Doyle, who suffered a knee contusion last week against the Colts, had worked his way back from a season-ending ACL injury that was sustained during the Bills' third game of the 2022 season. In three series this preseason, Pickett has gone 9 of 11 for 113 yards with two touchdowns, no interceptions and a 149.1 passer rating.īills offensive tackle Tommy Doyle was carted off the field during the third quarter after suffering an injury to his left knee. Pickett went 3 of 4 for 43 yards in his two series of work Saturday night that included completions to Freiermuth, George Pickens and Allen Robinson. It's hard to imagine Pickett getting off to a better start than the one he has gotten off to this summer. Here's a closer look at what took place Saturday night. Buffalo capped off the scoring on Kyle Allen's 17-yard strike to Justin Shorter with less than a minute left. The Bills finally got on the scoreboard early in the fourth quarter on Jordan Mims' two-yard touchdown run that was set up by a bad snap on Pittsburgh's ensuing possession. Two Buffalo turnovers led to two Chris Boswell field goals in the third quarter. Two turnovers, a dozen penalties and poor field position plagued the Bills in the first half.

Allen, playing for the first time this preseason, went 7 of 10 for 64 yards in the first half. The Steelers' defense was just as dominant against Josh Allen and the rest of the Bills' starting offense, who punted on each of their three possessions. Playing in his first NFL game, Porter's pick set up Connor Heyward's short touchdown catch on a pass thrown by Mitch Trubisky. The Steelers' final score of the half was set up by rookie Joey Porter Jr. Pittsburgh scored again moments later when Kenny Pickett hit tight end Pat Freiermuth for a 25-yard completion. Jaylen Warren capped off the night's first drive with a 62-yard touchdown run.

Two of those scores occurred in the first quarter of Saturday's game as Pittsburgh parlayed an early lead into a 27-15 win over the visiting Buffalo Bills. That's because each of the Steelers' starting offense's three drives this exhibition season have ended with long touchdowns. © 2023 The Buffalo Bills.The Pittsburgh Steelers' starting offense has yet to score a red zone touchdown this preseason. presidents: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe and John Tyler. Bills head coach Sean McDermott and Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin were teammates on William and Mary's football team.In his three years as a Florida Gator, Shorter caught 8 touchdowns and averaged 19.9 yards per catch in his final season. Rookie Justin Shorter also scored the first touchdown of his NFL career.The running back had 19 total touchdowns in his final season at Fresno State. Rookie Jordan Mims scored his first touchdown of the preseason Saturday night.

In Sean McDermott's tenure as head coach, Buffalo is 13-7 in the preseason.

The Bills' loss marks just their second in the preseason since 2019.

The second-year defensive end had 15 sacks in his five seasons at Syracuse.

Kingsley Jonathan's sack was the first in an NFL preseason or regular season game.

Steelers quarterback Mitch Trubisky backed up Josh Allen in the 2021 season.

Defensive backs Dane Jackson and Damar Hamlin both played high school football in the Pittsburgh area as well as at the University of Pittsburgh.

Linebacker Tyler Matakevich, who did not play tonight as he continues to recover from an injury, played for the Steelers from 2016-19.

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