In an effort to stave off another sluggish start to the season, the Cincinnati Bengals played many of their starters in Thursday’s preseason opener against the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field.

Starting QB Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals' first-team offense left the team's NFL preseason opener with a 14-7 lead against the Eagles.

McKee’s heater then overshadowed most of the early CB troubles, however. The Eagles’ backup played the entire first half and into the third quarter and turned Lincoln Financial Field into a late-summer party in which all the hiccups melted away,