It's the preseason, so I feel like I can get an Immediate Reactions under my belt before the game is completed, right? Again, it's just the preseason, but they are playing football against actual football players, so there are some things worth noting. If you want to note some even more immediate reactions, check out my in-game posts at Twitter.com/NicholasMendola

-- Before we really start, how about a moment of applause of Ryan Fitzpatrick, who inched the Bills offense over 100 total yards, all the way to 135. Great job!

-- Regardless of how you feel about the no-huddle, it's a no-win situation when the offense is doing nothing. I feel like we're watching the London Fletcher-led Bills, where third downs were an obstacle, but not as much of a roadblock as the offense continuing to put them back on the field with three-and-out after three-and-out.

-- It's football's "chicken or egg" -- who is more responsible for an offense's success, the line or the quarterback? You could make an intriguing case for the latter based on the last couple weeks, and maybe even years. Last year the Bills ran for 16 TDs, while passing for just 14. Their passing yardage per game was 20th in the NFL; the rushing, 14th. It is just the preseason, but if your big men can run block, what makes you think they can't pass block?

-- Loved seeing Aaron Maybin register a sack, awful Kanye West/Leonard Smith hybrid haircut aside. When you're good at football, bad haircuts become good haircuts, so keep it up, Maybs (we're friends)!

-- I understand where Trent Edwards apologists come from, but one of their defenses I find almost impossible to comprehend. How can you blame his failure to throw downfield on the coaching? Not everything can be Dick Jauron's fault, folks, and Ryan Fitzpatrick proved it on his first play of the game. Are you telling me not one Bills wide-out ran a 18-yard pattern while Edwards was in there?

-- A positive? Edwards' hard count had the Steelers off-kilter on several plays.

-- Also, if preseason doesn't matter, then no one should've been jazzed after Edwards' rookie preseason. His numbers for this year: 26-of-38, 189 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT, five sacks. Those would definitely look better with a certain No. 81, but they are a cause for concern.

-- Special teams ace Justin Jenkins made a terrific, punishment-absorbing catch in the second half. A useful wide receiver is going to be cut by the Bills this year. That's a shame, and the first time it's happened in a while. Speaking of which, former Buffalo receiver Martin Nance made a grab for the Steelers tonight.

-- If there's one thing that was A-plus comedy gold, it was the first commercial after the first half expired, the Northtown Auto one where Trent says, "Great drive? I like the sound of that." Sick gold, Billy.

-- I do have a solution to the QB depth -- sign whichever signal caller the Vikings dump. With apologies to Gibran Hamdan, who is a good locker room guy... I'm going to feel a heck of a lot better with Tarvaris Jackson, Sage Rosenfels or John David Booty at No. 3.

-- Marshawn Lynch looked really good, with four carries for 19 yards.

-- He's against third-stringers, but Fitzpatrick looked intelligent before and decisive after the whistle. The biggest problem I had with him was the third down play in the "green zone" when he took ages to unload to Roscoe Parrish on a quick hitter. For the preseason, Fitzpatrick is 39-of-54 for 371 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT and four sacks.

-- I'm stubborn, and yes, I still wish the Bills had taken Limas Sweed in the second round last year. He'll be a terrific third option for Pittsburgh in the next couple seasons.

-- I love Pittsburgh back-up kicker Piotr Czech, who is like the Tecmo Bowl version of Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.

-- In regards to the new NFL/Bank of America commercial, who has ever heard of children tying a string between two brooms to make portable field goal posts?

-- Am I the only one kinda freaked out by the seemingly-cloned coolness of the City Mattress Guy? Is that why they've started using his real name in commercials? Or should I say "real name"?

Email: nick@wgr550.com