We will look at that.
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The receiver does have a bit of a boom-or-bust potential, with half of his receptions gaining less than five yards, though his four-yard reception in the first game of the season converted a fourth down with three yards to go. I haven’t checked on Cortez Allen’s status this week. “I think it just comes down to, we just didn’t execute”, Foles said following the game. We’ll check his knee inflammation this week and we’ll base those decisions on practice availability and performance, like we did a week ago.
The Steelers are preparing for RB Todd Gurley (knee), the Rams’ first-round pick, to make his debut. “Not at this juncture”.
After two very different weeks in the National Football League, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be on the road in week three in a non-conference game against the St. Louis Rams who are coming off of a loss to the Washington Redskins.
“Aaron Donald is their man inside and up front”. “The things I know about him don’t help me sleep easy”, Tomlin said.
“There’s no one more excited than me to see Le’Veon come back”, Williams. “But I had to take the good with the bad, learn from my mistake”. That doesn’t surprise me.
It is worth pointing out that all three of his explosive plays were products of impressive plays, with two of them showing quality hands catching, though his 41-yard reception against the 49ers did require him to double clutch the ball.
Tomlin also acknowledged the job of protecting against Donald will lie with the offensive line as well as with Ben Roethlisberger.
Now the Rams (1-1) must face a Pittsburgh offense averaging a league-best 469.0 yards, with Ben Roethlisberger second in the NFL with 720 passing yards. “That’s where the challenge of this week starts – the protection of our quarterback is big”.
Bell said he is willing to share time with the 10-year vet who rushed for 1,515 yards and 18 touchdowns with Carolina in 2008 and signed with the Steelers after the Panthers released him this year. He added that Bell wouldn’t be worked back in slowly or that there was no concern about rust after serving a two-week suspension.
“We are both competitors”.
“I never would have thought of that play if I didn’t have confidence in him, that he would make that play”, Roethlisberger said. “We don’t care where good ideas come from”.
When asked about how the division of labor will go between the two backs Tomlin was definite that Bell is the starter.
“I’m telling you this right now: Le’Veon is going to rewrite the rushing record here”, Williams said.
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Scobee, who made 20 of 26 field goals previous year for the Jacksonville Jaguars, first missed a pair of key field goals in the Steelers’ 28-21 setback to the New England Patriots in Week 1.
