The Steelers lead the league with 11 runs of 20 or more yards, and Williams has two of them, including a 55-yarder against the Cincinnati Bengals. With the Raiders allowing a whopping 302.1 passing yards per game, look for more no-huddle from coordinator Todd Haley.
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Bell was placed on injured reserve after he badly injured his knee when he tackled by Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict on Sunday.
“He’s an established, capable guy who we know can deliver”, Tomlin said. “He did a great job for us when Le’Veon was out”.
Williams is a 10-year veteran in his first season with Pittsburgh after nine years in Carolina.
With a week under his belt coming back from injury, we should see a much better Roethlisberger compared to his awful performance last week.
The bold-faced names expected to power one of the NFL’s most talented offenses have spent the first half of the season like passengers on a subway at rush hour, one hopping on the train while another hops off. The defense that entered September as a question mark is now an aggressive exclamation point. Isaiah Pead was signed to replace Bell’s roster spot and Tomlin likes what the second-round draft pick in 2013 can do, but is the best option as a backup? The over/under total for the game has been set at 48 points.
The Pittsburgh Steelers welcome the upstart Oakland Raiders to Heinz Field on Sunday, for a 1 p.m. showdown between two teams hovering around.
“I’m hoping to play”, Allen said, according to steelers.com. “We feel for him and everything he has to go through, but we have to have faith that DeAngelo will step up and carry the load for us”. Ben Roethlisberger completed 24 of 45 passes for 262 yards and one touchdown against three interceptions.
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Tomlin also was critical of his team being penalized 10 times for a season-high 91 yards against the Bengals, including two post-whistle 15-yard penalties against Mike Mitchell and James Harrison. Listening to Coach Tomlin talk and that fire that he has when speaking to us. “We’re going to fix that, fix that ASAP. This is a team sport and we have to put wins together to get us to that eight man tournament which is the playoffs and get to our ultimate goal and the Super Bowl”.
