His receiving long for the night was 14 yards, on a 2nd-and-22 pass from Big Ben out of the shotgun; a play which negated a significant loss after a Roethlisberger fumble a play earlier.
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That came on the other side of the ball.
The Redskins opened the game strong and showed signs of life on both offense and defense. Not if you’re the Pittsburgh Steelers and you have Antonio Brown. It allowed Ben Roethlisberger to repeatedly get the matchups he wanted in the passing game, most notably Antonio Brown on Redskins cornerback Brashaud Breeland. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey knocked the ball out of Kerrigan’s hands, and Roethlisberger dived on it at his own 13-yard line. Gruden said the coaching staff would determine whether to have him on the active roster Sunday after seeing “where he stands as far as knowing the defense and what kind of shape he’s in again.”. That point swing is significant.
Here are some of the reactions to Monday night’s viral moment. Rather than kick a field goal, or run it, Roethlisberger lofted a pass down the left sideline, and Brown, covered by Bashaud Breeland with DeAngelo Hall closing, went up and got it for the touchdown.
So now the question becomes: Can they get their act together in time to host the Dallas Cowboys next Sunday and avoid an 0-2 start? Have the Redskins figured out in Training Camp and preseason what the Panthers did that made them pull the Franchise Tag from Norman this offseason?
It was a good learning experience for him, but we’re not going to give up on him and I know he’s not going to give up on himself.
“Yeah, you look at the run defense and they gutted us there at the end and I think guys got a little bit exhausted but you look at it sometimes it was a D-lineman and sometimes it was the interior guys, the outside backers, sometimes the inside backers not falling back, maybe the safety missed a tackle, maybe a corner missed a tackle, so it was a combination of a lot of things”, Redskins head coach Jay Gruden said.
Cousins wasn’t at his best, and his two interceptions were easily avoidable. Shazier, primarily matched up on Reed throughout the night, played a integral role in limiting the Pro Bowl tight end.
Tomlin said receiver Markus Wheaton (shoulder), fullback Roosevelt Nix (back) and offensive lineman Cody Wallace (knee) have a “significant” chance of playing against the Bengals. “We’re going to take it and run with it”. But, he was central to it. “That’s what we expect, a physical football game – clean”.
Aside from his third-quarter interception and six tackles, Shazier also forced a major pass breakup on Reed during the Redskins’ second drive that ended in a field goal.
“To get to where we want to get to, I’ve got to be a lot better”, said Heyward, who played against the Redskins despite suffering a high ankle sprain two weeks ago in a preseason game at New Orleans. We probably wouldn’t be very good at it.
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“I thought largely, our guys handled themselves appropriately and didn’t get consumed by the emotions that comprised the recent elements of the matchup”, Tomlin said.
