Brown also said that Vick has plenty of reason to feel good about what he’s doing in Roethlisberger’s stead.
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Might the Steelers be better with that quarterback?
Steelers remain enthused by Ben Roethlisberger’s progress but no expectation he plays this weekend at this point. The first came on the first play of overtime, when Vick threw an ill-advised downfield pass to Heyward-Bey, which he fortunately seemed to realize as it came out of his hand.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense finally started to come alive under Michael Vick in the fourth quarter on Monday night, just in time to pull out a victory.
Against the Chargers, and with 5 seconds left in the game, Bell lined up in wild cat formation, received a direct snap, and fought his way into the end zone. He didn’t offer much as a pass-rusher but, thanks to a few strong work in the run game (+3.4 run defense), Tuitt has climbed to 14th (out of 49) in our 3-4 Delaware rankings with a +6.0 grade on the year after finishing at -10.1 as a rookie. On that last drive, he accounted for 60 of the 80 yards the Steelers covered. “I think I showed I can still go out and get it done”, Vick told reporters.
Needless to say, Brown wants to get more involved in the offense. “He’s playing conservative and trying to do whatever it takes to win, not trying to make a mistake, and that’s about it”.
It worked at St. Louis, barely, and worked at San Diego, but not before they let him do his thing against the Chargers.
Bell finished with one score and 111 rushing yards on 21 carries. The Ravens followed that with a loss at home to Cleveland.
“It’s very important. That’s something I’m still working on”, Vick said. “It’s still only been like a month, month and a half”. “I’m still a ways away but the confidence is still there”. “And I think if you get outside of that box that would spell trouble”. I never said that in a bad light. “It’s just all about details from here on out”. “I’m just trying to be the best on-the-sideline guy I can be. I have to make sure I am able to do that”. “That gives me comfort within the game”. While he is not expected to play in Sunday’s game against the visiting Arizona Cardinals, Roethlisberger appears to be on course to beat the original timetable of missing six weeks.
Antonio Brown recently made comments about wanting the ball more, and there’s a reason why.
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Letting Vick do his thing might help. “This team we are playing, they do a great job on offense”. The veteran quarterback is completing 64.9 percent of his passes on the season and went 11-of-14 for 161 yards and three touchdowns last week while leaning on the running game. “Just keep trying to polish my skills”.
