PHILADELPHIA — David Akers helped make Donovan McNabb's brief appearance a productive one.
Akers kicked field goals of 40, 49 and 52 yards and Jeff Garcia connected with Greg Lewis on a 61-yard touchdown pass to lead the Philadelphia Eagles over the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-7 on Friday night.
McNabb led the Eagles to a pair of field goals before going to the bench. Meanwhile, the Steelers didn't get any points during the two series Ben Roethlisberger played. Charlie Batch threw a 23-yard TD pass to Cedric Wilson for Pittsburgh's only score. Kicker Jeff Reed missed field goals of 50 and 47 yards.
Roethlisberger finished 9-of-14 for 52 yards and one interception. McNabb was 7-of-9 for 79 yards, though he was sacked three times.
GIANTS 13, JETS 7: At East Rutherford, N.J., Eli Manning had a shaky performance Friday night against the New York Jets.
Thanks to the stout Giants defense, it hardly mattered.
Manning went 10-of-20 for 107 yards with an interception, and the Giants held on for a 13-7 victory. Chad Pennington started for the Jets, but also played inconsistently, going 11-of-20 for 125 yards with an interception.
It looked as if the Giants would post their second straight shutout, but Darrell McClover blocked Travis Dorsch's punt and returned it 26 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
Neither Pennington nor Manning could get much going in a sloppy first half, which also featured four personal foul penalties. Tiki Barber was about the only player producing on either team. His 20-yard run into Jets territory helped the Giants finally mount a drive late in the second quarter.
VIKINGS 30, RAVENS 7: At Minneapolis, Fred Smoot's reaction was much faster than Steve McNair's release. Smoot highlighted a big night by Minnesota's defense with a 69-yard interception return for a touchdown as the Vikings blanked Baltimore's first team offense and beat the Ravens 30-7 on Friday.
McNair, Baltimore's new quarterback, gave another efficient performance (13-for-17 for 80 yards) but showed his age a bit in the pocket.
He took two sacks, by Pat Williams and Kenechi Udeze.
And a slow throwing motion on his second-quarter throw toward the sideline to Mark Clayton made it possible for Smoot to jump the out route and sprint untouched for six points. The Vikings certainly had reason to praise their defense. Both teams' first units played until halftime, and the Ravens gained only 86 yards while falling behind 10-0. Former Ute Mike Anderson and Musa Smith managed 7 yards rushing apiece with Jamal Lewis resting a strained hip flexor muscle.
CARDINALS 23, BEARS 16: At Chicago, Matt Leinart showed why the Arizona Cardinals selected him with the 10th pick in the draft.
Leinart took over for Kurt Warner in the second quarter and completed 15 of 21 passes for 144 yards and a touchdown to lead the Arizona Cardinals over the Chicago Bears 23-16 in Friday's preseason game.
He entered the game with 5:13 left in the second quarter and completed 12 consecutive passes at one point, while leading the Cardinals (2-1) to a field goal at the end of the first half and a touchdown early in the third quarter.
Warner wasn't bad, either, going 8-for-11 with 73 yards and a touchdown pass.