11 Straight Completions Calm Fears About Brady Tom Brady put to rest worries about his knee. His nearly perfect arm was never a concern. Two days after spraining his left knee in practice, Brady, the New England star quarterback, completed his first 11 passes before missing his last one and threw his first touchdown pass to his new top wide receiver Danny Amendola. Brady played the first two series, then rested as the Patriots posted a 25-21 exhibition victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night in Foxborough, Mass. Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman also played two possessions but had a much rougher time against a Patriots defense that he will face in the third game of the regular season. Freeman was sacked three times and completed only 2 of 3 passes for 8 yards before the rookie Mike Glennon took over. Brady left Wednesday's joint practice with Tampa Bay (0-2) after he was knocked down by his left tackle, Nate Solder, who was shoved backward by defensive end Adrian Clayborn. A magnetic resonance imaging exam on Brady's left knee was negative, and he participated fully in the teams" walk-through Thursday. Then he picked apart the Bucs" starting defense on his first possession and a group sprinkled with backups on his second. Amendola, signed as a free agent from St. Louis, caught six passes for 71 yards, including a 26-yard touchdown on the opening series. Brady completed all eight of his passes for 72 yards, even adding a 2-point conversion pass to the rookie tight end Zach Sudfeld after Amendola's touchdown. Then Brady connected on his first three throws on his next possession, reaching 107 yards passing for the night, before missing Amendola on third-and-7 pass. Brady has played four series in two games, completing 18 of 20 passes for 172 yards. 49ERS Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith struggled against his former team, and the backup San Francisco quarterback B. J. Daniels threw a late touchdown pass to give the 49ers a 15-13 victory over Kansas City in a preseason game Friday night. Smith was 7 of 16 for 62 yards while playing the full first half, but he did help Kansas City to two field goals. The 49ers didn't go easy on him, either: Defensive tackle Tony Jerod-Eddie was flagged for delivering a helmet-to-helmet hit on Smith in the second quarter. Colin Kaepernick, who took over Smith's starting job in San Francisco last season, only played the first offensive series. He threw two passes, completing only one - for minus-3 yards. BREES SHARP FOR SAINTS Drew Brees passed for 202 yards and a touchdown while leading five scoring drives, and host New Orleans survived a sloppy second half for a 28-20 preseason victory over the Oakland Raiders. Brees completed 78 percent of his passes (14 of 18). New Orleans" new defense under the coordinator Rob Ryan thrived, sacking Matt Flynn five times in the first half. BILLS BEAT VIKINGS With no Adrian Peterson to worry about, Jerry Hughes and the Buffalo Bills" defense thoroughly stymied Christian Ponder and the Minnesota Vikings in a 20-16 preseason victory in Orchard Park, N.Y. Hughes had two sacks and forced a fumble, and the backup linebacker Jamie Blatnick recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown. Hughes was starting in place of defensive end Mario Williams, who was held out after complaining of soreness after practice Wednesday. The rookie quarterback E J Manuel then took over in the second half to seal the win, continuing to inch his way toward securing the starting job after the veteran Kevin Kolb struggled in the first half. Greeted by cheers as he took the field, Manuel completed all six of his passes, including a 4-yard touchdown to Brad Smith, in a 14-play, 80-yard drive to open the third quarter. ROOKIE STAYS IN HOSPITAL The rookie linebacker Barkevious Mingo remained hospitalized Friday, a day after he sustained a bruised lung in the first half of Cleveland's exhibition game against Detroit. Mingo, the No. 6 pick in this year's draft, will stay at least one more night at the Cleveland Clinic, where he was taken before the end of the Browns" 24-6 win over the Lions. Browns Coach Rob Chudzinski said the team did not know how Mingo sustained the injury.