“So I just ran to the open man”. “I made sure going forward that I would do everything to try to emulate those standards, be the best version of myself”.
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“We’re not waiting for Heath or Spaeth to come back”.
“When we do choose to run it, we can’t have one-person breakdowns”, Lewis said. “That’s who we have to be”. “They’re capable and we have a great deal of confidence in them, and they delivered today”.
No one was more thrilled about that than Roethlisberger, who was 19 of 37 for 259 yards passing.
“We weren’t flawless in either phase, or any phase, in all three phases”, he said. “I have to help my offensive line out even if they do miss a guy or even if a guy is in the box that they don’t account for”. The teams combined for just 10 penalties and only one personal foul, a marked departure from that messy night in Cincinnati nine months ago that included more than 220 penalty yards and some nasty hits, including one that cost Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict the first three games of the 2016 season via suspension.
While no one was claiming to have brokered any truces, the extracurricular activity was essentially non-existent Sunday.
“I told him at halftime, ‘Listen, you need to decide what you want to do, ‘ ” Ben Roethlisberger said of his one-sided talk with Coates during Sunday’s Steelers-Cincinnati Bengals game. “Everyone’s trying to be professional”.
Defensive Line: Once again, the Steelers’ defensive line couldn’t get a sack on the opposing quarterback.
Neither side, though, was ready to admit that.
Wide Receivers: If there’s one thing I’ve learned about Sammie Coates in his two National Football League games this year, it’s that he’s not a consistent receiver. How the two-back system he played in for Carolina and his detailed training regimen have allowed him to remain productive at 33, when most guys at his position are chewed up and spit out before they’re 25. They held Andy Dalton to less than a 50 percent completion rate after last week when he was well over 70 percent.
With an ineffective running game and a two score deficit for much of the second half, the Bengals were forced to throw the ball on almost every play. “That’s part of it”.
The highest-scoring fantasy football player from the Steelers/Bengals game (according to standard fantasy scoring at NFL.com) was running back DeAngelo Williams, who finished with 22.80 points off of 132 offensive yards and a touchdown. It set up Roethlisberger’s 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jesse James on the next play that gave the Steelers a 17-6 lead on their way to a 24-16 win and a 2-0 start to the season for the first time since 2010, their most recent Super Bowl season.
“How many touchdowns?” he continued. “Looks like we did our job”.
The Bengals thought that receiver Tyler Boyd’s fumble that essentially ended the game should have been reversed.
“I was playing the defense that was called”, said Golden. Meanwhile, the Bengals struggled to get in the end zone. “I don’t have a number for you, but I know tons of friends and family were here supporting me”. Winston also fumbled the ball away once.
Over the next two years, he earned first-team All-ACC honors in both his sophomore and junior seasons and finishing his three-year college career as the Panthers’ all-time leader in receptions with 254 and receiving yards with 3,361. He has 10,044 yards.
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After the game, he offered a familiar if light-hearted criticism of reporters for bringing up his longevity. With Washington leading 23-20 late in the game, Kirk Cousins was intercepted in the end zone by Barry Church and Dallas drove downfield to win it 27-23 with Alfred Morris’ touchdown run.
