At the beginning of the second half, rookie QB Kenny Pickett got the nod to enter the game after Mason Rudolph and Mitch Trubisky played split the first half of action. Both passers looked crisp in their brief showings, moving the offense down the field and got them into the end zone by each throwing a TD pass to cap off a successful preseason debut.
Pickett looked to do the same in his first NFL action after Pittsburgh selected him #20 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft. Pickett would go on to complete all five of his pass attempts for 33 yards and capped it off with a TD pass to RB Jaylen Warren and a successful two point conversion to TE Connor Heyward.