Pittsburgh keeps winning, and if it can survive the next two weeks against back-to-back 10-win teams, it’ll be rewarded with games against Baltimore and Cleveland to finish out the season.
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Look at it this way. The Steelers should continue to have big passing games, but this four-game stretch will be hard to continue through the end of the season. For the Steelers to lose this game it will most likely be because the defense didn’t have good coverage. Go “Over” for one unit.
According to profootballfocus.com, starting corner Dre Kirkpatrick gave up that one, but allowed only 27 yards on three other completions. But a couple of Cincinnati Bengals are approaching villain status for the Steelers.
If the Steelers hope to gain a season split with the Bengals (10-2), his play will have to be stellar.
And he’s talking confidently. To make matters even more interesting, the Bengals have only swept the Steelers once under coach Marvin Lewis. They don’t like us.
“These teams we’re about to play are all playoff teams”, guard Ramon Foster said. We don’t want to know who’s going to grab the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage in the playoffs a moment before we have to, do we? Big Ben threw for over 300 yards in each of those games, highlighted by a 456-yard day against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 12. Hall turned 31 Wednesday as a question mark. With the team’s second straight loss, they slide back to the other top contenders in the conference, and as of Week 14 hold the No. 3 seed behind the Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos. “It’s up to the doctors and coaches, but I could have practiced (Wednesday)”.
“Those are things that Cincinnati’s known for and those are things that we prepared for, but obviously, couldn’t handle it, couldn’t take care of business”, Shelton said.
“I’m studying as if I’ll play”. It’s not like what are we going to do?
“We just focus on him trying to get better, ” Williams said. We’re capable of doing a lot of things.
After a 1-5 start, no team in the AFC is hotter than the Chiefs, winners of six in a row.
Revenge is also on the minds of the Bengals and their fans.
The Saints’ Stephone Anthony became the first National Football League player to return a blocked extra point for two points. He’s a competitive guy.
FILE – In this November 1, 2015, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green (18) makes a ca … “Hopefully, I can play better this time”.
Hill said after his debut that rather than speed up to the pro game, he feels like he has to take it down a notch.
“This doesn’t happen all the time”, Jackson said. “James is such a smart player, he’s able to move to different areas and create different issues for the offense”. Just let the game come to me. I’m not going to walk around, and say, ‘I’m the guy who played all those games in a row.’ It’s good conversation, but it’s not important. I have to calm down when I’m out there and just be more technically sound and slow down. Ben Roethlisberger needs to lead this team on Sunday. Deep balls. That’s all he does. I just got the wind knocked out of me, and it’s OK. So: Thank you, Patsies, for wetting yourselves in consecutive games – most recently, and in a stupendous surprise, against the craptastic Philadelphia Eagles – and making things ever so interesting in the process.
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In the seven contests when Roethlisberger has played at least three full quarters during his injury-marred season, Pittsburgh is averaging 31.
