It makes the 1 p.m. game the Steelers have on Sunday at Heinz Field against the Bengals fun, Williams said, which is part of the lone piece of advice he has for younger teammates. While the Bengals handled business against the New York Jets on Sunday with a 23-22 win, the Steelers had to wait until Monday night to strut their stuff.
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Pittsburgh’s inside linebacker and defensive play caller versus the Cincinnati Bengals’ quarterback pits a pair of players who are primed for career years.
Asking for two National Football League quarterbacks to combine for 800 passing yards in one game might be asking for too much, but these quarterbacks are capable of doing some serious damage with their arms. Ben Roethlisberger completed 27 of 37 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns against one interception.
Dalton was sacked seven times and was hit on numerous other dropbacks.
The Bengals are minding their manners heading into the rematch for now, anyway.
The Steelers are no doubt looking to continue their winning ways in the regular season, having won five of their last six dating back to the end of a year ago.
The Bengals have a huge rematch with the Steelers! The Bengals’ defense is going to be a far more formidable opponent than what the Redskins had to offer. “Every play. It was to the point where I was like, ‘We really were doing that?’ But hey, we know what kind of game it is, so we know what we have to go out there and do”.
“Hats off to the legends that have played here before”, said Foster. “We need better pass rush to win”. “I have to get to the quarterback”. The Jets defense is good but to only get that many rushing yards will be something the Bengals will want to correct before they face the Steelers.
Against the Redskins, the Steelers rushed for an average of 5.1 yards per carry. It’s uncertain how many more games he’ll miss.
Last year’s three matchups included more than $200,000 in player fines, multiple social media feuds and several concussions.
STEELERS RB DeAngelo Williams excelled starting in place of the suspended Le’Veon Bell in Week 1 with 26-143-2 rushing.
If Cincinnati’s offensive line can win the battle in the pass blocking department, Dalton has shown the ability to pick apart defensive backfields. He suffered season-ending broken thumb while trying to tackle Steelers DE Stephon Tuitt after throwing interception in 33-20 loss on December 13, 2015.
“I expect them to roll out the blankets”.
LaFell, a free-agent pickup this offseason from the New England Patriots, has become a nice complement opposite Green. “You rarely see him exhausted”. He also said the Bengals are Pittsburgh’s “second-biggest” rival in the AFC North, behind the Ravens.
Jones will be playing, though, and the Steelers will try to provoke him.
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If you were drafting your team over again who would you take at receiver; Antonio Brown or A.J. Green? If they can keep the Cincinnati run game contained, it will greatly assist the back end in trying to slow down A.J. Green. The bookmakers have the Steelers as a three point favourite, which is the usual homefield advantage edge, suggesting that these two are extremely close. Having both teams relatively healthy early in the season will make for a great, early season AFC North showdown. Much has been made about the Steelers dodging a bullet by missing Burfict in the first matchup of the season between the two teams. In addition, he was able to find numerous targets all over the field and played quite well against a good Jets’ defense.
