Keep up with all the highlights from Week 3 of the NFL preseason

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23 Aug 2018 23:58

Get caught up with all the action from the preseason’s penultimate week.

Dress rehearsal week kicks off with just one game for Fox’s Thursday Night Football debut. We’ll keep you updated with any news or highlights worth knowing about as the Eagles and Browns face off in a battle of last year’s best team and its worst.

Philadelphia Eagles vs. Cleveland Browns

Full coverage for Eagles fans: Bleeding Green Nation

Full coverage for Browns fans: Dawgs By Nature

Pregame

The third week of the NFL preseason, for many teams, is the last chance to get their starters game-time reps before the regular season starts. With Week 4 serving as one final chance for fringe roster candidates to prove their worth, Week 3 is typically the one where teams leave their starters in the longest in an effort to figure out what needs to be fine-tuned before the real games start.

So if you’re looking for honest-to-goodness, actual NFL football, this is the closest you’re going to get before September.

There’s plenty to watch in Week 3. Jordy Nelson will welcome his old teammates to his new home when the Green Bay Packers head west to face the Oakland Raiders. Tom Brady’s Patriots will face Cam Newton’s Panthers in a game that will pit two of the last three NFL MVPs against each other — at least for a few drives. Two second-year quarterbacks with big expectations on their shoulders will meet when Patrick Mahomes II and the Chiefs square off with Mitchell Trubisky and the Bears.

Looking for a full rundown of all the reasons to watch this week? We’ve got you covered. Otherwise, check out the full schedule below and draw your own conclusions as we draw closer and closer to the return of real, honest-to-goodness NFL football.