PITTSBURGH --- Ben Roethlisberger never got off the bench in a return Thurs Heinz Field That Could not Have Been much quieter. Byron Leftwich Creative Commons License Probably they had stayed on the side line, too. Leftwich, the quarterback Who Will Replace the Roethlisberger Suspended "when the season starts, was ineffective despite playing much longer Than Expected, but their still the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Detroit Lions 23-7 behind backup Dennis Dixon is a Saturday night.
Leftwich was outplayed by Matthew Stafford in the Lions quarterback's first game action since injuring a shoulder against Cincinnati on Dec. 6.
VIKINGS 28, RAMS 7
In St. Louis, Sam Bradford Took the field to a big Ovation. Soon Enough, reality sank in for the center piece of the Rams' Rebuilding effort.
The Well. 1 Overall pick had an early case of the jitters, short-arming a pitch and bobbling a snap the first two plays, looked poised while hitting four of at his first five passes, then ended with an extended rough patch in Minnesota's preseason-opening victory.
Sage Rosenfels, Chasing Tarvaris Jackson for the Vikings 'quarterback job while Brett Favre is at his waffles future, threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns in the second quarter against the Rams' second-teamers and added a 71-yarder Thurs Marko Mitchell in the third to quarter, finishing 23 of 34 for 310 yards.
Browns 27, Packers 24
In Green Bay, WIS., Jake Delhomme's Cleveland debut was a smashing success, just like what Green Bay has come Thurs expect from Aaron Rodgers.
Delhomme led the Browns to a touchdown in at his only drive and Rodgers threw one of His Own in Cleveland's win in the exhibition have decided Opener Phil Dawson's field goal as time expired.
Delhomme went 6 of 7 for 66 yards, Including a fourth-and-1 flick Thurs former Georgia receiver Mohamed Massaquoi for 12 yards That set up Jerome Harrison's 4-yard TD run.
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