It had been since 2019 the National Football League had a preseason game. In 2021, with the official preseason cut from four to three games, the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers stayed with four exhibition games. That fourth game was the annual Hall of Fame game which takes place in Canton, OH to kickoff the preseason.
With both teams brimming with potential, their veterans were nothing but onlookers Thursday night, but that didn’t mean there weren’t players fighting for their professional lives.
The Steelers received the football to start the game, and that meant the offense took the field, even though Ben Roethlisberger and several others were watching instead of playing.