There was no immediate word on the extent of Roethlisberger’s injury.
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While Tomlin said he was comfortable with Vick’s knowledge of the team’s playbook, that doesn’t mean the look of the offense won’t change.
On Sunday, Roethlisberger was diagnosed with a sprained MCL in his left knee, ESPN reported.
The leader of one of the NFL’s most dynamic offenses is expected back at a few point in 2015 after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in the third quarter of Sunday’s 12-6 win over St Louis. They don’t have the look of the Ravens’ teams of the past that were built around defense and the running game.
The idea might be to lean on Bell, the AFC’s leading rusher in 2014. They will dare Vick to throw on them, especially deep. The difference between Roethlisberger and Vick over the next five games is almost 300 passing yards and five touchdowns.
Will Pittsburgh court Griffin ahead of Thursday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens? Stop Bell, at all costs. Roethlisberger’s pass for a two-point conversion also failed.
The Baltimore Ravens suffered another loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, 28-24, in Week 3.
Antonio Brown had 11 catches for 108 yards, his third straight 100-yard receiving game. Neither might the Steelers’ ball security. He completed 64-of-21 passes for 604 yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions. For Le’Veon Bell, it was his season debut and he picked up right where he left off in 2014. Vick’s accuracy has tailed off with age – just 52.9 last season with the New York Jets – and his mobility isn’t what it was a decade ago, but he still works best when he’s operating outside of the pocket.
Just don’t expect Vick to be given as much latitude as Roethlisberger, who has spent the last three-plus seasons working with offensive coordinator Todd Haley.
Even though Vick might be confident, his most recent numbers are not good.
“This guy’s been in the National Football League a long time, so nothing’s really new to him”, Tomlin said. The team just needs to get the recipe in tact to increase Vick’s talents, or to play within his “comfort zone” as Mike Tomlin said in his press conference Monday. Defensive end Charles Johnson injured his hamstring in the fourth quarter of Carolina’s victory over the Saints Sunday. “We have to help out our offense more by giving them the ball more“.
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The Steelers, to begin their 43-18 rout of the 49ers in Week 2, went for two on their first two touchdowns. Quarterbacks like Joe Flacco, Philip Rivers and Carson Palmer will test the Steelers cornerbacks. Despite early struggles in their first two games and a defense that allowed Marcus Mariota to throw for 367 yards, Indianapolis managed to win their first game, 35-33 against the Titans, although quarterback Andrew Luck was not sharp in throwing two interceptions and losing a fumble.
