The Pittsburgh Steelers have looked overmatched in every game this season, excepting the performance of the defense with outside linebacker T.J. Watt healthy in the opener. Today’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers doesn’t obviously promise to offer much different, but what is promised is not always what is given.
That’s why they play the games, after all, and young players can develop quickly. The Steelers have a rookie quarterback making just his second start. He has learned a lot in his first 90 minutes of meaningful NFL action, and even the Buccaneers know that means something, just based on what they’ve already seen from first-round pick Kenny Pickett.