EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Josh McCown had the wind knocked out of him, and the New York Jets could only hold their breath.

The 38-year-old quarterback was OK after getting the start - and a big scare - in the preseason finale as the Jets held on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 16-10 on Thursday night."Thankfully, it wasn't anything serious," McCown said.McCown hadn't played since the opening series of the preseason against Tennessee as the Jets gave youngsters Christian Hackenberg and Bryce Petty extended looks. Coach Todd Bowles announced Monday that McCown would be the Week 1 starter at Buffalo, and had most of his starting offense on the field for the first two possessions against the Eagles.But it almost ended in disaster.McCown took a shot to his chest from Eagles linebacker Joe Walker after completing a 20-yard pass to Austin Seferian-Jenkins with 7:13 left in the opening quarter. The quarterback was down on a knee for a few moments before getting to his feet and jogging off the field toward the sideline before going down to a knee again as trainers attended to him."I went down so Hack could have a chance to warm up," McCown said.Bowles and McCown said the quarterback just needed to catch his breath - and he came back into the game after Hackenberg replaced him for just one play."You don't like your quarterback getting hit, but football is football, whether it's Week 1 or Week 4 of the preseason," Bowles said."You get hurt, you get hurt. That's the game we play."McCown finished 6 of 8 for 57 yards, leading the Jets on a scoring drive that was capped by Chandler Catanzaro's 28-yard field goal. It was the first time since Mark Sanchez's rookie season in 2009 that New York started its opening day starter in the preseason finale.Third-stringer Matt McGloin started for Philadelphia at quarterback, going 14 of 21 for 90 yards and leading the Eagles to a 33-yard field goal by Caleb Sturgis before being replaced by rookie Dane Evans.Hackenberg has struggled for much of the preseason, but capped an 82-yard scoring drive in the second quarter with a 12-yard touchdown toss to an outstretched Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who caught the ball while falling backward.Hackenberg was 10 of 22 for 105 yards while finishing the game.Evans got the Eagles within six points midway through the fourth quarter when he scrambled to his left and found a wide-open Marcus Johnson , who streaked to the end zone 41 yards untouched for a touchdown.With the Jets trying to run out the clock, Marcus Murphy fumbled and Philadelphia recovered. Evans marched the Eagles down the field, but couldn't connect with Bryce Treggs in the end zone in the final seconds on fourth-and-goal from the 8.Eagles backup quarterback Nick Foles did not play and went through the entire preseason without seeing any game action, although coach Doug Pederson insists he's healthy."I'm not concerned based on what I'm getting from the medical staff and based on Nick's feeling and the way he worked out again today, and really through this week in practice," Pederson said. "There's no concern."