Just when you thought it was safe to start feeling good about the Colts, the Steelers came along.
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Aside from the potential damage to future generations of Browns, the receiver was also flagged for the celebration.
The Steel City has historically not been kind to the Colts and Sunday night was no different as the boys in blue were blown out by the Steelers 45-10.
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Four touchdown passes were not enough to satisfy Ben Roethlisberger.
“If we don’t turn the ball over, that’s us and that’s been us”, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. The Steelers, and their secondary, will be tested the next two weeks when the Steelers play the Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos in consecutive weeks.
The game started slowly with turnover and field goals, but the Colts appeared to have things going when Matt Hasselbeck connected on a nine yard scoring pass to Frank Gore in the second quarter.
A group Pittsburgh believes it belongs in.
Starting in Pittsburgh territory for the third time in their first five possessions, the Colts actually produce a touchdown as Hasselbeck completes two to Andre Johnson for 44 yards, setting up a nine-yard toss to Gore for a 10-6 lead.
And here’s the thing: he’s hardly satisfied.
“I didn’t see it, but I’m sure we’ll rehash it and rehash it 1,000 times in the next six days and suck all the life out of it”, Tomlin said, via Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Dwayne Allen was ready to look past this performance and prepare for the game ahead “The reality of it is, we are still tied for first in our division”.
“We made a decision (Monday) to put (Pittsburgh) behind us”, Pagano stressed. His roster spot may be in jeopardy, especially after Antonio Brown, who took over for Jones, returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown.
“One month to go, ” said Davis, who seemed rather sanguine after getting charred by Brown and Co. “I did get X-rays and I’m in a little bit of pain, but I don’t know anything else other than that”.
While Brown is clearly Roethlisberger’s favorite target, the Steelers have proven they are far deeper than their acrobatic leader.
Some will call it poetic justice that Boykin received 40 snaps on Sunday night, and had only 22 in the previous 11 games the team played in 2015. Martavis Bryant caught four passes for 114 yards and a touchdown.
The Steelers snatched back the lead, when Brown caught a Roethlisberger aerial just inside the left bottom corner of the end zone and right in front of Colts Pro Bowl cornerback Vontae Davis. If Hasselbeck is unable to play in Jacksonville on Sunday Whitehurst would likely make the 10 start of his career. I missed a few tackles, which I wish I could have back.
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“We obviously have no room for errors right now”, Wheaton said. “But we’re not going to be afraid to take the shots on third-and-short or third-and-medium, we’re not just trying to get first downs, we’re trying to make plays”.
