Kenny Pickett threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Vaughns with 3 seconds to play as the host Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks 32-25 Saturday night.
Pickett, Pittsburgh’s first-round pick in 2022, is competing with Mitch Trubisky and Mason Rudolph to replace retired two-time Super Bowl winner Ben Roethlisberger as the Steelers’ starting quarterback.
Roethlisberger guided the franchise for 18 seasons and led the Steelers to three Super Bowl appearances.
Pickett, a former University of Pittsburgh standout, played the second half and finished 13 of 15 for 95 yards and two touchdowns. He was sacked, forcing a turnover on downs, but had a chance to win the game when Pittsburgh’s Mark Robinson sacked Seattle’s Drew Lock and forced a fumble on the next play.
Pickett responded with a five-play, 43-yard drive capped by his touchdown pass to Vaughns. He received a loud ovation and chants of “Kenny, Kenny, Kenny” when he first took the field in the third quarter and before the eventual winning drive.
Lock and Geno Smith are competing to replace Russell Wilson as Seattle’s starting quarterback after Wilson was traded to Denver in the offseason. It’s the first true quarterback competition for the Seahawks since 2012, when Wilson won the job as a rookie.
Smith and Lock didn’t have DK Metcalf or Tyler Lockett on Saturday. Smith played the first half, going 10 of 15 for 101 yards and a rushing touchdown. Lock was 11 of 15 with 102 yards and two scores, but lost a crucial fumble that led to Pittsburgh’s winning touchdown.
All three Steelers quarterbacks threw touchdown passes. Trubisky and Rudolph threw TD passes in the first quarter, before Pickett converted on his first NFL series and led the Steelers on a winning drive.
Trubisky, who played most of the first quarter, finished 4 of 7 for 63 yards with a touchdown. Rudolph ended the half, going 9 of 15 for 93 yards and a score.
Rams 29, Chargers 22: Third-string quarterback Bryce Perkins threw a pair of touchdown passes to Lance McCutcheon as the Los Angeles Rams held off the Los Angeles Chargers in a preseason game in which most of the starters did not play.
Perkins, a former Virginia Cavaliers star, played the entire game with Matthew Stafford and John Wolford not dressed. He completed 9 of 16 passes for 126 yards and also finished as the Rams’ leading rusher with 39 yards on eight carries, including a 1-yard TD midway through the third quarter.
McCutcheon, who has drawn rave reviews from Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp during training camp, finished with five receptions for 87 yards. He also had a reception for a 2-point conversion following Perkins’ rushing touchdown.
Following a Chargers three-and-out, Perkins connected with McCutcheon for a 60-yard touchdown up the left sideline to give the Rams a 14-7 lead with 5:17 lead in the second quarter. McCutcheon got leverage over Chargers safety Deane Leonard, caught the pass at the Chargers’ 29-yard line and then avoided a tackle attempt from JT Woods before scoring.
With the score tied at 22 in the fourth quarter, McCutcheon caught an 11-yard TD pass in the right corner of the end zone to put the Rams on top with 6:17 remaining.
The Chargers had the ball late in the fourth quarter and were driving to tie the game when Easton Stick’s pass to Michael Bandy was picked off by Daniel Isom at the Rams’ 8 with 27 seconds remaining.
Stick and Chase Daniel each played one half as Justin Herbert watched the game from the sideline.
Daniel threw for a pair of first-half touchdowns. The Chargers received the opening kickoff and scored in nine plays as Joe Reed, a U.Va. product, split the Rams’ secondary and hauled in a 41-yard TD pass less than four minutes into the game.
Broncos 17, Cowboys 7: Journeyman Josh Johnson threw a pair of first-half touchdowns as host Denver beat penalty-prone Dallas amid a steady rain for much of the second half.
Johnson, who’s 36 years old and playing for his 14th NFL team, was signed in the offseason to compete with Brett Rypien for the job backing up new Broncos starter Russell Wilson.
Wilson sat this one out, as did Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, leaving the passing duties to backups.
Rypien was 8 of 18 for 113 yards. Cooper Rush got the start for Dallas and was 12 of 20 for 84 yards and an interception. Former James Madison star Ben DiNucci (9 of 16 for 112 yards) finally got the Cowboys on the board with a 12-yard TD toss to Simi Fehoko with just less than five minutes remaining, capping a 16-play, 95-yard drive.
The Cowboys committed a whopping 17 penalties for 129 yards 48 hours after Dallas’ first-string offense was dominated by Denver’s front-line defense in a chippy joint practice that featured a half-dozen skirmishes.
Only a handful of regulars started for each team, including Broncos inside linebacker Jonas Griffith, who injured his left elbow on the game’s second snap and didn’t return.
Johnson overcame a slow start to throw for 172 yards and two touchdowns on 16-of-23 passing.
The game marked Nathaniel Hackett’s debut as an NFL head coach and the introduction of the Broncos’ new Walton-Penner ownership group, which purchased the team from the Pat Bowlen Trust for a record $4.65 billion, and new team president Damani Leech.
Bears 19, Chiefs 14: Patrick Mahomes threw for 60 yards and a touchdown on Kansas City’s first possession, then watched as the Chiefs lost in Chicago.
The game was the first for Chicago’s Matt Eberflus as a head coach. It also marked the return to Soldier Field for predecessor Matt Nagy, now the Chiefs’ quarterbacks coach. He was fired in January after leading the Bears to a 34-31 record in four seasons, then reunited with Andy Reid after previously working for him in Philadelphia and Kansas City.
Chiefs safety Justin Reid showed he could be an emergency kicker, nailing an extra point after Justin Watson caught a 22-yard touchdown from Shane Buechele in the closing seconds of the first half. Reid, who made a 65-yard field goal in a training-camp practice, sent the kick right down the middle to make it 14-0.
Mahomes had no trouble playing on a chopped-up field. He picked apart a defense missing its two best players, with linebacker Roquan Smith in a contract standoff and the Bears holding out star pass rusher Robert Quinn.
Mahomes completed 6 of 7 on a 72-yard drive after Chicago went three-and-out on the game’s first possession. The four-time Pro Bowl quarterback dumped the ball off to Blake Bell for a 5-yard TD, capping an 11-play possession — then called it a day.
Chicago’s Justin Fields, trying to build on a shaky rookie season, was 4 of 7 for 48 yards.
Bills 27, Colts 24: Matt Ryan can finally put the Falcons behind him.
Whether it was seeing his name on the back of a No. 2 Colts jersey hanging in his locker, or completing his first attempt — a 6-yarder to tight end Kylen Granson — the 37-year-old quarterback feels as if his transition to Indianapolis is complete.
“I’m part of this team and there’s 30, 40 other guys that it was their first time playing with the Colts today,” Ryan said. “We all got it under under our belt for the first time. And I think all of us, that entire group of new guys here, is going to feel a lot better heading into next week.”
The Colts can begin feeling more comfortable following Ryan’s debut, which reflected many of his pass attempts: relatively short and efficient.
With Von Miller and the rest of the Bills’ starting defense sitting out, Ryan finished 6 of 10 for 58 yards, with two of his incompletions coming on fourth down. More importantly, the 15-year veteran didn’t commit a turnover while showing a nimbleness in the pocket by avoiding a defender to hit Michael Pittman in stride on a crossing route for a 17-yard completion.
Tyler Bass made a 46-yard field goal as time expired as Buffalo scored on three consecutive possessions in the final 8:10 to rally from a 14-point deficit. Matt Barkley oversaw the comeback in finishing 18 of 24 for 224 yards, with former Virginia Tech standout Raheem Blackshear rushing for touchdowns of 1 and 3 yards over a span of 4:19 to tie the game.
Buffalo won its ninth straight preseason outing, which ranks as the NFL’s second-longest active streak behind the Baltimore Ravens who have won a league-record 21 in a row.
Buffalo committed five turnovers, including four in the first half.
“It was good to see us come together a little bit as a team and play better complementary football in the second half,” said Bills coach Sean McDermott, a William & Mary graduate. “Obviously, the turnovers and penalties in the first half can’t happen.”
With Buffalo resting Josh Allen and its starting offense, the struggles fell on backup Case Keenum, who threw two interceptions and lost a fumble.
Texans 17, Saints 13: Andy Dalton threw a touchdown pass on his only possession in his debut with New Orleans, but the Saints fell in Houston after a touchdown in the final minute.
Dalton, who joined the Saints after spending last season with the Bears, started with Jameis Winston out after he injured his foot in practice Monday.
Dalton was 5 for 5 for 51 yards. He threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Washington to put New Orleans up 7-0 early.
Houston quarterback Davis Mills was 3 for 3 for 14 yards in two drives where the Texans failed to get a first down.
The Texans are sticking with Mills as their starter this season despite a subpar rookie campaign when he played 13 games in a 4-13 season.
Both teams featured the debut of new head coaches, with Dennis Allen taking over for Sean Payton for New Orleans and Lovie Smith replacing David Culley for the Texans. Both Allen and Smith moved into the top job after working last season as their team’s defensive coordinator.
Jeff Driskel threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to rookie Johnny Johnson III in the final minute to lift Houston to the win.
A 36-yard field goal by former Hokie John Parker Romo put New Orleans up 13-10 early in the fourth quarter.
Receiver Chris Olave, taken 11th overall, and 19th pick left tackle Trevor Penning made their debuts Saturday night for New Orleans. Olave had one reception for 4 yards.
A bright spot for the Texans was the play of rookie fourth-round pick Dameon Pierce, who had five carries for 49 yards.
Dolphins 26, Buccaneers 24: Miami third-stringer Skylar Thompson threw for 218 yards and one touchdown to help Miami win a road game.
Jason Sanders kicked four field goals, including a 53-yarder that put the Dolphins ahead for good with just less than seven minutes remaining.
Kyle Trask drove the Bucs into position to potentially win the game, but Jose Borregales’ 49-yard field-goal attempt hit the right upright and bounced away as time expired.
With Tom Brady taking what Tampa Bay coach Todd Bowles described as a pre-planned break from training camp for personal reasons, Trask and No. 2 quarterback Blaine Gabbert shared playing time against the Dolphins.
Most of the starters from both teams, including Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and key offseason acquisition Tyreek Hill, had the night off after the clubs scrimmaged against each other for two days earlier in the week.
The Bucs announced Thursday that Brady, who practiced the previous day against the Dolphins, will not rejoin the team until after next weekend’s preseason game at Tennessee.
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Gabbert, a 12th-year pro who backed up Brady the past two seasons, started Saturday night and worked two series. His 23-yard touchdown pass to Jaelon Darden gave the Bucs an early lead. Trask extended it by completing five of six passes for 67 yards on a long drive Ke’Shawn Vaughn finished with a 1-yard scoring run.
Trask followed that up with a pair of costly turnovers: an interception on an ill-advised pass intended for rookie running back Rachaad White, and a fumble that Miami linebacker Sam Eguavoen returned 32 yards for a second-quarter TD.
The Dolphins also converted the interception into points, with Thompson tossing a 22-yard TD pass to Lynn Bowden Jr.
Thompson played the entire game, finishing 20 of 28 with no interceptions. Trask played the final three quarters for Tampa Bay, going 25 of 33 for 258 yards, one interception and one touchdown.
The only Tampa Bay player listed as a starter on the depth chart who played was former James Madison player Aaron Stinnie, a Charlottesville native who’s competing for the left-guard opening created by Ali Marpet’s retirement.
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