Tonight, it's all about the binoculars. NFL exhibition games, especially first ones, are never about the winning and rarely about the starters, who play little.
This night belongs to the rookies, the unknowns and the untested, along with veteran free agents (of which the Steelers annually have few). Those who harbor the most attention are first-round draft choices.
And this season, the Steelers have three -- one from each of Mike Tomlin's tenure as their coach -- who have reasons of their own for tonight's game being significant against the Arizona Cardinals.
So more Heinz Field binoculars likely will be focused on rookie defensive end Ziggy Hood, second-year running back Rashard Mendenhall and third-year linebacker Lawrence Timmons. Continue
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