. The Lions couldn’t protect Matthew Stafford and failed to generate much of a pass rush in a loss to the Giants last week, preventing Matt Patricia from getting his first win as Detroit’s coach. The good news is that the Lions still have time to figure things out and that starts against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 3 of the preseason.... 

The Minnesota Vikings spent a lot of money to lure Kirk Cousins to the Twin Cities and they should get a good look at their star quarterback when he takes the field against the Seattle Seahawks in the preseason Week 3 dress rehearsal. The Vikes would like to get more of what they saw in the preseason opener and less of what they witnessed last week from their newest gazillionaire. Cousins was perfect in one series against Denver, but he struggled last week against the Jags’ defense, and the Vike... 

The San Francisco 49ers will get to see just how their investment in Jimmy Garoppolo will pay off. Sure, the guy hasn’t lost a game as a starting NFL quarterback and he led the Niners to five straight wins to end last season. But they were 1-10 when he took over and it’s much easier to play with no pressure. Jimmy G played sparingly in the first two preseason games, but he will get his most extended playing time against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 3 of the preseason, in a setting that closely... 

Ben Roethlisberger has been around long enough that he probably doesn’t need to play during the preseason. But it’s always good to get reps in games that don’t count in the standings and Big Ben is likely to see his first action when the Pittsburgh Steelers host the Tennessee Titans in Week 3 of the preseason. Roethlisberger cleared the concussion protocol that had him in street clothes last week, but the Steelers are still without Le’Veon Bell, who continues his holdout.... 

Joe Flacco doesn’t have to worry about losing his starting job to rookie first-round pick Lamar Jackson. Flacco has been money this preseason while Jackson is still learning that the NFL is much different from the college game. The real position battle on the Baltimore Ravens roster is for the backup quarterback gig with the forgotten Robert Griffin III making the decision more difficult for John Harbaugh. Coming off a Monday night game, the Ravens have less time to prepare for their preseason W... 

The teacher and the pupil get together when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Chicago Bears in Week 3 of the preseason. The Bears plucked Matt Nagy off Andy Reid’s coaching staff to become their head man and transform an offense that was the most boring in the league under John Fox. Nagy put together a top-5 offense last season as Reid’s offensive coordinator and got his start in the NFL coaching ranks under Reid in 2011.... 

You don’t often see a team score 51 points, but the Green Bay Packers welcomed Aaron Rodgers back to Lambeau Field with a thrashing of the Pittsburgh Steelers last week. It had been nearly a year since Rodgers last stepped on the frozen tundra and it looked like he hadn’t missed a thing. Rodgers directed a touchdown drive on his only possession, hooking up with his new favorite target Jimmy Graham, and the avalanche of points was underway. With his one series executed to perfection, we’re unlike... 

We haven’t seen the 2018 Los Angeles Rams yet this preseason, but that’s about to change on Saturday. Not wanting to risk injury or give away any secrets, Sean McVay sat his presumed starters during the first two exhibition games. Opening the regular year with Raiders, McVay went with his reserves to beat Oakland last week. We can expect to see a little bit of Jared Goff, Todd Gurley and Ndamukong Suh against the Houston Texans in Week 3 of the preseason, but don’t blink because you might miss t...