EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Jets enjoyed the preseason right through the final seconds.
Rallying from a 27-7 deficit, the Jets scored three touchdowns in the last 5:14 Friday night to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-27.
Granted, it was with second- and third-stringers on the field, but it still was a rousing comeback by New York (3-1), capped by Brooks Bollinger's 1-yard pass to Matt Dominguez with 8 seconds remaining.
Bollinger came on with seven minutes remaining, replacing the rusty Quincy Carter. He led New York to Ian Smart's 1-yard TD run on a drive highlighted by Ken-Yon Rambo's 52-yard catch and run. The Jets then went 27 yards after rookie Roderick Bryant's interception, scoring on Bollinger's 4-yard pass to Terrance Stubbs with 3:10 remaining.
After forcing a punt, they concluded their stunning charge with a 12-play drive covering 87 yards.
Bollinger, making a case to remain Chad Pennington's backup, was 11-for-20 for 168 yards.
The Eagles earlier converted two turnovers into touchdowns. Koy Detmer threw a 30-yard scoring pass right after an interception by rookie Brendan Haw in the second quarter, and Jeff Blake hit Sean Morey with a 5-yarder on the first series of the third period. New York's Little John Flowers fumbled away the second-half kickoff.
Blake was particularly efficient while playing the second half. The 13-year veteran led the Eagles (1-3) to 17 points, capping his night with a 14-play, 87-yard drive. A 31-yard pass interference penalty on rookie Derrick Strait got the ball to the 4, and Blake found rookie Justin Jenkins from the 3, making it 27-7.
Then the Jets stormed back.
Carter, signed last week to eventually back up Chad Pennington, struggled for much of the night against Philadelphia's second-stringers. But he did lead one scoring drive.
Jets running back LaMont Jordan, Curtis Martin's backup, had runs of 21 and 18 yards in the first half, and Carter found his hot receiver on a blitz, connecting with Jerricho Cotchery on a 9-yard touchdown pass. Carter also had a key 18-yard scramble on the 80-yard drive, but he finished 9-for-21 for 77 yards.
Jordan rushed 12 times for 61 yards in his most extensive preseason outing.
Philadelphia's Greg Lewis ran a sharp corner pattern, then made a nice reaching catch for the 30-yard touchdown reception from Detmer. The score came one play after Dominguez had Carter's pass go off his hands directly to Haw.
One Eagles regular who was quite effective was place-kicker David Akers, who nailed a 54-yarder in the third quarter. He also made a 35-yard field goal in the second period.
While the Eagles sat out all their key starters, the Jets used Pennington for two series. He did not hook up with top receiver Santana Moss, who was making his preseason debut after being bothered by a hamstring injury.
REDSKINS 27, FALCONS 0: At Landover, Md., Mark Brunell opened the game with a touchdown drive and was done for the night. Michael Vick opened with an interception and never did produce a play for positive yardage.
Brunell and the Washington Redskins tuned up for the regular season Friday night with a 27-0 thumping of the Atlanta Falcons, who just might have pulled off the most useless road trip of the preseason.
Brunell, looking for some momentum to take into the regular season after winning the starting job over Patrick Ramsey, went 4-for-6 for 51 yards on a 78-yard opening drive aided by a questionable third-down defensive holding penalty.
Ladell Betts finished the drive with a 5-yard run, a mere dent in a 24-0 first quarter dominated by a Redskins defense.
Washington outgained Atlanta 247-190 for the game, had a nine-minute advantage in time of possession, and forced four turnovers while committing none.
BENGALS 16, COLTS 13: At Cincinnati, Carson Palmer made a rookie mistake: He pointed to the sky too soon.
Other than a premature touchdown celebration on a goal-line fumble, Palmer looked like an up-and-coming quarterback Friday night during the Cincinnati Bengals' 16-13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
The Heisman Trophy winner who didn't take a snap as a rookie looked ready to go in his final preseason game. He made good decisions against a basic Colts defense — except for his celebration, that is — and kept the offense moving in three possessions.
Palmer went 10-of-14 for 106 yards, including a 7-yard touchdown pass to fullback James Lynch. He thought he had another.
On a first-down play from the Colts' 10-yard line, Palmer adeptly pulled off a screen pass to Rudi Johnson, who lunged as he approached the goal line. Donald Strickland stripped the ball, forcing Johnson to land in the end zone empty-handed.
Palmer pointed at the sky in celebration, unaware that Colts linebacker David Thornton had picked up the fumble and was now rumbling his way. A stunned Palmer stopped his celebration and gave chase before Chad Johnson ran down Thornton.
DOLPHINS 20, SAINTS 19: At New Orleans, Jay Fiedler threw for one touchdown, Sage Rosenfels threw for another and the Miami Dolphins got a victory in a game they did not want to play, beating the New Orleans Saints 20-19 Friday night.
New Orleans nearly delayed the Dolphins' trip home, scoring a touchdown with 1:59 left, but the Saints missed the 2-point conversion, allowing Miami to get out of town quickly.
With Hurricane Frances headed toward Florida, the Miami players asked the NFL to cancel the game, but the league refused. Its only concession was to move the starting time up 30 minutes.
Nine players did not make the trip with the Dolphins. Some were excused for medical reasons. At least one, wide receiver Chris Chambers, did not know about the flight being rescheduled.
When the original Thursday flight was canceled, players thought the trip was off. Team officials were unable to contact all the players Thursday night to inform them the team was flying out Friday, said Harvey Greene, Miami's senior vice president of media relations.
Fiedler and A.J. Feeley did little to resolve the question of who will be the Dolphins' starting quarterback.
Fiedler, the starter the past four seasons, went 2-of-2 for 14 yards and a touchdown, working only one series. He capped a 14-yard drive with an 8-yard pass to Marty Booker in the first quarter to put Miami up 7-0.
Feeley completed 3-of-7 for 20 yards before giving way to Rosenfels early in the second quarter.
BROWNS 24, BEARS 10: At Cleveland, Jeff Garcia didn't play nearly enough to work out the kinks in Cleveland's offense. By the looks of things, 60 minutes wouldn't have sufficed.
Rex Grossman and the Chicago Bears may have needed even more time to fix their problems. Garcia overcame several penalties and a few drops to throw his first touchdown pass, helping the Browns to a 24-10 exhibition win over the Bears on Friday night.
Rookie quarterback Luke McCown threw a pair of TD passes in the fourth quarter to rally the Browns (3-1), who trailed 10-7 at halftime. McCown, a fourth-round draft pick whose brother, Josh, is Arizona's starting QB, brought Cleveland back last week for a win at Kansas City.
McCown connected with Andre King for a 4-yard TD, and later threaded a 35-yarder to Richard Alston, who pulled in McCown's 34-yard heave on the final play last Saturday to beat the Chiefs.
Adrian Peterson scored on a 1-yard plunge for the Bears (2-2).
TITANS 27, PACKERS 7: At Nashville, Tennessee and Green Bay wanted their starters to play longer than usual in the teams' final exhibition game to avoid a long layoff before the season openers. Titans cornerback Samari Rolle didn't need much time at all.
He tipped a pass to linebacker Keith Bulluck, who returned the interception 70 yards for a touchdown, and then picked off a Brett Favre pass to help lead the Titans to a 27-7 win over the Packers Friday night.
Favre and Steve McNair each played the first half Friday night, but the extra work didn't help. Favre was without Ahman Green, who sat out with a bruised left kneecap for the Packers (1-3). McNair didn't have two of his top three receivers because of injuries for the Titans (3-1).