Matt Nelson, Jonah Jackson, Evan Brown, Halapoulivaati Vaitai and Penei Sewell were the first-team group, with Brown and Nelson playing all 61 offensive snaps.
The Steelers hit the quarterback five times but couldn’t wrangle either Tim Boyle or David Blough to the ground.
Detroit’s starting five of Taylor Decker, Jackson, Frank Ragnow, Vaitai and Sewell feel as locked into place as possible, with some question marks concerning those behind them.
He had a couple of fundamental issues in the game , but overall, you feel like, ‘OK, this last week he’s beginning to grow a little bit.’ It’s encouraging.
In last week’s debut, Pro Football Focus graded Stenberg with a strong 89.7 run-blocking grade, making him one of the top five players on Detroit’s offense.
— Tom Kennedy led the receiver room in reps, and once again in the box score with his four catches on four targets for 61 yards.
Perriman had two ugly targets from Boyle, while Cephus secured two of his three looks for 15 yards.
— Tim Boyle played the entire first half, then the first series of the second, with each of his possessions ending in either the end of the half or a punt.
Okwara had another quarterback hit, while Bryant had some solid moments, with a facemask penalty on third down in the opponent’s end zone standing out, though.
— Jahlani Tavai and Jalen Reeves-Maybin led the defense in snaps while struggling in the 26-20 loss.
— Speaking of rookies making an impact in a brief look.
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