polamalubeast
08-12-2017, 12:24 PM
Pittsburgh Steelers football is back, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Making the trip to the Meadowlands Friday night to take on the New York Giants in the first preseason game of the season, the Steelers — without the services of some key offensive starters — managed to grind out a 20-12 win over the host Giants, while giving some young players serious looks.
Like I’ll do after every game this season, I’ll take a look at each position group and hand out grades for performances in the game.
Here we go.
QB — D-
Without Ben Roethlisberger or Landry Jones’ services in this one, rookies Josh Dobbs and Bart Houston received the snaps, and it was a very ugly performance for the most part.
Dobbs looked shaky to start the game, throwing an interception due to miscommunication before then following that up with a bad interception on a crossing route where he didn’t see the Giants’ defensive end dropping into coverage.
After throwing the two picks, Dobbs seemed to settle down and found a comfort zone with Cobi Hamilton, hooking up for a big 44-yard strike down the middle of the field before then adding a 28-yard touchdown right before the half to give the Steelers the lead.
Dobbs would have had a second touchdown, this time to Xavier Grimble, on a scramble before uncorking a laser, but a holding call negated the touchdown.
On the ground, Dobbs showed why he is the all-time leading rusher for a QB at Tennessee, scrambling once for 16 yards, making a few defenders miss in the process.
As for Houston, the Wisconsin product looked jumpy in the pocket, rarely set his feet and consistently overthrew targets down the field.
read more
http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/08/steelers-vs-giants-positional-grades-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Making the trip to the Meadowlands Friday night to take on the New York Giants in the first preseason game of the season, the Steelers — without the services of some key offensive starters — managed to grind out a 20-12 win over the host Giants, while giving some young players serious looks.
Like I’ll do after every game this season, I’ll take a look at each position group and hand out grades for performances in the game.
Here we go.
QB — D-
Without Ben Roethlisberger or Landry Jones’ services in this one, rookies Josh Dobbs and Bart Houston received the snaps, and it was a very ugly performance for the most part.
Dobbs looked shaky to start the game, throwing an interception due to miscommunication before then following that up with a bad interception on a crossing route where he didn’t see the Giants’ defensive end dropping into coverage.
After throwing the two picks, Dobbs seemed to settle down and found a comfort zone with Cobi Hamilton, hooking up for a big 44-yard strike down the middle of the field before then adding a 28-yard touchdown right before the half to give the Steelers the lead.
Dobbs would have had a second touchdown, this time to Xavier Grimble, on a scramble before uncorking a laser, but a holding call negated the touchdown.
On the ground, Dobbs showed why he is the all-time leading rusher for a QB at Tennessee, scrambling once for 16 yards, making a few defenders miss in the process.
As for Houston, the Wisconsin product looked jumpy in the pocket, rarely set his feet and consistently overthrew targets down the field.
read more
http://www.steelersdepot.com/2017/08/steelers-vs-giants-positional-grades-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter