To boil it down to a slogan, you could choose from either “next man up”, or “the standard is the standard”. He celebrated by leaping into a group of black-and-gold covered Steelers fans, many of whom spent the first half looking at the scoreboard and wondering if Pittsburgh was going to show up.
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If Williams is unable to suit up for Sunday’s AFC wild-card game in Cincinnati, the Steelers will likely turn to Fitzgerald Toussaint to fill the void after he replaced Williams in Cleveland. Brown also finished the season fourth all time with 1,834 yards this season. Williams greeted his teammates in the giddy postgame locker room with his injured foot in a protective boot but tweeted on Monday “hopefully not for long”.
“I think this is probably a several-year rebuilding program”, Haslam said. “He can be characterized as day-to-day”.
We’ve heard that all before from Haslam, of course, and things have yet to get better. “We need to be great”.
Zero shot If these tendencies win out, the Steelers have zero shot of winning the three straight road games they would need to win the AFC championship. He is set to start against the Cincinnati Bengals in the Wild Card playoffs on Saturday.
In other news, Tomlin said the minimal playing time for receiver Martavis Bryant and outside linebacker during this past Sunday’s game were due to minor injuries. Yes, it sure sounds like Week 17 for the Cleveland Browns.
Pettine is the fifth Cleveland coach in eight years to lose his job following a season-ending loss to the Steelers.
“DeAngelo is being evaluated and getting treatment as we speak”, Tomlin said Tuesday.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the effort”, Pettine said. He’s a diligent worker. Let’s talk about the reality of how we got here. “He was given that opportunity (last) Sunday, and he delivered”.
Toussaint was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens two off-seasons ago, and signed with the Steelers over last off-season.
“He’s a talented and hard-working guy”, Tomlin said. “He displays that for us on a day-to-day basis, not only since he’s been called up and active, but when he was serving us in a scout team capacity when he was on the practice squad. They didn’t blink. They’d been in that situation some and they just responded appropriately and we appreciate that”. Considering the Bengals 42 sacks rank them among the league’s top 10, Toussaint’s ability as a pass blocker could be a key factor in why Tomlin has faith he can handle the starting duties if needed this weekend.
Quarterback Brian Hoyer threw for 249 yards and a 12-yard second quarter touchdown to running back Jonathan Grimes, who then went over from three yards out later on in that period.
Darrius Heyward-Bey – Moats is a tremendous team player, but the player who might embody the “Steelers Way” is Darrius Heyward-Bey.
“We’ve had guys step up through injuries before and we kind of, you know, we never really made the playoffs or we haven’t done what we done”. We’re not counting DeAngelo out yet.
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That was one of the many flaws when Belichick was in Cleveland and helps explain how Tommy Vardell and Craig Powell were first-round draft picks.
