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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Cincinnati Bengals were so sharp against Jacksonville that Andy Dalton and several teammates were done long before halftime.Dalton led the Bengals to two touchdowns in three possessions, earning him a little extra rest in a 26-21 loss to the Jaguars in the preseason Sunday night.It was a good outing for us, said Dalton, who completed 6 of 10 passes for 77 yards and a TD. Two touchdowns in the first half of a preseason game is pretty good, and we got them both ways. ... Its a good feeling to do it both ways.The Bengals (1-2) felt good on both sides of the ball, too. Dalton found Giovani Bernard for a 19-yard score on a third-down play, and then Jeremy Hill capped a 9-minute drive with a 1-yard scramble to the pylon. Defensively, the Bengals held Jacksonville to just 90 yards in the first half. Jacksonvilles first three drives: turnover, three-and-out and three-and-out.Cincys only concern in the regular-season dress rehearsal was the health of three Pro Bowlers.Receiver A.J. Green left in the first quarter with a bruised right knee, but said hes fine. Cornerback Adam Jones strained his right calf in preseason warmups and did not play. And special teams ace Cedric Peerman broke his left forearm and could be out for the season.Its unfortunate guys have injuries, but you cant worry about that, Dalton said. Youve got to worry just about the stuff you can control.Safety Tashaun Gipson (bruised knee) was Jacksonvilles only injured starter.The Jaguars (1-2) had bigger problems -- the offense and defense both failed to show -- that raised questions about whats supposed to the franchises most talented team in nearly a decade.T.J. Yeldon fumbled on the opening possession. Center Brandon Linder and quarterback Blake Bortles each were flagged for false starts to open drives. And the left side of Jacksonvilles revamped offensive line was mostly manhandled.We kind of killed ourselves. We did some stupid things, really, at every position, Bortles said. They didnt do necessarily anything to stop up, which is a good sign because its a good defense. ... We were comfortable and confident in what we were doing. We just didnt execute it and get things done.DEBUTSBengals: WR Brandon LaFell caught one pass in his Bengals debut. Signed in free agency to help replace Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu, LaFell also drew a pass-interference penalty that set up a score.Jaguars: Playing his first game since tearing a knee ligament last October, LT Kelvin Beachum looked rusty. And Luke Joeckel, the second overall pick in the 2013 draft, looked lost at times at LG.ROOKIE WATCHBengals: WR Alex Erickson scored for the third straight game, stating his case to make the team. Erickson caught a 21-yard TD pass from AJ McCarron early in the third quarter. It was his second TD catch of the preseason. He also returned a punt for a touchdown.Jaguars: DE Yannick Ngakoue got the start ahead of Dante Fowler Jr., but only because the Jaguars wanted to see Ngakoue get some snaps with the first-team defense. Ngakoue finished with two tackles.POSITION BATTLESBengals: Second-round pick WR Tyler Boyd, vying to start opposite Green, had a 9-yard reception.Jaguars: Fourth-year RB Joe Banyard ran 11 times for 54 yards, including a 7-yard TD run in the third quarter, and had his most extensive work of the preseason. Banyard and Corey Grant are competing to be the fourth-string back.INJURY UPDATEBengals: LB Vontaze Burfict and TE Tyler Eifert were among a dozen players ruled out before the game.Jaguars: Eight players were ruled out beforehand, including DT Roy Miller, rookie DT Sheldon Day and FS Peyton Thompson.QUOTABLEBengals: I do feel faster this year because I feel healthier. -- Hill.Jaguars: We played bad at every position and usually that is what happens when you play bad: you do not score a lot of points. -- Bortles.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/AP-NFLCustom Cardinals T-shirts . NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through the first period. 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The defensive backs did OK.This after Ohio State set a school record with 776 yards and won by 67 while scoring the schools most points in 86 years.The Buckeyes did what they were supposed to by rolling an overmatched opponent, but Meyer is one of those coaches who can find criticism in a crushing.It was good, not great, Meyer said.Blowouts are inevitable in the early portion of the college football season.Elite programs often have trouble finding opponents willing to play them and will pay up to $1 million to lure a lower-tier team for the chance to host another lucrative home game.The result is usually lopsided games like in the first weekend of the 2016 season: Ohio State 77-10 over Bowling Green; Miami 70-3 over Florida A&M; Michigan 66-3 over Hawaii; Illinois 52-3 against Murray State; Oklahoma State 61, Southeastern Louisiana 7.Coaches react to these blowouts in different ways.Some are seemingly never satisfied, always finding something critical to say in hopes of pushing their players to get better and avoid complacency. Others use the lopsided wins as confidence-building springboards toward the rest of the season.Most fall somewhere in between, offering praise for winning a game they were supposed to with a dash of you-can-do-better criticism.Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh took the pat-on-the-back route after the Wolverines blowout of Hawaii, offering effusive praise up and down the roster for their most lopsided victory since 1975.Seventh-ranked Michigan has another expected walkover this week against Central Florida, which didnt win a game last season, and Harbaugh is predictably taking the rah-rah approach again.Were building and attacking at the same time, he said. We have a tremendous opportunity and we want to make the most of it.Arizona State coach Todd Graham went on the offensive after his teams rout against Northern Arizona in its opener.Not toward his team. At the criticism that was hurled toward it.The Sun Devils beat the FCS Lumberjacks 44-13, but got off to a slow start, leading 10-3 at halftime, 13-6 until the final minute of the third quarter.dddddddddddd At his news conference two days later, Graham took a discussion about his teams offense and pointed it toward the negative comments about the Sun Devils performance in an effort to defend his team.You know, it AMAZES me, he said. Were 1-0. We won 44-13. We gave up THIRTEEN points, so were going on to the next week. Thats kind of how I feel about that. I just dont get it.Oklahoma States coaching staff took the good-but-you-can-do-better route after the 22nd-ranked Cowboys blew out Southeastern Louisiana.The Cowboys turned it into a rout early, with the starters beginning to get rest by the second quarter, so the game ended with a score in the to-be-expected range. But there also were a few breakdowns, particularly on defense, mistakes the Cowboys will not be able to get away with against a stronger opponent.Theres an old adage that things are never as good as they seem and theyre never as bad as they seem, Oklahoma State defensive coordinator Glenn Spencer said. Between some missed tackles we had in the open field, some bad reads and some guys relaxing a couple of times, it was very close to getting those guys to realize how close we are to being very average, or how close we are to having a good defense.Miamis coaches followed Meyers suit -- after watching film on the Hurricanes blowout of Florida A&M.Miami scored 10 touchdowns and had a school-record 42 points in the second quarter, allowed 22 yards rushing and had two interceptions. Yet after looking at the film, Hurricanes defensive coordinator Manny Diaz said he was horrified.I think most of our guys, the more mature guys anyway, understand when they make a mistake, said coach Mark Richt after his first game at Miami. They know we can get better.This weeks schedule will include numerous other chances to get better against what should be overmatched opponents.Top-ranked Alabama plays Western Kentucky, No. 2 Clemson faces Troy, No. 8 Washington plays Lamar, No. 9 Georgia has Nicholls and No. 10 Wisconsin faces Akron, among other potentially-lopsided matchups.Even if those go as planned, expect a wide range of reactions from the winning coaches. ' ' '