Someone forgot to tell the Steelers that they had a preseason game tonight against the Vikings. They played terribly. This game had so little action that I was struggling to stay awake. This is sad because I bleed black and gold and love football. Heck, I can still watch my old high school team and they've only won about 5 games in the past three years. The Steelers looked like they could have shared the field with them though during this game. "Big Ben" threw quite a few bad balls. They were thrown behind receivers and they were ducks (they weren't spiraling). When the most exciting thing that happened all game is Gus Frerotte performing well (he grew up about a half hour away from me, I gotta cheer for him), then you weren't watching one of the NFL's greatest games. The game ended up with Byron Leftwich captaining a game-winning drive. The score wound up 12-10, but it really isn't worth a game story. The only thing to mention is Rashard Mendenhall putting the pig skin on the turf a couple times. Mendenhall fumbling twice is really bad. Hopefully, he doesn't let it plague him all season though. Early fumbles can really mess with a rookie.
Let's hope the Steelers find their groove for their next game, their final preseason game, which will be against the Carolina Panthers at Heinz Field on Thursday night. The game starts at 7:00, and can be seen locally on KDKA or FSN-Pittsburgh.
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