Redskins defeat Steelers 17-13 in second preseason game...

On rainy night in Washington the Redskins were able to come from behind and knock off the Super Bowl champions 17-13. The Skins first unit offense needed some trickery to be able to move the ball against the Steelers defense after Pittsburgh forced a three and out, Washington ran a fake punt on fourth-and-ten and Rocky Cartwright picked up enough yards to extend the drive. The Redskins drove down to the one yard line before the Steelers "D" tightened up and forced them to kick a field goal. Charlie Batch started his first game since 2007(Ben Roethlisberger was injured during Thursday's practice and was held out of the game for precautionary reasons) and lead the Steelers to a score on the second drive of the game that was capped off by Willie Parker running the ball into the end zone from 3-yards out. The Redskins fourth string quarterback rookie Chase Daniels lead the team on two scoring drives including the game winner in the fourth quarter when he connected with Toledo native Fred Davis from 18 yards out. Steelers rookie Ziggy Hood finished the game with 2 sacks.

The first unit for the Steelers looked about as good as you would expect for the second preseason game but they were still plagued by penalties(13 for 89 yards) including the unforgivable pre-snap variety, like a delay of game and illegal formation. The running game improved a little bit with the team rushing 20 times for 99 yards but those numbers are skewed a little bit because QBs Dennis Dixon and Mike Reilly each scrambled for 15 yard pickups which brings up the team average a bit. A bright spot for Pittsburgh was 5'6"second year player Stefan Logan who had his first taste of live action returning kickoffs averaging 39 yards on 4 returns. The Steelers next take the field against at home against the Buffalo Bills on August 29th for their third preseason game of the year.