For as unstoppable as Roethlisberger, Brown and the rest of Pittsburgh’s offense looked while racing past the Colts, the Steelers’ early season missteps mean there is very little margin for error.
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“We just made some plays when we had to”, Roethlisberger said.
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Running back DeAngelo Williams added 134 yards on 26 carries as the Steelers showcased their potent offense on a national stage. But on a night when no one played great for the Colts, Gore somehow stood out. He did it a second time in the third quarter on third-and-3 from the Steelers 32 and Martavis Bryant caught the deep pass and turned it into a 68-yard touchdown.
Backup tight end Jesse James, a Penn State product who went to South Allegheny High School, caught three passes for 30 yards.
“We left points out there and we left yards out there”, Roethlisberger said. This game gave him his third 100 yard game of the 2015 season, and now he has 697 yards rushing on the season. Add in the 522 yards and six touchdowns he threw for against the Colts last season and that’s 886 yards and 10 touchdowns in two games. It was a good performance against a team that struggles to run the football. Period. We had some opportunities early in that ball game and we did not capitalize on those.
Near the ten-minute mark of the second quarter, Colts receiver Andre Johnson (2 catches for 44 yards) beat and got behind Steeler cornerback William Gay for a 28 yard reception to the PIT 2.
Past year when Brown did a somersault after a 71-yard punt return score against the Bengals, Tomlin said: “It’s amusing to me sometimes that people think I can stop a grown man from doing something like that”.
Roethlisberger led Pittsburgh into the red zone, and kicker Chris Boswell tied the game with a 29-yard field goal.
Jacoby Jones was benched after fumbling two first-half kick returns in Pittsburgh’s win over Indianapolis on Sunday. They can stretch the field better than any team in the league and were able to use max protection while still finding open receivers down field. After 12 Weeks of moaning and groaning from the fan base, Mike Tomlin and Keith Butler successfully integrated Brandon Boykin, who was acquired via trade from the Philadelphia Eagles in training camp, into the lineup.
It is hard to get overly excited.
Just when the Colts thought they were on their way to a touchdown, Steelers outside linebacker Jarvis Jones nixed that plan.
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The team’s medical staff informed Pagano of Hasselbeck’s likely availability when practice resumes Wednesday, but Hasselbeck’s workload might be limited. But throw in that kickers are “only” hitting 93.7 percent of extra points now and it’s actually possible they’ve bought themselves an extra five or six points with this strategy (and indeed, Pittsburgh has missed two extra points this year).
