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Ostler: Encouraging signs amid the one-liners

Snap judgments from high above Sebastian Janikowski’s 15-3 win over the Cardinals on Sunday, on national TV at happy hour:

•Yes, technically the Cardinals beat the Raiders, 30-23. But in practice games I use modified Stableford scoring. You stop keeping score either at halftime or when more than 50 percent of fans doze off, whichever comes first.

•True fact: Nobody ever won a Pulitzer Prize for a preseason story or column. So why try to string together thoughts in a cohesive flow? Enjoy this box of chocolates and lug nuts!

•Having the great Al Michaels call a practice game is like having Harper Lee write the foreword to a “Where’s Waldo?