Tom Brady is sitting out against the Saints this week. The Patriots are giving Jimmy Garoppolo the extra reps with the first team on Thursday night. However, not much of the actual first team will be playing either.

There is real football on TV tonight, sort of. It's preseason football, but it's better than no football! We scored all of Thursday's six games with a handy watchability rubric, so you know which ones to catch the first quarter of and which ones to skip.

CUT THE CORD, SEE THE GAMES: Don't want to pay for cable or satellite and still somehow see watch the NFL this season? Let the folks at Reddit lend a hand with the latest edition of the cord-cutters' NFL guide.

BERRY IS COMING BACK, PROBABLY: Chiefs expect Eric Berry to show up at the "appropriate time." Kansas City Chiefs GM John Dorsey spoke to the media on Wednesday and it sounds like they are expecting Eric Berry to return to the team before the start of the season.

THE BENGALS ARE FIGHTING AGAIN: Bengals Adam Jones involved in altercation with Vikings WR Adam Thielen. The Bengals and Vikings had a bit of a spat in their joint practice.

DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN? Brent Celek went undercover as a Wawa employee and almost no one realized it was him. This is pretty good.

THE BOSA STANDOFF: The Chargers are afraid to reach out to Joey Bosa's agents. What is wrong with the Chargers organization?

BILLS LOSE RAGLAND: Reggie Ragland to have surgery on knee, expected to miss season on IR. This is a tough break for the Bills, who were counting on the rookie linebacker to shore up the middle of their defense.

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BELICHICK HONORS EBNER: It's been a great week for Patriots safety Nate Ebner so far. He's an Olympic hero and Bill Belichick is wearing his jersey.

BROWN IS SCRAPPING WITH THE REFS: Antonio Brown almost got ejected from practice after altercation with an official. Brown got into an altercation with a referee, who says he plans on reporting the wideout to the league office.

OUT FOR THE YEAR: Stevie Johnson is out for the season. The Chargers receiver will be out for the entire 2016 season after some hope he could return.

FANTASY FOOTBALL TRAINING CAMP: You're not prepared for your season until you've read our massive fantasy football guide for the 2016 season.