Fields related 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 means of 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 prime two quarterbacks.
“They each moved the ball,” Tomlin stated. “They gained possession downs, and we put all of them in the long run zone, issues that we hadn’t accomplished so 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 cross to operating again Jake Funk. The Lions then received a strip-sack towards 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 crimson zone, however rookie placekicker Jake Bates missed a 30-yard subject purpose try.
The Steelers confronted third-and-8 after the change of possession, however Allen attached with Dez Fitzpatrick on a 59-yard catch-and-run down the sideline to arrange a 26-yard subject purpose 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 cross on Detroit’s subsequent possession, giving the Steelers the ball again shortly 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.