The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 31-25 in both teams’ preseason opener on Saturday. As always, there are plenty of takeaways to be had:

1. Most importantly, don’t forget it’s the preseason

The preseason is not serious football.

I’ve written this column for a few years now, and this is always my first takeaway of the year. It’s a necessary caveat for the rest of the article, as well as discourse on this website for the next few weeks.

Teams don’t gameplan in the preseason like they would for a regular game. Starters don’t play much, if at all. And we’ve seen plenty of preseason heroes fall well short of expectations when the games that matter finally start.

Never forget Kenny Pickett and George Pickens looking like the next great quarterback/receiver combinatio

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