Heyward said Steelers-Bengals was “the second-biggest rivalry in the AFC North”.
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Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier intercepted Kirk Cousins in the third quarter and followed it with a nifty 51-yard return the other way to the Redskins’ 10-yard line.
Ben Roethlisberger was 27 of 37 with 300 yards, three touchdowns and an interception, and DeAngelo Williams ran for 143 yards and two scores as Pittsburgh rolled up 435 yards of offense.
Ben Roethlisberger recovered his own fumble at a pivotal moment and didn’t look back, throwing three touchdown passes to lead the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 38-16 victory over the Washington Redskins on Monday night.
“Our offense, when you are working on our card defense, you get challenged”, said Tomlin. “That’s what we expect, a physical football game – clean”. That’s why we’re completely confident in his ability to deliver during the time that Bell is out. We feel like he’s made some great strides already, but he’s going to continue to do so. Washington, however, only converted one of those four trips into the red zone into a touchdown, and they were successful in doing so on only one of their two goal-to-go situations, one of which resulted in a turnover.
The front seven played well against the run, but the unit failed to apply significant pressure on Cousins. The Redskins’ first-round draft pick, WR Josh Doctson, played after being listed as questionable due to an Achilles tendon injury. Breeland had a rough night when the Redskins didn’t shift gears to put their $75 million cornerback on Brown. So says his coach, Jay Gruden. “Faith in me to do my job and not question one thing in the game plan”. According to the Washington Post, one couple, the male a Redskins fan and the female a Steelers fan had a bit more at stake than your typical wager would suggest. Also recording an interception was linebacker James Harrison. 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’s the approach we took for this week”, he said.
Norman wanted more quality time with Brown, the Steelers receiver told the MNF crew after the game. Roethlisberger’s three touchdown passes included two of spectacular nature to Brown and a unusual one to Eli Rogers, playing in his first National Football League game.
LOSING BALANCE: The Redskins passed 43 times and attempted only 12 runs.
Washington gained only 55 yards on the ground.
With the Redskins trailing 24-9 at the start of the fourth quarter, Cousins completed all five of his throws and led Washington 77 yards in just 2:18.
The series last season was marked by personal fouls and unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on both teams in all three meetings. “It was a good, old-fashioned butt whooping”. “We thought we were ready to compete”.
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“My message was, ‘Well, we’ve got Sammie Coates and Eli and all the tight ends and DeAngelo Williams.’ We have guys that can make plays and they showed it”.
