He weaved through the traffic and barely stretched the ball in the end zone as he was being pulled down to give the Steelers a 24-20 victory.
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The meeting came before the Steelers beat the Chargers on Monday Night Football.
The Steelers are going to need more of that fourth-quarter Vick in the coming weeks if they’re to have any chance against the 4-1 Arizona Cardinals in Week 6. Vick has one interception through two games as the starter. He had more than that in each of the three games with Roethlisberger this season.
The Steelers deserved the 24-20 win, and the very important jolt to their season. When he caught only four passes for 45 yards against the Ravens, it was blamed on the lack of preparation time because it was a short week before the Thursday night game. Photo by Bill Reilly Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell (23) runs against the San Diego Chargers defense in the second quarter. That must change against the Cardinals. Or perhaps Pittsburgh would have called things differently on offense with more room on the clock, maybe running time down to nothing, anyway. Vick and Antonio Brown still haven’t developed much chemistry. Vick on the last drive of the game for both teams, led his team down to the 1 yard line in less than three minutes.
Larry Donnell’s spectacular 12-yard touchdown catch over two 49ers with 21 seconds remaining lifted the New York Giants past San Francisco 30-27, capping Eli Manning’s sensational clutch performance.
Ultimately that wasn’t the case as Bell had to fight for the extra inch, not giving any time for the Steelers to run a final play. The secondary allowed Rivers to throw for 365 yards when all was said and done, but constant pressure from the pass rush helped throw the Chargers out of sync.
-RUN DEFENSE: A. The Steelers held the Chargers to 52 yards on 19 carries.
Richardson is the latest of several lawmakers to speak against using taxpayer money for a stadium without legislative or voter approval.
There are still a ton of breakdowns on special teams though as it seems like that is something that never gets fixed. I was thinking we still have a timeout left, so I’m thinking, ‘OK, maybe if I get stopped, maybe run like four seconds off and get a timeout and we could kick a field goal. Kickoff returner Dri Archer and punt returner Brown also failed to flip field position.
“It didn’t define the outcome of the game”, Tomlin said Tuesday, “so I’m moving on with my workweek”. That decision worked. The offensive game plan did not work.
Vick’s 72-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Markus Wheaton pulled the Steelers into a 17-17 tie.
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It’d be one thing if this were a high school game and the scorekeeper made an error and the officials missed it. Things happen.
