Sep 12, 2016; Landover, MD, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams (34) carries the … It allowed Ben Roethlisberger to repeatedly get the matchups he wanted in the passing game, most notably Antonio Brown on Redskins cornerback Brashaud Breeland.
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He threw two touchdowns to Brown and another to Rogers.
To be told by a coach to stay on one side of the field is one thing but as I watched Brown go in motion, run from the left side to the right I thought “here we go”, but nope, following him was Bashaud Breeland and switching to the opposite receiver was Norman.
“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.
Washington led 6-0 late in the first quarter when linebacker Ryan Kerrigan sacked and stripped Roethlisberger deep in Pittsburgh territory.
“That’s going to be a tall task to take on, and I respect 110 percent and looking forward to what he brings, because that matchup obviously is going to be a physical one and it’s going to be a fun one”, Norman said. “Any time you can get those balls back, it’s huge”. “That’s why I played it the way I played it”.
“No, I don’t think that the preseason playing time made a big difference”, Cousins said Tuesday on 106.7 The Fan’s Under Center, driven by the Lindsay Automotive Group.
Pittsburgh’s dynamic duo connected again on a 26 yard touchdown pass, a lovely over the shoulder catch. Rogers’ first career touchdown catch in his National Football League debut was a pinball special. Chris Thompson did not do much to contribute, rushing four times for 23 yards.
Roethlisberger completed 27 of 37 passes (73 percent) for 300 yards and three touchdowns, while getting charged with one interception on a pass off wide receiver Eli Rogers’s hands.
For starters, the Steelers offense not only converted both of their fourth down opportunities in the game, those two plays netted 29 and 19 yards respectively and a touchdown. After Washington moved the ball well on their first possession, and tallied two field goals on their next two possessions, it would have been easy for Butler to say “screw it” and start dialing up corner and backside blitzes to rattle Cousins. The list reads: Gus Frerotte (0 TD, 3 INT), Jeff George (0 TD, 2 INT), Patrick Ramsey (1 TD, 1 INT), Jason Campbell (0 TD, 2 INT), Robert Griffin III (1 TD, 0 INT) and Kirk Cousins (0 TD, 2 INT).
There were wins on the opening Monday Night Football of the season for the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers.
The Redskins have lost 15 of their past 16 Monday night home games. “The defense did a nice job of making them settle for three until we could get our feet under us offensively”. A good, old-fashioned butt whipping. Roethlisberger said he had two wide-open players on the first touchdown but threw to Brown because “that’s my guy”.
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“He was central to it”, Tomlin said. They also held the Redskins to just 55 yards rushing.
