The well-traveled Bridgewater threw for a pair of first-quarter touchdowns in Tampa Bay’s 17-14 preseason win over the Steelers on Saturday night, thrusting himself into the competition with Kyle Trask to be Baker Mayfield’s backup in the process.

Steelers first-round rookie Derrick Harmon had a quiet preseason debut against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 9, ending the day with a blank stat sheet. He quickly corrected that in his second-career preseason game a week later against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, logging one sack, one tackle for loss, and three total tackles.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had a stranglehold over the rest of the NFC South the last several years for largely three reasons. They have gotten consistently

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers lost their second preseason game to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-14 in a sloppy affair. However, while the team sat most of their starters, the Steelers did put some of their rookies, such as Derrick Harmon and Kaleb Johnson on the field for a second look.

Here are some of rookie RB Kaleb Johnson's best runs from the Steelers preseason Week 2 game against the Buccaneers.

The Bucs' offense hit a lull after the first quarter, while the Steelers put up 17. Connor Bazelak took over at quarterback in the third quarter and finished completing 14 of 18 attempts for 106 yards. In the final three seconds of the game, Chase McLaughlin drilled a 43-yard field goal to give the Bucs a 17-14 victory on the road.

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Following the Steelers' 14-17 preseason loss to the Buccaneers, HC Mike Tomlin revealed the two rookies who impressed him most.

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