A funny thing happened on the way to the quarterback, said the football as it exited Pittsburgh Steelers C Mason Cole’s grasp on Sunday. The veteran lineman struggled with clean snaps on the day, two of which were off target enough to have gotten away from their respective quarterbacks.
Because in this case, there were actually different quarterbacks. The first aborted snap resulted in QB Kenny Pickett getting tackled for no gain. The second one was worse, as Mitch Trubisky could not corral the ball in time before being struck by a defender, separating him from it and allowing the Arizona Cardinals to recover for the takeaway.