And time and again, it proved to be the right choice Monday night against the Washington Redskins. Williams came back with a 6-yard touchdown run four minutes later on the next drive.
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Washington gained only 55 yards on the ground. The Redskins’ only touchdown came from Chris Thompson on a one yard rush.
Williams also contributed as an outlet receiver for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, adding 6 catches for 28 yards on 9 targets.
“That’s the approach we took for this week”, he said.
“I may be ignorant, but it seemed to me that we just weren’t in a situation in the game where we had a lot of run attempts”, Kirk Cousins said.
He spent much of Monday night chasing after various Steelers ball carriers, Antonio Brown chief among them.
“No, man. Like I said, our faith is trusting coach [defensive coordinator Joe] Barry, [secondary] coach Perry Fewell”, said Norman when asked about shadowing Brown. “But we had 7 and when we have 7 we can put together performances like we did tonight”.
Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn’t have some of his usual weapons when the Steelers defeated the Washington Redskins 38-16 Monday night.
“It’s always pretty good to dial his number”, Tomlin said. But Antonio Brown is no normal player. The lack of pressure allowed Cousins to throw for 329 yards. “They’re getting better, and I think their usage will reflect that rise”, Tomlin said. Rookie defensive tackle Javon Hargrave played with a strained quad muscle. “I know he wanted to play against me one-on-one the whole game if it was up to him”. Their pass-rush was nearly nonexistent. “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.
-The no-huddle offense was successful on several fronts.
GROWIN’ UP: The Steelers often rode with three wide receivers, one tight end and one running back in the formation against the Redskins. But it also got the Redskins front seven exhausted.
Defensive Backs: This was the area where the Steelers needed to improve during the offseason.
Welcome to my list of unheralded players after the team’s Week 1 game. “You know, we get a little bit too giddy sometimes with the weapons that we have”. Burns, the first-round pick, played just nine snaps, which is nine more than Gilbert, who was acquired last week from Cleveland. The Steelers will head home to face AFC North rival Cincinnati Bengals (1-0) next Sunday. Coach Mike Tomlin did not have an update on Shazier at his weekly news conference Tuesday.
Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger carved up the Redskins’ defense easily Monday – he does that to a lot of teams, to be fair – but it was telling that Washington could only muster one counterpunch. He also threw 540 completions to Heath Miller and 512 to Hines Ward. Roethlisberger finished with 300 passing yards and showed why he is a strong MVP candidate.
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Brown caught eight passes on 11 targets for 126 yards and two touchdowns in the Steelers’ blowout win. Only Hines Ward (29) has more in franchise history.
