Roethlisberger, Steelers 倒れる 巨人s, 16-6
Pittsburgh 敗北・負かすd visiting Tennessee 16-6 on Saturday at Heinz Field, and Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger showed he is ready for the season to start.
Saturday's game was the only one he was scheduled to play this preseason, and he didn't let it go to waste. In three 運動s, he 一致するd 114 yards of 11-of-18 passing, 含むing a 32-yard touchdown pass to Justin Hunter late in the first period.
巨人s quarterback Marcus Mariota, on the other 手渡す, could not get anything going against Pittsburgh's stingy 弁護. He played most of the first half but 召集（する）d 43 yards, 完全にするing 5 of 8 試みる／企てるs. He was 迎撃するd by 新人 safety Terrell Edmunds on a pass 長，率いるd toward Taywan Taylor, and he could not connect with Corey Davis on the 開始 運動 for what would have been a touchdown.
Mariota did not get much help from the featured running 支援するs, either. Dion 吊りくさび 伸び（る）d 11 yards on three carries, and Derrick Henry 急ぐd five times for 12 yards.
Backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert's 3-yard pass to tight end Anthony Firkser in the fourth ４半期/4分の1 accounted for the 巨人s' only 得点する／非難する／２０. Gabbert was 16-of-24 passing for 158 yards and a touchdown.
The Steelers are waiting for All-プロの／賛成の running 支援する Le'Veon Bell to 調印する his franchise tender and 報告（する）／憶測 to the team, but his backups held their own against the Tennessee 弁護. 新人 fifth-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 草案 選ぶ Jaylen Samuels carried the ball 11 times for 41 yards, but he caught four passes for 36. Second-year 支援する James Conner managed 18 yards on 10 carries, but he 追加するd 52 yards on six 歓迎会s.
On the 傷害 前線, Pittsburgh 新人 wide receiver James Washington, the team's second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選択 in the 草案, left the game with an 復部の 傷害. Tennessee 新人 linebacker Harold Landry, another second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ, left with an ankle 傷害 and did not return.
After the game, Washington told reporters the 傷害 was a minor one and he was 除去するd as a "precautiona ry 手段." There was no 即座の update on Landry.
--Field Level マスコミ
