PITTSBURGH (AP) – Steelers quarterback Dennis Dixon is learning there’s two speeds played in any NFL game: fast and faster.
He’s also discovering that’s the pace the NFL coaches go at in making personnel decisions.
With Byron Leftwich mending quickly, Dixon understands he must throw effectively, get plays off quickly and limit his mistakes Sunday at Tennessee if he’s to keep his starting job for the rest of Ben Roethlisberger’s four-game suspension.
With those early season games taking on even more importance than usual because of Roethlisberger’s absence, Dixon likely needs to produce more than the nine points the Steelers (1-0) scored in regulation during their season-opening 15-9 overtime decision over Atlanta.
Dixon didn’t play badly enough to lose it, but he didn’t play well enough to win many games.
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