{"id":314235,"date":"2025-08-24T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/314235\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T17:08:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T17:08:16","slug":"nfl-preseason-saints-fight-back-late-to-tie-jaguars-bears-blank-bills-38-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/314235\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason: Saints fight back late to tie Jaguars; Bears blank Bills 38-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New Orleans Saints<\/a> rallied late to earn a 17-17 tie with the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday in the second preseason game for both teams.<\/p>\n

Rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler<\/a> sparked the comeback, connecting with Dante Pettis on a 20-yard touchdown pass before running in the two-point conversion with 21 seconds remaining to even the score. Rattler, who took over in the second half after Tyler Shough started, went 18-of-24 for 199 yards with one touchdown and one interception.<\/p>\n

Pettis finished with 57 receiving yards, while Mason Tipton led all receivers with 100 yards for the Saints (0-1-1).<\/p>\n

For Jacksonville (0-1-1), starter Trevor Lawrence<\/a> played two series, capping his day with a 7-yard touchdown strike to Parker Washington. The Pro Bowl quarterback was sharp, completing 8 of 10 passes for 76 yards. <\/p>\n

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Rookie running back Bhayshul Tuten added 35 rushing yards and a touchdown to pace the Jaguars\u2019 ground game.Chicago Bears<\/a> thrash Bills 38-0Top overall draft pick Caleb Williams made an impressive preseason debut for the Bears, leading a touchdown drive on his first series in a 38-0 rout of the visiting Bills on Sunday night.
Williams, playing his first game under new head coach Ben Johnson, completed 6 of 10 passes for 107 yards before exiting after two possessions. His highlight came on a 36-yard strike to Olamide Zaccheaus<\/a>, capping a 92-yard opening drive.<\/p>\n

Backup Tyson Bagent kept the momentum rolling, going 13 of 22 for 196 yards and an 11-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Scott. Bagent also directed scoring drives capped by short rushing touchdowns from Brittain Brown and Ian Wheeler, giving Chicago a commanding 28-0 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

Buffalo, now 0-2 in preseason, once again rested reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen along with several starters, including running back James Cook, who signed a contract extension last week after a brief hold-in. Former Bears starter Mitchell Trubisky<\/a> relieved Mike White at quarterback, combining to complete just 11 of 24 passes for 109 yards as the Bills\u2019 offense sputtered.<\/p>\n

Injuries clouded Chicago\u2019s dominant win. Cornerback Terell Smith was carted off with a non-contact knee injury in the second quarter, while defensive end Dominique Robinson and wideout JP Richardson left with ankle issues. <\/p>\n

Rookie defensive end Austin Booker and running back Deion Hankins also exited with knee injuries. Buffalo lost defensive back Jordan Hancock to a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Orleans Saints rallied late to earn a 17-17 tie with the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2060],"tags":[53,58767,391,7,212,125,2401,213,12568,55,6,4656,11501,58766,4085,314],"class_list":{"0":"post-314235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville-jaguars","8":"tag-buffalo-bills","9":"tag-caleb-williams-debut","10":"tag-chicago-bears","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-jacksonville","13":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","14":"tag-jacksonvillejaguars","15":"tag-jaguars","16":"tag-mitchell-trubisky","17":"tag-new-orleans-saints","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-nfl-preseason","20":"tag-olamide-zaccheaus","21":"tag-saints-vs-jaguars","22":"tag-spencer-rattler","23":"tag-trevor-lawrence"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115084847079363609","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}