Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was injured in that same game, as he suffered concussion-like symptoms that required him to miss the Steelers’ final offensive possession.
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The Christian athlete subsequently played the best game of the season thus far with a career high five touchdown throws, throwing 345 yards on 21-of-30 passing, which resulted in his team’s 6-5 record.
But the rest of the game proved to be the Wilson and Baldwin show as they produced touchdowns of 30 and 80 yards to see the Seahawks (6-5) home and improve their chances of a wildcard berth at least. “He was going to do whatever it takes”. Graham was really starting to find a rhythm in the Seahawks passing game, so with him now lost for the year, how will the passing game look going forward? He led Pittsburgh to the Seattle 4-yard line with three minutes remaining, but coach opted to kick a field goal rather than go for the go-ahead touchdown.
“We felt like the opportunities were there today in the pass game and they were”, Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said. Roethlisberger had taken the Steelers 71 yards in 14 plays, but Tomlin opted for a third field goal from Chris Boswell rather than the chance at a TD and taking the lead. His backup didn’t fare any better in terms of putting the ball in the endzone – Roethlisberger left the game in the fourth quarter with a concussion and didn’t come back as he went through the necessary protocall.
Graham was carted off the field on Sunday with an aircast on his right leg after a gruesome injury early in the fourth quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“To lose him really hurts”, Wilson said. Brown finished in total with six catches for 54 yards. “I don’t think it feels that much different”, he said. “That’s my biggest weakness”.
He mostly credited the Steelers, saying “they played great” while noting that a few big plays were due to uncharacteristic secondary breakdowns. The Seahawks won while allowing an opponent 30 points or more for the first time since 2006, when they beat the New York Giants 42-30.
“Sometimes it bounces your way”, Sherman said, “sometimes it doesn’t”.
Fullback Will Tukuafu is undergoing concussion protocol along with Dobbs…
Despite the lack of discipline meted out to the Rams, it meant only more scrutiny on any National Football League team that might keep a potentially concussed player in the game.
Tomlin said it came down to execution.
Thirty-seven seconds later, Roethlisberger connected with Wheaton on a 69-yard touchdown pass as the Steelers regain the lead, 27-26.
-PASS DEFENSE: F. Wilson only had 13 touchdown passes through the first 10 games of the season. They didn’t let a fourth-quarter lead slip away as they have in all five of their losses.
He noted the recovery time from a patellar-tendon fix, while long, is not as long as that from a torn anterior cruciate ligament that often go nine to 12 months.
Baldwin caught a crossing route on third-and-10 at the 20, broke two tackles and raced for the clinching score. This year already, they have 61 catches on 93 targets for 764 yards and three scores.
The team’s wide receiver Doug Baldwin also had a career high game with six catches for 145 yards and three touchdowns. Russell played lights out and it took everything we had to win this game. He did not return.
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Golden was solid when he had to step in and start three games for Allen earlier this season when Allen had an ankle injury.
