PITTSBURGH -- The spent their summer watching all their offseason mojo disappear underneath a steady stream of injuries, suspensions and lackluster play. Their reward? A date with a freshly vindicated . And if the are being honest following a listle s preseason that ended with a 23-6 lo s to Carolina on Thursday night, that's just fine. Bring on Brady and the champion . At least the games will count. Enough with the ones that don't. "What better way to start the season than to play Brady?" defensive end said. And move past a Brian Winters Jersey forgettable six weeks in which the dropped four of five games and saw center go out for at least two months with a left ankle injury and wide receiver hit with a suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy. "It's been a long preseason in some instances," coach Mike Tomlin said. One that couldn't end fast enough for Pittsburgh, which has only Marco Wilson Jersey a week to get ready for Brady, whose four-game suspension for his role in "Deflategate" was overturned by a judge just hours before the exhibition finale. "Congrats to Brady, see you on Thursday," Heyward said. "We're just going to prepare and get ready."Copyright 2015 by The A sociated Pre s**