There’s only so much that you can glean from an exhibition game, especially given the player who are not on the field—namely, the majority of starters on both sidelines—but there’s still value in what we do see on the field.
For the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the biggest things that they are hoping to see before we get into the regular season is what Alex Highsmith is going to look inside of stadiums, heading into his second season, and presumably his first as a full-time starter.
He delivered on the team’s first defensive possession, recording a sack with a nifty spin move inside of the red zone to help stall that drive and force the Dallas Cowboys to settle for a field goal.