Steelers drop preseason finale to Lions

Fields linked with tight finish MyCole Pruitt on a 22-yard acquire to the Detroit 2 to arrange a 1-yard landing run by La’Mical Perrine and a 14-0 lead halfway by the primary quarter.

Fields accomplished 3 of 4 passes for 40 yards and likewise ran twice for 4 yards. He was sacked twice, together with as soon as within the shotgun when rookie heart Zach Frazier appeared to snap the ball earlier than the quarterback was prepared.

Tomlin, nevertheless, was happy with what he noticed from his high two quarterbacks.

“They each moved the ball,” Tomlin mentioned. “They gained possession downs, and we put all of them in the long run zone, issues that we hadn’t achieved thus far sufficiently sufficient within the preseason.”

The Lions tied the sport within the second quarter, with backup Hendon Hooker, who began the sport, main a 72-yard scoring drive he capped off with a 2-yard TD go to working again Jake Funk. The Lions then obtained a strip-sack in opposition to Allen on the Pittsburgh 33, turning that into a brief TD run by Jermar Jefferson simply earlier than the primary half ended.

The Lions took the opening kickoff of the second half into the purple zone, however rookie placekicker Jake Bates missed a 30-yard area objective try.

The Steelers confronted third-and-8 after the change of possession, however Allen connected with Dez Fitzpatrick on a 59-yard catch-and-run down the sideline to arrange a 26-yard area objective by Matthew Wright that gave the Steelers a 17-14 lead with 3:20 remaining within the third quarter.

Veteran cornerback Cam Sutton, signed after his launch this offseason by the Lions, intercepted Hooker off a deflected go on Detroit’s subsequent possession, giving the Steelers the ball again rapidly on the Lions’ 45. However on third down, Allen and Jaray Jenkins simply missed on a 30-yard completion down the sideline and the Steelers punted the ball again to Detroit.