Minnesota was not able to generate much offense but did score the only two touchdowns of the night, with one being setup by a Stefon Diggs 62-yard punt return to the Steelers’ 1-yard line.
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Bridgewater completed five of his six passes for 44 yards but missed Mike Wallace on a simple flip pass to bring an end to a promising drive.
Bridgewater was criticized prior to the 2014 NFL Draft because of his workouts and that dropped him all the way to the last pick in the first round.
On Sunday, Roethlisberger stayed on the sidelines and was joined by Le’Veon Bell, Heath Miller and Antonio Brown.
According to oddsmakers from online sports book GT Bets, the Vikings are 3.5-point favorites over the Steelers after opening as 2.5-point favorites.
Minnesota Vikings tight end MyCole Pruitt got the NFL on the board for the 2015 season.
Detroit Lakes’ Adam Thielen had three grabs for 28 yards.
The former fourth-round pick of the Steelers in 2013 completed 50 percent of his pass attempts, going 16 for 32 for 135 yards with two sacks. Before Terry Bradshaw made history with four Super Bowl victories, he lost his job at the start of the ’74 season to Joe Gilliam, who became one of the first African Americans to start under center in the NFL.
Pittsburgh scored first on a 36-yard field goal by veteran Shaun Suisham.
Gradkowski is entering his 10th pro football camp, third with the Steelers, and says he feels better, but is not sure when he will get off of the PUP (physically unable to perform) list. Peterson should be back to completely healthy after the time off and the Vikings believe he has rehabilitated himself off the field enough to be a part of their team.
Although there were flashes of talent, the Steelers failed to score a touchdown and would go on to lose 14-3.
When asked if Suisham needs to back off from being so aggressive, Tomlin said, “I hadn’t talked to him, so I’m not going to speculate”.
Minnesota will be back in action on Saturday, 15 August, as they will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at TCF Bank Stadium.
We’ll have more on this game over the next day or so, folks. The Steelers’ next preseason game is Friday against the Jaguars in Jacksonville.
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After a long waiting period, football has finally returned as the preseason kicked off tonight with the Hall of Fame game.
