The last time Jeremy Lane was on a professional football field before this Sunday was against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. With a great ability to shed blockers and penetrate the backfield while possessing the speed to run down even the best runners, Shazier is one of the brightest talents on the Steelers defense.
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In the league’s history, Pittsburgh has won against the Seahawks during the last 10 years, dating back to a 2006 Super Bowl win against Seattle.
Bell and Pouncey are out of the season and Roethlisberger is left standing with pro bowl wide receiver Antonio Brown to the lead the Steelers into the postseason.
Rawls is averaging 5.98 yards per carry, leading all running backs; Williams is eighth at 4.99 yards per carry. Pittsburgh’s weaponry is back on track and with the bye week and a long layoff, Ben Roethlisberger is that much healthier. It’s going to be a good one. In easy wins against three hapless QBs (Colin Kaepernick, Matt Cassel and Jimmy Clausen), the Seattle defense allowed 90 total passing yards; against Ben Roethlisberger and co., don’t expect such shallow figures. Roethlisberger and Brown share a chemistry that is among the best in the NFL. He had a season-high eight tackles in a win over the Raiders on November 8 and a sack in the Steelers’ win over Cleveland a week later. Pittsburgh’s high-powered passing offense goes head-to-head with the Legion of Boom. RB DeAngelo Williams averaging 134.7 yards from scrimmage in his past three games…. The Seahawks may be catching the Steelers at the wrong time. The calendar is about to turn to December, and the Pacific Northwest’s team can still imagine themselves in the playoffs, unlike the team they just dispatched for the second time this season.
“He’s a hard runner, fast, you can tell he’s very explosive, ” Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt said. This time, in Seattle, there’s a very good chance it’ll be very different. “It’s just my makeup”.
The Seahawks’ maligned offensive line might be coming off its best performance of the season, and undrafted rookie RB Thomas Rawls is showing quickness to the hole and excellent physicality. The Steelers met a Seahawks team coached by Pete Carroll, but one year shy of being the force they turned out to be.
Freeing up Antonio Brown for quick hit and runs around the line of scrimmage is a cornerstone of the Steelers’ offense and Sherman’s press coverage threatens to limit it. CB Richard Sherman has gone 11 straight games without interception, longest streak of career….
Keep Wilson in the pocketNov 22, 2015; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) picks up a first down during the first quarter in a game against the San Francisco 49ers at CenturyLink Field. Things changed when he matched up against Dez Byrant in Week 9, though. “So we’re going to treat this like it’s a great football team, which it is, and go in there to a great environment and try to play our best”. Toss in the fact that Arizona beat Seattle in their first meeting of the season a few weeks ago, and the lead actually seems like four games.
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However, the Seahawks have found out they will be missing Marshawn Lynch for an extended period, and he could be out for up to three or four games.
