Thoughts From Pre Season Game 4

The pre season is gone, thank goodness! The Steelers went 3-1, which means nothing. The main thing is to get out healthy. If you missed it, they lost Byron Leftwitch last night to a knee injury which could be serious enough to sideline him through Ben’s 4 game suspension. That means that Batch or Dixon will start. The team didn’t let Dixon throw much last night and Batch either, to keep them healthy. Word is Batch is the guy with Dixon spelling him on special packages. Not sure that’s a great idea, this isn’t college, you really need one guy and one guy only and stick with him. Our choice is Dixon, as we’ve stated here before. It seems Tomlin and Co. only see him as more of a 1 game type of spot starter, like last year in Baltimore. They appear to want a vet to lead the offense, which means Batch, now that Leftwich seems to be out.
One really positve note from the game last night is Jonathan Dwyer looked solid. He ran for 86 yards on 20 carries with two runs over 20 yards. It’s nice to see out of the rookie.
Other than that, not much else can be said since Carolina didn’t play any starters the entire game, a practice of John Fox’s for years.
We do know that come tomorrow, the final roster will be set, so let’s wait and see!