The wide receiver with the seemingly unlimited potential but serious baggage flipped in joy.
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Steelers quarterback Landry Jones (3) celebrates with former Stanford guard David DeCastro after throwing a TD pass. With Pittsburgh’s faltering defense, the team needed nothing less than the offense to click, and its inability to do so was costing them wins.
After Vick completed only 3 of 8 passes for 6 yards, he was replaced by Jones, who was 8-for-12 for 168 yards and two touchdowns, including an 88-yard pass to Martavis Bryant with 1:58 remaining that put the game out of reach. The Steelers play the Kansas City Chiefs, without the services of Jamaal Charles. “He played pretty hard and I think he only had one mental error, so that part of it should get better”. “I’m still kind of reeling from it. Next week will be next week”. With successful field goals from distances of 47, 48, 51, and 28 yards, Boswell accounted for 12 of the 25 points that Pittsburgh scored, essentially the difference in the game. “He was out there making checks and everything and it brought us back like ‘Dang, Landry really got this”.
Roethlisberger was among the first to greet Bryant on the sideline after the second touchdown and was in his ear for several seconds.
Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler passed for 353 yards and a touchdown. Both TDs went to Martavius Bryant in his first game back this season. He came in and did a heck of a job for a young guy who has never played, but we didn’t knock him down either. “He won the football game”. Palmer shredded the Lions while barely breaking a sweat, completing 11 of 14 passes for three touchdowns and no interceptions.
The longtime Pittsburgh offensive coordinator was pushed out by the Steelers after the 2011 season, something he jokingly called a “refirement”.
Pittsburgh Steelers guard Kelvin Beachum (68) is carted off of the field against the Arizona Cardinals during the first half at Heinz Field. Arizona though looked almost like the team of old even with only 10 points in the first 30 minutes completely outgaining the Steelers in all aspects.
“Second and about 20 about three times with penalties, and then you’re not in a position to run the ball much”.
John Brown had a career day. Landry Jones however, will give way to Roethlisberger when his return comes, but unless Mike Tomlin has lost his mind, Jones should NOT lose his backup role to Vick. However, he did not find the end zone and he did fumble the ball.
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– Turnovers. It wasn’t just settling for field goals in the red zone; all three of the Cardinals’ turnovers came in the second half, and the biggest came with 2:25 left in the game and Pittsburgh up 18-13. Arizona tight end Darren Fells left with a shoulder injury and did not return. Fitzgerald finished with eight catches for 93 yards on the same field where he starred collegiately at Pittsburgh…. That could improve after shutting down the high-flying Cardinals’ offense and holding them to 55 net yards and two first downs on the ground.
