Fourth-and-1 usually means a run. WR Antonio Brown is arguably the best in the business, but he completely exposed Breeland up and down the field on Monday night.
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“The call came from the sideline. That’s why the guys brought me here”, Norman told reporters after the 38-16 loss in Landover, Maryland.
The Michigan State product is the 13th highest paid player in the National Football League – he makes half-a-million dollars less than Tom Brady – and Monday’s was a performance deserving of the $660,000 he made last season.
“We play to win”, said Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin. They took us behind the woodshed today.
Washington made receiver Rashad Ross, defensive backs Kendall Fuller and Duke Ihenacho, quarterback Nate Sudfeld, defensive lineman Anthony Lanier and offensive linemen Austin Reiter and Arie Kouandjio inactive.
The fact of the matter is that Brown already has two seasons under his belt in which he has caught more than 128 passes, so that is not even impressive by his standards at this point, even though just two seasons ago it would have been the second-most receptions in a second in the history of the game.
“At the end of the day we always believed in ourselves”. “We feel that the only ones that can stop us is ourselves, and we were able to convert on those third and fourth downs”. Rodgers finished 6 catches for 59 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. Chris Thompson scored Washington’s only touchdown of the game on a 1 yard rush. Williams came back with a 6-yard touchdown run four minutes later on the next drive. He found Brown for 21 yards to the Washington 15, and on the next play, Williams ran left, split two would-be tacklers and raced in for the touchdown to push the lead to 31-16. The division’s weakness helped them make the postseason previous year for the first time since 2012.
Roethlisberger threw a quick slant to Sammie Coates, who had lined up outside of Rogers.
Which should only ramp up the next Sunday when Pittsburgh hosts Cincinnati in their first meeting since a memorably contentious victory by the Steelers in the wild-card round last January.
Washington gave cornerback Josh Norman $50 million in guarantees, money befitting one of the game’s few shutdown corners.
“They had momentum the early part of the game”, Tomlin sad.
Washington led 6-0 and appeared to have another scoring opportunity late in the first quarter when linebacker Ryan Kerrigan sacked and stripped Roethlisberger deep in Pittsburgh territory. The one and only TD for the Redskins was made with a lovely connection from Cousins to Chris Thompson.
It is early, but if this is the Kirk Cousins we see the rest of the year, he was more of a one-hit-wonder than Vanilla Ice.
The Steelers capped the drive when Roethlisberger’s pass intended for Coates on a slant deflected in the end zone to Rogers for a 3-yard touchdown with 27 seconds left in the half. Tomlin said he’d have more information Tuesday. If Kirk Cousins cannot preform in this offense, he cannot play quarterback in the NFL.
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The Steelers offense got off to a slow start on Monday night, but once Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and company got into a rhythm the Redskins had no answers.
