Williams, starting in place of Le’Veon Bell, tallied 143 yards on 26 carries with two touchdowns. “I’ve got confidence in them and I think they have confidence in themselves, so that’s key”. By the end of the half, Washington kicker Dustin Hopkins had scored the only points- two field goals-and Washington trailed Pittsburgh, 14-6. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey knocked the ball out of Kerrigan’s hands, and Roethlisberger dived on it at his own 13-yard line.
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“It’s not about who is on me”, Brown said.
Roethlisberger then guided Pittsburgh 87 yards down the field, finishing the drive with a 29-yard touchdown to Brown on a gutsy fourth-and-1 call. “I know he felt good about his circumstance after the game, but we will let the medical experts determine that and his status”, Tomlin said.
There is certainly a rhyme and reason behind these selections, and I provide stats and specific plays to back up my argument.
Via Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.com, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was asked if the Steelers were looking for any form of payback after the Bengals (specifically suspended linebacker Vontaze Burfict) either injured or slowed down their offensive stars previous year.
So Wheaton found himself watching instead of playing for the first time since his rookie season in 2013 while Sammie Coates and Eli Rogers filled in.
With Wheaton sidelined and Martavis Bryant out for the year while serving a drug suspension, Rogers did not waste his chance against Washington, catching six passes for 59 yards and his first National Football League touchdown.
Quarterback Kirk Cousins did not sign a long-term deal after the Redskins placed the franchise tag on him. With Matt Jones and the running game grounded and tight end Jordan Reed taken out of the picture, Cousins finished 30 of 43 for 329 yards and two interceptions.
In the 4th quarter, Washington was trailing 24 to 9. Brown torched the Redskins secondary for 126 yards and two scores, Roethlisberger reached 300 yards passing and DeAngelo Williams averaged 5.5 yards per carry. The Redskins were penalized nine times for 55 yards.
A few Steelers offensive linemen said they noticed the Redskins defenders wearing down in the second half.
If last night is any indiciation, Washington won’t be seeing that glory again any time soon.
This was not what the Washington Redskins had in mind when they took the field Monday night.
The Redskins have lost 15 of their past 16 Monday night home games. “They were doing a good job of just dropping out, forcing us to take things underneath”.
We shouldn’t be questioning why Washington refused to put Norman on Brown; we should be asking why it spent so much money on a corner who can easily be schemed around.
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“It wasn’t haphazard by any stretch”, Tomlin said Tuesday.
