The week prior to his start, social media was buzzing with the anticipation of Jones being in control of the Steelers offense.
Advertisement
They hit that 30-point goal only once this season in a 43-18 victory against San Francisco at home in the second game. Two of Dustin Colquitt’s three punts went for touchbacks, while the one that didn’t only went for 2 yards.
Will Allen has missed the last two games with an ankle injury, and Tomlin noted he may be limited in practice as well.
“Ben will be preparing this week and preparing to play”, Tomlin said.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and Penn State head coach James Franklin each have their weekly press conferences this afternoon.
Get the complete box score of the game from NFL.com by clicking here.
The Steelers had better fix that because the Bengals come to town converting 46.7 percent of their third downs, second only to New England. All looked good for the Chiefs to end their five-game losing streak. We gotta maintain better possession of the ball if we want to have an opportunity to win under these circumstances. “We can’t really talk about it, we just have to go out there and perform. It has to be consistent and if it’s not, it’s going to be our Achilles heel all year”. “They’re always looking to extend the play”, said Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick. We know how he operates. “It will be physical. Obviously, we are down a little bit with the O-line”.
The reigning AFC North champs play the current AFC North leaders Sunday at Heinz Field. The end of the schedule isn’t so friendly.
Even if the Steelers rally to win the AFC North, the Bengals are still in tremendous shape to earn a spot in the playoffs via the Wild Card.
Kansas City has room to build on this victory with the way the offense started in the first half and finished the game. “It’s what we sign up for. And we got the job done”.
Tomlin said Roethlisberger’s ability to move is taken into consideration when game-planning, but he doesn’t anticipate any issues. “We just didn’t make the splash plays we usually make”. Jones threw for 209 yards and a touchdown, but he was intercepted twice and lost a fumble that helped end the game. With backup Michael Vick also out, Landry Jones got the start in a 23-13 loss to the Chiefs.
Eric Berry had his first interception since being diagnosed with cancer in December. On the ensuing drive the Chiefs scored a touchdown and took a 16-3 lead. On the ground, Le’Veon Bell rushed for 121 yards in 17 attempts.
“Under the circumstances, we could not run enough so I am glad we just got out of the game, ” said Bell, whatever that meant. Terrance Williams added four grabs for 70 yards. In the end, Kelce accounted for five receptions and 73 yards but the damage seemed much worse as he caught passes at the most inopportune time. That’s including Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs when Brown caught six passes for 124 yards.
The Steelers defense will have its hands full with Dalton if they play him like they did Alex Smith of the Chiefs.
The Bengals are 2-8 SU and ATS in their last 10 games against the Steelers. Santos kicked field goals of 30, 22, and 27 yards in the first half while Steelers kicker C Boswell connected on a 24-yard kick in the first quarter.
Advertisement
Two players who had missed time previously, Jarvis Jones (hip) and Ryan Shazier (shoulder), suffered no set backs, according to Tomlin, and are set to continue their way back to regular participants on the field. The Steelers trailed, 9-3, at halftime and were never able to overcome the early deficit.
