51.   Brooks clearly outplayed Blake in the first three preseason games and was named the starter.

52.   Both teams, though, will enter the season with two important pieces not having played a single down in a preseason game.

53.   Burns, a rookie from East Carolina, played the entire preseason game against the Giants.

54.   But after looking great in training camp, Mills has disappeared during the preseason games.

55.   But all they could offer up in this one was the atmosphere and intensity of a preseason game.

56.   Burkett was an honorary captain when the Jets played Philadelphia in a preseason game in Jackson a week ago.

57.   But Brown played only five quarters in the four preseason games.

58.   But Aikman said he favors reducing the number of preseason games, and added that the regular season is long enough.

59.   But he must play well in preseason games, and he knows it.

60.   But he missed the first two preseason games, and played poorly the last two.