For the second year in a row, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin has used the first two games of the preseason to alter the starter. Joshua Dobbs started the first preseason game of each season, with Mason Rudolph starting the second. Coming out as a starter is different for many reasons, not the least of which being that you tend to get to face a higher quality of defense.
At least for the first couple of drives of Sunday night’s game, that is what he got against the Kansas City Chiefs, who finished the 2018 season as one of the best teams in the NFL, taking the New England Patriots to overtime in the AFC Championship Game.