Well, that was actually fun.
I don’t say that much about preseason games. Usually they are snooze-fests that feature a slew of players bumbling through their NFL moment before the waiver wire inevitably leads them to their life’s work. Thursday night against the Eagles, that wasn’t the case. It was surprisingly entertaining football for August 9th.
One of the big reasons the Steelers performed well was the play of their three backup quarterbacks. Landry Jones, Josh Dobbs and Mason Rudolph all represented themselves fairly well. Rudolph, the rookie who has generated some hype as the potential heir to Big Ben, went 7-12 for 101 yards.