1.   Allen said his toe is feeling better, and he is expected to play when the teams meet in a preseason game Friday at Foxboro Stadium.

2.   An NFL official canceled the preseason game before kickoff after determining that soft spots under the Astrodome artificial turf endangered the players.

3.   And in preseason games, teams do little to prepare for the opposition.

4.   And if the first two preseason games are any indication, they bring a hunger to achieve enhanced by their wait.

5.   And in his two preseason games, he left after getting poked in the left eye and spraining his right knee.

6.   And it was only one preseason game.

7.   And just three preseason games remain.

8.   And in three preseason games, the Bengals have forced only three turnovers while their offense has made six.

9.   And those were preseason games.

10.   And when he walks into the Superdome on Thursday night as the Cowboys play the Saints in their final preseason game, he will do so with a swagger.