Green improved in Miami’s win
Third-stringer John Beck led the Dolphins to the 11-10
victory.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Cobbs scored on a 7-yard run and John Beck slipped into the end zone for the two-point conversion with 4:30 remaining, leading Miami past Kansas City 11-10 Thursday night and making the Dolphins 2-0 in the preseason for the first time since 1982.
Beck, the third Miami quarterback to appear in the sloppily played game, hit Kerry Reed for 17 yards and Courtney Anderson for 25 in a seven-play, 73-yard scoring drive.
Trent Green, whose 87.3 passer rating the past six seasons is the best in Chiefs history, played the first two series for the Dolphins in a much-awaited return to Arrowhead Stadium and was 4-for-7 for 41 yards. He led one drive that failed when Jared Allen stopped Jesse Chatman for a 1-yard loss on fourth-and-goal from the 3.
Kansas City threw the challenge flag after Beck leaned across the goal line, but the ruling held up, leaving Kansas City 0-2 in the exhibition season and looking very much in need of Larry Johnson, its Pro Bowl running back who’s held out all summer in a contract dispute. The Chiefs rushed for only 61 yards.
Brodie Croyle, bidding to take Green’s old job, hit his first four passes and led the Chiefs to their only offensive touchdown in two preseason games, but also threw an ill-advised interception.
Damon Huard, the veteran backup Croyle is competing with, was 3-for-5 for only 26 yards as the Chiefs stalled for the second straight game without Johnson.
Croyle, known for his rifle arm but sometimes poor decisions, atoned for a miserable performance in the Chiefs’ first exhibition outing when he engineered an eight-play, 70-yard touchdown march, capped by a 21-yard touchdown pass to Chris Hannon in the second quarter.
But a few minutes later, showing the inexperience of a second-year pro who played only briefly as a rookie, Croyle threw a terrible pass off his back foot that was intercepted in the end zone by Michael Lehan.
Croyle was 6-for-11 for 82 yards.