It was Pittsburgh’s first divisional-round victory in six years, accomplished despite a blah evening for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who completed 20 of 31 passes for just 224 yards, no TDs, of course, and a deflected pick. The biggest questions moving forward is how will the team change in the offseason. He had one catch until the fourth quarter.
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Jaromir Jagr has also been known to work out in the middle of the night.
The forecast calls for ice to move into the area Friday, and persistent cold temperatures throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Neither Brown nor the Chiefs DBs have confirmed what all the chatter was about.
Reid, now 11-12 in the playoffs all-time, made the slow walk to midfield and a brief exchange with winning coach Mike Tomlin, whose defense held the Chiefs to 227 net yards.
The Steelers are more than capable of pulling off the upset, but it’s unlikely they will be able to do so on the road in a hostile environment with the masterminds of Brady and head coach Bill Belichick on the opposite sideline.
But America had to wait for the result of this play, watching Roethlisberger scan the field, searching for another white jersey. But they have yet to face an offense as risky as the one they’ll see this Sunday.
Kelce was one of the bigger reasons. The defense has been pedestrian at times this season, but if they can get a few big plays from the offense – especially on a bad weather night – it may be enough to get by. “He told me earlier this week he thought he could get to Fisher a couple of times and I think he did”. Houston had a couple of opportunities to blow the game wide open but missed them.
LeGarrette Blount was shut down on the ground, the Texans’ Lamar Miller had some success running the ball, and to the surprise of many, Houston hung around nearly all night.
Now, they live to fight another week at New England. Not to mention that the Pats have a full extra day of rest on the Steelers.
Bell had a tremendously productive second half of the season (835 rushing yards over his final six games) and is playing at an otherworldly level in the playoffs, averaging 168.5 yards per game on the ground over the first two rounds.
The 70,000 or so Chiefs fans here, and the others with their eyes desperately clinging to television sets all over town, probably were the only ones hoping those eyes would soon turn misty and filled with doubt.
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Brock Osweiler wasn’t terrible at New England and he also wasn’t very good. “It’s a long football season since then”.
