Garcia Breaks Left Leg

Backup quarterback Jeff Garcia of the Detroit Lions will be sidelined at least six weeks after breaking his left leg during Friday night’s 21-7 exhibition victory over the Buffalo Bills at Orchard Park, N.Y.

Lion Coach Steve Mariucci said X-rays revealed Garcia broke his fibula, but he also fears the player might have severely hurt his ankle.

Without Garcia, Detroit has two untested quarterbacks behind Joey Harrington -- rookie fifth-round pick Dan Orlovsky and rookie undrafted free agent Todd Mortensen.

Garcia was hurt on the last play of the first quarter. It happened at the end of a 23-yard run when Garcia, beginning to slide, caught his left foot on the turf as he was hit by Terrence McGee.

In other exhibitions:

The Indianapolis Colts rested their entire starting offense and all but two players on defense at Cincinnati, and the Bengals won, 38-0.... The St. Louis Rams, playing on three days’ rest after beating the Lions, 37-13, Monday night, defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 27-23, at St. Louis.... Paul Edinger kicked a 35-yard field goal on the last play of the game to give the visiting Minnesota Vikings a 23-21 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.... The Denver Broncos beat the Arizona Cardinals, 30-21, at Tempe, Ariz., behind Bradlee Van Pelt’s three touchdown passes.

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Quarterback Drew Brees and right tackle Shane Olivea of the San Diego Chargers are expected to play in the season opener Sept. 11 against Dallas despite spraining ankles during Thursday night’s 28-24 exhibition win over San Francisco. Brees sprained his right ankle and Olivea his left ankle on the same play -- a 13-yard touchdown pass to Kassim Osgood in the first quarter.... Receiver Freddie Mitchell, who helped the Philadelphia Eagles get to the Super Bowl last season, had his contract terminated by the Chiefs.