Patriots 27, Eagles 25

Philadelphia — Tom Brady was making his comeback against the Philadelphia Eagles while Michael Vick was getting ready to join them.

Brady threw two touchdown passes in his first game since tearing ligaments in his left knee in Week 1 last year, leading the New England Patriots past the Eagles in the preseason opener Thursday night.

Brady’s return was overshadowed by the news that the Eagles signed Vick to a one-year deal with an option for a second year.

Brady ran well in the pocket and showed no lingering effects of his surgically repaired left knee. He threw two touchdown passes to tight end Chris Baker, one in the first quarter and another in the second.

Brady completed 10 of 15 passes for 100 yards with one interception.

Vick was convicted in August 2007 of conspiracy and running a dogfighting operation, and served 18 of a 23-month sentence in federal prison. The former Atlanta quarterback also was suspended indefinitely by the NFL. He played his last NFL game on Dec. 31, 2006, against the Eagles.

Steelers 20, Cardinals 10

Pittsburgh — Isaac Redman, an undrafted rookie from Bowie State playing long after the starters for both Super Bowl teams left the field, scored twice in the fourth quarter and defending champion Pittsburgh beat Arizona.

Neither team scored a touchdown until rookie Joe Burnett intercepted a pass by third-teamer Brian St. Pierre, a former Steelers backup, and returned it to the Arizona 3 to end the third quarter. Redman scored on the next play, and scored on a 5-yard run about 7 minutes later to end an 80-yard drive led by No. 3 quarterback Dennis Dixon.

Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner each played two series — make that 1 1/2 for Warner — and neither produced a point. Warner completed six of 10 passes for 53 yards for Arizona, and Roethlisberger completed four of six for 33 yards for Pittsburgh.

Ravens 23, Redskins 0

Baltimore — Joe Flacco led Baltimore to field goals on his only two series, and Troy Smith threw a touchdown pass to help Baltimore beat punchless Washington.

During the offseason, the Ravens feared their lack of depth at wide receiver might be an issue. But 15 players caught passes for Baltimore, eight of them wideouts. Justin Harper led the charge with four catches for 57 yards and a touchdown.

Flacco completed nine of 15 passes for 103 yards, and Smith completed 14 of 30 attempts for 200 yards, including a beat-the-clock 19-yard score to Harper with 5 seconds left in the first half.

Raiders 31, Cowboys 10

Oakland, Calif. — Bruce Gradkowski engineered three touchdown drives for Oakland against mostly backups on Dallas’ defense, throwing a 3-yard touchdown pass to Tony Stewart in the second quarter.

Louis Rankin and Gary Russell added short TD runs in the third quarter.

Dallas star Tony Romo threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to favorite target Jason Witten to cap a brief but successful night.