DeAngelo Williams went from wildly productive and workmanlike efficient in the first two games to non-factor against the Eagles. – Hollywood Life 2 hours ago – Both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles are 2-0 as they head into Week 3 to face each other.
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But the 34-3 beatdown the Birds laid on the Steelers in South Philly likely changed some minds.
According to the oddsmakers at BetDSI, the Steelers are favored on the road Sunday, as they are getting odds of -3.5 points against the Eagles. After having a 36-yard field goal blocked on the opening possession, Chris Boswell provided the only points with a 40-yard field goal.
This was Pittsburgh’s worst loss since 1989. Steelers and Eagles is a battle of the few undefeated teams remaining.
Wins over the Browns and Bears were no fluke.
The truth is likely somewhere in between. He has zero turnovers in three games. Players say there’s room for improvement.
The Steelers are a great litmus test heading into the bye week.
For all of the people who had questions about Wentz, he has been answering them with his dominant play. He was 23-of-31 for 301 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. His passer rating? That would be 125.9, or twice that of the veteran QB he was facing. Later, he dropped a catch that stalled a drive in the second quarter.
“We view every week as a measuring stick”. Everyone’s starting to kind of play inspired football, believing in one another.
The 1980 team outscored its first three opponents by 88 points on the way to Super Bowl XV. The defense has been playing phenomenally. Mike Tomlin seems to have simplified the back end, cutting down numerous blown coverages we’ve seen in previous seasons. “And offensively, we’re doing our part”. It was a poor performance by us, and I mean all of us. We knew he would move around the pocket and throw the ball, which he did. Wentz should have opportunities to make plays as well, but the Steelers still come up with some big plays when needed.
Wentz and the Eagles have a tough test against the Pittsburgh Steelers who will no doubt look to make things hard for the rookie quarterback.
He added: “We’re here to win games”.
“He doesn’t play for you”, Matthews said.
“That’s his standard, even on game day, ” Matthews said. The secondary gives up yardage but still has the ability to takeaway the ball. They never got on track, though, Sunday in Philadelphia.
“As a quarterback, you’ve got to bring energy and elevate the play of everyone around you”, Wentz said. If we concentrate too much on 84 (Brown) – and he’s going to get a lot of our attention, for sure – there’s a lot of other guys that can make us pay. “When you’ve been in the league for a while, you can tell when you have good players, a good team”. So we need to keep our rush going.
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“They were mixing up some things”, Roethlisberger said after the game. “Anything can happen in the National Football League”. “You will see more of that front with this group“. Giving him time to carve up a defense is not an option. It’s a one-game mentality. “It’s a little skewed because we had to become so one dimensional and they could just tee off on the pass”.
