NFL preseason 2013, Week 4: Exhibition season comes to a close

St. Louis sat Sam Bradford for the evening, choosing to take a look at backup quarterbacks Kellen Clemens and Austin Davis. Clemens played well, completing 13 of 18 passes for 188 yards. Davis wasn’t nearly as efficient, going 6-for-13 but tossing two touchdowns in the process.

For the Ravens, they end the preseason 2-2 and now get ready to defend their championship. Playing virtually nobody of note, Baltimore surely isn’t concerned about the loss to St. Louis in August.

New York might have found something in the process, a statement rarely made about the final preseason game. Quarterback Matt Simms, the son of ex-New York Giants signal-caller Phil Simms, was on-point to say the least. Simms threw for 285 yards on 33 of 44 passing without firing an interception.

Foles went 6-for-17 while Barkley completed only 13 of 27 on the evening. Brandon Lee Gowton of Bleeding Green Nation didn’t enjoy watching Foles in the finale:

Other than Brown’s injury, nothing serious occurred on Thursday.

The Patriots were 1-point favorites, according to OddsShark. Their eight point victory meant New England covered.

Washington led 27-6 at halftime.

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It’s an important day for players on the bubble, though, as teams will have to cut down from 75 players to the regular season limit of 53.

The Chiefs aren’t necessarily trying to find every starter on their roster at this point, but they are still a two-win team searching for answers. While the fourth preseason game won’t hold any significant battles for starting spots -- for the most part -- there are plenty of roster spots and backup roles up for grabs. There are many young players who are fighting to stay on the roster, and are also competing with all of the players who may be cut following this week, given that the Chiefs have waiver priority.

Jimmy Morris of Music City Miracles writes about the importance of Jackie Battle making the team:

At the Daily Norseman, Ted Glover says the most important thing about Thursday is a lack of injuries:

Neither team is likely to get the answers to its problems in the fourth preseason game, but here’s how you can watch.

Thursday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. ET

We’re almost there, folks. Thursday marks the last day that teams around the NFL will be playing exhibitions -- beginning next week, everything counts.

The No. 2 quarterback slot is still unresolved heading into the final preseason game, and the final shootout for the position is one of the story lines that Brandon Bate at Turf Show Times will have his eye on.