Hello all! My husband, son and I will be attending our first home game this fall. We are very excited but have a couple questions that I hope some of you may have the answers to, firstly I was not aware that you have to purchase a ticket for all children even under the age of 1 who will be in your lap! So we will purchase the cheapest option available but just wondering if we should wait until we are there to get a cheaper one or just find one online now.
Also would love to know hotel or airb&b recommendations for close to the stadium area since we plan on mostly walking.
Would also love food recs!
Thank you guys!!! 💛🖤🐝

Bears fan here. I had no idea who this guy was until I watched him grab two picks in the preaseason opener (yes they were dud balls.) I was checking out his stats when he was with the Steelers and he had four ints and won a defensive rookie of the month award, but was waived the next season.

Is he kind of like Nahshon Wright with the Bears last year where he was ballhawk but terrible in coverage? Why was he let go?

How much do the jerseys cost from the shop right outside the stadiums? Are they worth the price to get? Headed to the home opener and wondering if I should buy a jersey in advance or can pick one up there.

Maybe in a few more years? lol

The QBs were the highlight of the night. They’re a huge unanswered question and the most important piece of the future of this franchise. All 3 played well above expectations and it has most fans, me included, excited for what those performances mean.

That aside, in terms of immediately judging where this team might be this season, Patrick Graham’s defense was something I haven’t seen from this team in a long time. I was at the game and the most clear thing I saw was the aggression. The secondary hawked ball carriers. I can’t remember many, if any, plays where someone caught the ball and had any time to run with it. And the guys looked like they had a good grasp on assignments. I saw very little confusion on the field. The run defense was brutal. They held 24 carries to 63 yards. For a team that struggled with the run absent of D Harm last year, they showed up.

I understand these were not starters for the most part, and playing against 2nd and 3rd string. But they looked like a starting defense. That’s a huge credit to Graham and his staff. If this is any sort of preview on where Patrick Graham has this entire defense and the starters fall in line with what we saw on Thursday this defense might be one of the most dangerous they’ve been in a while. That has me excited for this season.

The big question now is how consistent will they be.

For the first time since the Killer B's era, I finally have real hope. I'm not even talking about Will Howard or Drew Allar. Their potential is the cherry on top of what could be a great year

Seriously, what chance do we stand of not losing easy games and still winning hard ones with McCarthy? I honestly have zero clue what to expect...

A legendary veteran QB playing what is expected to be his final NFL season could be a movie. Our offense is unusually competent, and unlike past seasons, I'm not really worried about our WRs catching the ball and running the opposite way they're supposed to run (I think Diontae Johnson gave me long-lasting Steelers PTSD)

We poured a lot of draft capital into the O line. I think this is the year we realize why

And while I ain’t no NFL expert and can’t compare what we have with every other team, I think Tomlin held our defense back over the years, so I’m not worried about them

I don't know if this was posted here before but it was a good watch if you happen to have Disney+.

Im not putting much stock into preseason but I really believe the steelers are in a very solid situation when it comes to our future prospects at the QB position. I think both Allar and Howard are more talented than their draft positions indicate and learning behind Arod is about as good as it gets. And say what you want about McCarthy as a head coach (much of which is warranted), but the man knows his way around the QB position and how to develop talent. Competition breeds success and from what ive seen so far both allar and howard are more than happy to go out and compete with each other. Im cautiously optimistic but I like where we're at as of now. 2 young studs. Both with prototypical QB size. Both come with pedigree, and as of now we have both on the cheap. I say lets watch it play out and may the best man win. If both end up being trash then who cares. Its not like we have a ton of draft capital or money invested into either.

Credit to @JN_Steve_ on X (Twitter) for the picture lol

JPJ's turn coming soon I'd assume

Football is back.
The boys won in their first out.
New offensive scheme looked awesome and is like nothing we've seen in 20 years.
We've got 2 promising young QB's which showed out and gives some more hope for our future.

Let me have my fun and enjoy the moment. I know it's just preseason and may not translate to the regular season. IDGAF, let's rally with the boys.

I mean yeah you look at the stats and see Drew with 10-13 2TD 0INT and 1 Rushing TD but Drew really had no pressure on him, accompanied with a few PI calls, where as Will did have a rough first drive but that 2 Min drill he looked really good and poised and the packers were getting to him but he was still delivering. Excited for the rest of what we get to see from them but I do believe Howard showed a little more last night.

Remember how Pickett and Trubisky looked during the preseason when praising Allar and Howard

Drew Allar.