And, look, Brown was likely to do damage no matter who he was matched up against; he’s been held to fewer than five catches just twice since 2012, and previous year he even embarrassed Denver’s Chris Harris Jr.
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With the game still in the balance, the Steelers relied repeatedly on Williams “by design”, QB Ben Roethlisberger insisted. They anxious about having one player shadow Brown because of how often Pittsburgh moved him around the formation.
“They had momentum the early part of the game”, Tomlin sad. With Matt Jones and the running game grounded and tight end Jordan Reed taken out of the picture, Cousins finished 30 of 43 for 329 yards and two interceptions. That looks like his 2015 line against the Dolphins-21 of 31 for 196 with 1 TD and 2 picks, a 68.7 rating. “I have total, 100 percent faith in Coach Joe B. Everything he wants us to do, I’m 110 percent”.
Gruden was sticking to the script-articulated in the run-up to the game by Barry-that it would have been too much to have Norman shadow Brown because of how much the Steelers like to move Brown around.
“I heard we had problems previous year, but I’m the new guy and I just see this group on the rise”, said nickle back Sean Davis, a second-round draft pick starting in his first National Football League game in front of family and friends from his native D.C. “When you’ve got a guy like that, it makes things easy”. “And we need to bounce back”.
But Washington didn’t, and it was quickly clear that Breeland simply wasn’t good enough on his own for Brown.
“We didn’t care where Norman was, ‘ Tomlin said”. “But we’ve come to expect that from him”. And they didn’t even have all of their players available last night. Cousins made a huge mental error throwing the ball away on a crucial third-and-6 when the Redskins were in the Redzone late-in-the-3rd quarter.
He was beaten on a back shoulder pass, and then on another long ball down the sideline for a 26-yard score by Brown. A promising possession ended with three points instead of seven.
The Steelers were struggling and had Cousins and the Redskins gone for the jugular and executed they could have had the visitors in big trouble. By then let’s hope they have it together. “Tonight they delivered the plays”. Have the Redskins figured out in Training Camp and preseason what the Panthers did that made them pull the Franchise Tag from Norman this offseason?
That may be true but the Redskins supposedly have one of the best group of pass catchers in the game.
A couple of defensive notes for the Redskins: Mason Foster and Will Compton looked really good as the starting tandem at the middle linebacker position.
If last night is any indiciation, Washington won’t be seeing that glory again any time soon.
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The Redskins have claimed – or at least people have claimed for the Redskins – that they have the best pass catchers in the entire NFL.
