“It’s not a huge decision for us, but we certainly needed the Broncos”, Kornegay said. “We’ve got to get tighter”. Though a great playmaker, he leaves too many throws on the field by breaking down in clean pockets and going into sandlot mode.
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The Steelers were popular “dogs, opening at plus-4 and closing at plus-3, and they trailed by two points with two timeouts in their pocket as time wound down”.
“I don’t guard small receivers well, so I don’t know what I did well”, Sherman said when asked about his defense on Brown. “But five touchdowns and 100 yards rushing is unacceptable”.
Pittsburgh is in a five-way tie on overall record alone with teams that span the fourth through eighth spots in the AFC standings – only the top six make the playoffs. The playoffs are in clear sight for the ‘Hawks and the team did a lot for its destiny by knocking off the Steelers.
– Bills running back Karlos Williams hurt his shoulder and defensive lineman Alex Carrington was carted off with a right knee injury. “The time is now”.
Will Wheaton’s game against the Seahawks make future Steeler opponents reluctant to place such emphasis on containing Brown?
Absolutely. This was a legitimate win, not only because the Steelers were 6-4 coming into it, but because it is an extremely physical and balanced club led by a quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger, who torched the Seahawks defense for 456 yards. Tom Brady staked the Patriots to leads of 14-0 and 21-7 before they lost tight end Rob Gronkowski and the lead.
Russell Wilson threw a career-high five touchdown passes, including two TDs to Doug Baldwin in the final 8:12, as the Seattle Seahawks held on for a wild 39-30 win over Pittsburgh. DeAngelo Williams had eight carries for 29 yards and a touchdown and Martavis Bryant scored on an 11-yard reverse, but the Steelers either didn’t think they could run against the Seattle front or opted not to test it. In hindsight, they probably should have run more. Speaking of passing, our pass defense was bad. He returned it 26 yards to the Steelers’ 39.
Moments earlier, Palmer fell backward as he released the ball and completed a 34-yard pass to J.J. Nelson to put Arizona on the 1. That’s not a formula for success.
The Seahawks are without injured tailback Marshawn Lynch, but have a more than capable replacement in 5-9, 215-pound Thomas Rawls, a rookie free agent from Central Michigan. Missed tackles continue to be a problem for the Steelers. The Steelers managed just 58 yards on the ground as they elected to go pass-heavy against Seattle.
Shortly thereafter, Tomlin’s field goal call perhaps became more clear when Roethlisberger left the field. But that wasn’t the only blunder of the day.
“It’s kind of an unorthodox way to play and win the football game, but that’s what we had to do today”, Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. The only positives were kicker Chris Boswell going 2-for-2 on field goal attempts and Jacoby Jones getting 118 yards on four kickoff returns, including a 36-yarder.
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“(Head) Coach (Mike) Tomlin harped on that this week about making the third-down plays and giving our offense back the ball and we didn’t do a good job of that”. Landry Jones threw an interception, which set up the Seahawks’ first touchdown of the game. The Seahawks took a 32-27 lead in the fourth quarter of a thrilling shootout with this score. It hadn’t been reported at that point, though, and Tomlin confirmed his decision to kick a field goal wasn’t fueled by the chance to have Jones try to lead a game-winning drive.
