Preseason Game 2

The Steelers faced the Giants in their second preseason game on Saturday night. Big Ben was back to playing football and played solid through three series. He showed great pocket presence eluding tackles nearly every pass play. He went 6-8 76 yds and threw one interception when being chased out of the pocket. He didn't show any rust from the event filled offseason.

The Steelers also shown that they will be just fine without Ben during the first few games of the season. Byron Leftwich came in after Ben and went 3-6 95 yds and a touchdown. The touchdown came on one of the best deep passes I have seen, 68 yds to Mike Wallace who caught the ball in stride and never slowed down until he leaped into the endzone.

Dennis Dixon took over in the third quater and played like a superstar. He went 7-8 82 yds passing and ran five times for 27 yds. He led the team to two touchdowns one by Isaac Redman who finished the night with six carries for 34 yds. Dixon is putting heat on the Steelers to start over Leftwich in the opening games of the season. He has played better than expected and rumor has it that the Steelers don't want to start him in the case that they go 4-0 opening the season and have a QB controversy when Ben is eligible to play. I think for sure Dixon should start and if he goes undefeated then congrats to him and the team but Ben is the starter and their is no controversy since the team made the commitment with such a large contract. Not a contract that I supported since he has had such trouble off the field.

My thoughts from the game are that the Steelers O-line is really struggling, their defense is solid but gets exploited by speed, Dennis Dixon and Isaac Redman are the real deals, and their is a solid competition going on as return man between Stephan Logan and Antoinio Brown.