Brady and his backups sharp in win

Tom Brady threw a touchdown pass after sitting out the first preseason game and the New England Patriots capitalized on four turnovers to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 42-35 on Friday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Brady’s backups also were sharp in their competition for the No. 2 quarterback job. Rookie Jimmy Garoppolo threw two touchdown passes, and Ryan Mallett passed and ran for scores.
Brady’s scoring pass came after he threw an interception that Cory Williams returned 77 yards for a touchdown. Williams hurt his hamstring on the play and didn’t return.
The Patriots (1-1) tied it on their next possession on Brady’s 15-yard pass to Kenbrell Thompkins. Brady was 8 of 10 for 81 yards in two series. Garoppolo threw scoring passes on his first two series, a 15-yarder to James Develin and a 4-yarder to Brandon LaFell for a 21-7 lead.
The Eagles (0-2) tied it at 21 with two scoring passes in the last 4 minutes of the half, a 6-yarder from Nick Foles to Zach Ertz and a 6-yarder from Mark Sanchez to Arrelious Benn.
It was 28-28 before touchdowns by two free agents, a 17-yard catch by Brian Tyms from Mallett and a 10-yard run by Roy Finch gave the Patriots a 42-28 lead in the third quarter.
Barkley’s 27-yard scoring pass to Henry Josey cut the lead to seven points on the last play of the third quarter. The Eagles drove to the 1, but were stopped on fourth down with 4:39 to go.
Saints 31, Titans 24: Jimmy Graham caught two touchdown passes, celebrating both with banned celebratory dunks over the goal post, in New Orleans’ victory over visiting Tennessee.
With star quarterback Drew Brees resting his sore abdomen, Luke McCown started for New Orleans (2-0) and threw both of scoring passes to Graham. However, Graham’s celebrations drew penalty flags, and coach Sean Payton appeared annoyed after the second one, barking in Graham’s direction on the sideline.
Ryan Griffin also had two TD passes for New Orleans.
Titans starter Jake Locker was 8 of 10 for 75 yards and a touchdown to Justin Hunter. Former LSU quarterback Zach Mettenberger passed for his first two TDs as a pro, but was threw an interception as the Titans (1-1) turned the ball over five times.
Bishop Sankey (Gonzaga Prep) had six carries for 31 yards for the Titans.
Raiders 27, Lions 26: Matthew Stafford threw touchdown passes on his first two drives for Detroit before Matt McGloin threw a 19-yard TD pass to Brice Butler with 6 seconds to go to give host Oakland (1-1) a victory over the Lions (1-1).
McGloin came in after backup Derek Carr left with injured ribs earlier in the fourth quarter and led the winning 68-yard drive.
That couldn’t overshadow a sharp performance from Stafford, who connected on a 28-yard pass to Golden Tate on Detroit’s second play from scrimmage and a 4-yard score to Kris Durham on the second drive.