Category: 2022 Preseason Week 1 Steelers vs. Seahawks

Steelers WR George Pickens impresses with 1st NFL touchdown

George Pickens is already impressing in his first preseason game.

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Ever since the start of training camp, all anyone has talked about is how great Pittsburgh Steelers rookie wide receiver George Pickens has been. It didn’t take long in his first preseason game to show it isn’t just practice.

Late in the first quarter the Steelers were set up with a short field and quarterback Mason Rudolph took advantage. Rudolph dropped in a perfect pass in the corner of the end zone that only Pickens could get to and Pickens showed his tremendous athleticism and body control bringing it down inbounds. The touchdown went for 26 yards and put the Steelers up 14-0 against the Seattle Seahawks in both team’s first preseason game.

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Watch Mitch Trubisky’s 1st TD as a Steeler

Mitch Trubisky looked sharp on his first drive with the Steelers.

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It didn’t long in preseason for new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky to impress. Trubisky came out of the gate quick, marching the Steelers down the field 90 yards on just seven plays, culminating with a great 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Gunner Olszewski against the Seattle Seahawks.

Trubisky showed excellent command of the offense on the opening drive using his arm and his feet to push the Steelers down the field quickly. Trubisky’s night is over and he’s been replaced by Mason Rudolph in the lineup. Trubisky finished with 63 passing yards on 4-for-7 passing and the one passing touchdown.

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NFL preseason: How to watch Seahawks vs Steelers

Here is how you make sure you don’t miss Steelers vs Seahawks.

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Here is everything you need to know so you can watch, listen to or stream this week’s Pittsburgh Steelers game. Welcome to the 2022 NFL preseason. The Steelers are welcoming the Seattle Seahawks to town and fans will get their first look at new starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky as well as first-round rookie Kenny Pickett.

Game information:

Seattle Seahawks @ Pittsburgh Steelers

Kickoff: Saturday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. ET

Venue: Acrisure Stadium

Weather: Sunny with temps in the 70s

Broadcast:

National television: NFL Network and NFL+

Announcers: Bob Pompeani and Charlie Batch on the local broadcast

Online: You can also tune in online with NFL NFL+ and FuboTV (try it for free).

Radio: Westwood One and Steeler Nation Radio will have the game, as well as WDVE 102.5 FM & WBGG 970, AM local.

You can also follow the game with us @TheSteelersWire and of course here on Steelers Wire with our live updates during the game, along with highlights of all the key moments from this week’s game. Join us straight after the final whistle for more in-depth coverage, injury updates, and analysis of all the action.

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Steelers vs Seahawks: Starters to play 1 quarter vs Seattle

The Steelers are going to give the starters plenty of work on Saturday.

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It is a whole new world for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the preseason. Traditionally, Steelers starters played very little in the first two preseason games and only sparingly in the third. But with such a young team at so many starting spots, head coach Mike Tomlin knows he has to change things up.

In his Thursday press conference, Tomlin announced that his starting quarterback for Saturday’s preseason game with the Seattle Seahawks would be Mitch Trubisky. Trubisky is also the projected starter for the regular season. Tomlin also noted the team would play three quarterbacks this week.

Tomlin also announced his starters would play around one quarter in this week’s game. Another departure for a Tomlin-led team. The Steelers are currently starting two new offensive linemen so it makes sense to get this group of five as many reps together as possible.

No word on some of the dinged up guys like running backs Najee Harris and Benny Snell but it could be a perfect opportunity to see what guys like Anthony McFarland and Jaylen Warren can do against a starting defense behind the starting offensive line.

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Steelers name QB Mitch Trubisky starter vs Seahawks

Mike Tomlin announces his starting quarterback for this week’s preseason game.

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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin made official what we all assumed when he announced at his Thursday press conference that Mitch Trubisky would be the starting quarterback against the Seattle Seahawks.

Trubisky was the Steelers big free-agent signing of the offseason. After the retirement of Ben Roethlisberger, the front office brought Trubisky in quickly to hopefully revitalize the career of the former first-round pick.

After Trubisky, look for veteran Mason Rudolph and rookie Kenny Pickett to get the bulk of the snaps. Undrafted rookie Chris Oladokun could see some clean up duty versus the Seahawks as well.

How much should Trubisky play? The Steelers haven’t had a starting quarterback play in the opening preseason game in a long time but the coaches have to get a good look at Trubisky before writing his name in pen on that regular-season depth chart.

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Which Steelers QB will play best vs Seahawks

The Steelers top three quarterbacks will be in action on Saturday against the Seahawks.

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On Satuday night the Pittsburgh Steelers will finally get back to playing football when they take on the Seattle Seahawks in the team’s first preseason game. All eyes will be on the three-headed quarterback monster for the Steelers of Mitch Trubisky, Mason Rudolph and Kenny Pickett.

This preseason will look very different than the past for the Steelers. Head coach Mike Tomlin has said if the season started today Mitch Trubisky would be the starter but the position is far from settled. The coaches are likely to employ a more even distribution of reps.

Given how quickly teams sub out players in the first preseason game there will be some strange combinations out there, making it tough for the coaches to get a good look at all three.

But we want to hear from Steeler Nation, which Steelers quarterback will impres the most on Saturday? Cast your vote and make your prediction.

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