Pittsburgh Steelers 23, Detroit Lions 7

Blogged under Bloglockers,Front Page,The Pre Season by admin on Monday 16 August 2010 at 8:47 am

The Steelers looked o.k. on offense Saturday night.  Byron Leftwich didn’t look too good though completing 6 of 10 passes for 43 yards.  Dennis Dixon was the star of the game for the Steelers as he completed 6 of 7 passes for 128 yards with 1 TD pass.  He also carried the ball 6 times for 31 yards (5.2 ypc) on Saturday.  Charlie Batch completed 1 of 2 passes for 10 yards in a very brief appearance.  Isaac Redman led the way on the ground for the Steelers in this game with 60 yards rushing on 15 carries (4.0 ypc) with 1 TD carry.  Redman also caught 2 passes for 17 yards (8.5 avg) in this game.  Rookie 6th round pick Antonio Brown led the way in the passing game for the Steelers with 3 grabs for 84 yards (28.0 avg) with 1 TD grab.  Arnaz Battle only caught one pass but it went for 51 yards.  The Steelers finished up with 117 yards rushing (3.3 ypc) and 169 passing yards in this game.

Rookie 5th round pick Stevenson Sylvester led the way for the Steelers’ D in this game with 7 tackles.  The Lions finished up with 79 yards rushing on 24 carries (3.3 ypc) and they passed for 208 yards in this game.

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