PITTSBURGH -- Dwayne Haskins understood Mike Sullivan’s directions for Thursday night.
The veteran quarterback coach, who once helped Eli Manning to one of his best seasons in 2011, told the young Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback to channel guys like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington when he stepped on the turf at Lincoln Financial Field for the Steelers’ second preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
“Coach Sullivan came up to me and said, ‘Be like the jazz players,’” Haskins said after the Steelers' 24-16 win. “So, that’s just pretty much be smooth.