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The Steelers defense bent but never broke on Saturday night.
Saturday night the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 16-15 in the team’s second preseason game of the year. Let’s hand out some grades for the defense.
This is how bad the Steelers offensive line was on Saturday.
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On Saturday night, the poorest performance by the Pittsburgh Steelers came courtesy of the offensive line. This group let the Jacksonville Jaguars defensive front bully them all game long. It was so obvious that athe FanDuel Sportsbook Twitter account partook in some epic trolling of the Steelers offensive line and its poor performance.
The Steelers have dedicated serious resources into the offensive line this offseason adding multiple free agents and even a new offensive line coach. Unfortunately, so far the new players, James Daneils and Mason Cole aren’t looking like upgrades and the returning guys aren’t showing much in terms of growth over last season.
Steelers running backs only netted 10 rushing yards on just 10 carries in the game. The offensive line also failed to protect any of the Steelers quarterbacks which makes the evaluation process for most of the offense quite challenging.
Message to the Steelers o-line: pic.twitter.com/3foY3A47Z3
— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) August 20, 2022
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Kenny Pickett should have played more and the offnsive line is still bad.
The Pittsburgh Steelers were a real mixed bag on Saturday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Here are our big takeaways from the NFL preseason win.
Which Steelers are you looking the most forward to watching this week?
This weekend the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars in the Steelers second preseason game. The coaching staff have shuffled the depth charts and we should see several new combinations of players. Here are five guys we can’t wait to see play.
More Kenny Pickett and better offensive line play are what we are watching for this week.
Here are the four things we will be keeping a close eye on this week as the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week Two of the NFL preseason.
Here is your viewing information for this week’s Steelers game.
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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. It is Week Two of the 2022 NFL preseason. The Steelers have traveled south to Florida to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars this week and fans should be excited to see rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett in a larger role with the starters.
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Jacksonville Jaguars
Kickoff: Saturday, August 20 at 7:00 p.m. ET
Venue: TIAA Bank Field
Weather: Clear with temps in the 80s
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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Kenny Pickett could be preparing for a bigger role this week in preseason.
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Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett has seen an uptick in his practice reps this week. Pickett has been working with the second team this week for an expanded role against the Jacksonville Jaguars this week.
According to head coach Mike Tomlin, this week’s change at practice is prepping him for perhaps an expanded role in the preseason.
“It’s preparation more than anything,” Tomlin said. “He’s going to get some reps in more varsity-like action in this game in an effort to get to know him and see how he fares. What he’s doing out here is just preparing for it.”
What will this mean for this week’s preseason game against the Jaguars? Hopefully it means Pickett is the first guy in after starter Mitch Trubisky. This will give him an opportunity to work with better skill players and against better defenders. Pickett was sharp in his NFL debut last week but admittedly it was against third and fourth-string defenders.
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