All of this was the case on this day in Pittsburgh as Dalton completed just 23-of-38 passes (61-percent) for 231 yards (with a season-low 6.1 yards per attempt) with one touchdown vs two interceptions for a 64.7 passer rating. Enjoy watching with DVR controls so you can fast-forward or rewind, or use the search feature to jump directly to any play. “We were rolling and I expect the same to continue”. Safety Will Allen, defensive end Stephon Tuitt and quarterback Michael Vick were among the Steelers’ players made inactive.
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Finishing 28-45 for 262 yards and a touchdown, Roethlisberger looked rusty and rushed at times during his three interceptions.
Steelers.com has said little about the injury. “He’s going to forget that and come right back and go to the next drive”.
“That changed a lot”. “That’s probably why I played more than expected”. I just had to push through, dig down deep and finish. Long gone are the days when Roethlisberger was tasked only with managing games for the defensively dominant Steelers. “It was very different from rehab”.
Burfict had five tackles, including one on the first play of the game.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell is believed to have suffered a torn MCL on Sunday afternoon, thus ending his 2015 season.
Left end Carlos Dunlap also flashed Tez-like tenacity. Instead the Steelers stepped up and split the Ben-less games, leaving the team in a great position to make a run for the playoffs.
Pittsburgh had one last chance to eke out a win on their final drive but couldn’t score. “Need a rush”, Dunlap said… “It was good to get him out there to start working on his conditioning”.
“Some guys have to talk”, Green said. He finished with 11 catches for 118 yards. And while Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was also constantly harassed by the Steelers’ defense, also being sacked three times and hit seven, leading to two interceptions thrown of his own, Pittsburgh’s offense could not put up points after the turnovers. On this day, their two leaders stepped up in crunch time… 500 with a 4-4 record, including an 0-2 division record and a 2-2 mark at home.
But given a reprieve by Roethliseberger’s miscues, the Bengals-and Dalton-answered.
This was the return party for Big Ben and the Steelers. I didn’t mean to hurt him. When they are on their game, the are in the top three in the NFL. The Ravens and Browns are tied for last, at 2-6 apiece. Reggie Nelson’s second interception set up Mike Nugent’s 44-yard field goal with 1:47 to go. It’s a play that you have to have at that point in the game. “That’s what we were anxious about”, Nelson said. He had only one Sunday and it was to tight end Heath Miller of 25 exactly.
The Steelers had no immediate word on Bell other than announcing in the third quarter that he’d “left the stadium” and “is being evaluated further”.
The Bengals ended a three-game losing streak to the Steelers, getting only their second victory in their past six visits to Heinz Field.
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Should the defense hold up for the next eight games, the Steelers will remain a wild-card contender.
