It had the immediacy of an old Mike Tyson fight; if you missed the first round, you missed it. The Jacksonville squad have on their offense side.
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Then, the understudies ruined the show.
“The good news is it’s quick healing”, Bradley said.
It’s a preseason game, so the Jaguars could lose and be successful or win and fail tonight. First-round defensive end Dante Fowler Jr.
Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles completed 11-of-15 passes for 118 passing yards and had a four-yard touchdown run on Friday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The quarterback held the ball like the quarterback of old – waiting, waiting, waiting – found Markus Wheaton in the middle of a pack and rifled a pass for an 8-0 lead. A ideal 158.3 on the passer rating.
More important than his numbers was the fact that he looked better than he did last season. “I liked it; loved it actually”. Landry Jones played pretty much the whole game at QB for the Steelers going 15 for 32 for 128 yards with an interception. Before we call him a bust lets see how this season goes.
Fortunately, we’ve got your back. The only one who didn’t was Heath [Miller].
It was to be preseason game No. 2, and the general impression during the run-up was there was plenty of room for improvement based on what had happened five days ago in preseason game No. 1. “We need to start fast like that”. “I think they’ve really picked it up faster than we anticipated”, said Bradley.
“We always can try to improve”, Roethlisberger said. We’ll have to go back and look at the film to see if there were any mistakes. “So you can’t put him out there at this point (less than) one hundred percent”. Until this week he was sitting out with a right shoulder injury, but the Steelers’ strong safety does need reps as he’s spent the first two years of his career predominantly on special teams and backing up Troy Polamlu.
Expect the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game to be televised at 7:30 PM EST on August 14 on Channel KDKA (CBS/2-Pittsburgh) and WJXT (4-Jacksonville).
Chad Henne replaced Bortles, completing 9 of 10 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown.
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Coach Tomlin address the media as he breaks down injuries, playing time and expectations for the upcoming preseason game in Jacksonville and why he views the next game as an, “awesome opportunity” for this team as they continue their “growth process”.
