THE GOOD: Partying like it is 1978 as the Steelers improve to 7-0 on the season. The Steelers get another AFC win. The Steelers get another AFcN win. The Steelers can come from behind (although we don't want to have to do that often). Ben Roethlisberger completed 21 of 32 passes for 182 yards 2 TD 0 INT (no Bad / Road Ben sightings today). J2S2 (John "JUJU" Smith-Schuster) caught 7 of 8 targets for 67 yards E2 (Eric Ebron) caught 4 of 5 targets for 48 yards 1 TD C2 (Chase Claypool) caught 5 of 9 targets for 42 yards 1 TD Conner carried 15 times for 47 yards 1 TD Robbert Spillane's pick-six and Fumble Recovery. Tuitt had 2 QB Sacks TJ Watt had 1 QB Sack Dupree had 1 QB Sack and 1 FF Highsmith gets his 1st NFL INT Fitzpatrick and Sutton each had 1 FF Steelers O-LIne allowed only 2 QB Sacks. Boswell was 0/0 FG and 4/4 XP Ray Ray's locked up return duties. Titans COVID-19 reschedule did not cost the Steelers against the Ravens. THE BAD: Ravens generated 457 yards of offense; Steelers generated 221 yards of offense Ravens had 265 rushing yards. Dobbins carried 15 times for 113 yards. Edwards carried 16 times for 87 yards and 1 TD. Lamar Jackson carried 16 times for 65 yards. Lamar Jackson completed 13 of 28 passes for 208 yards 2 TD (also 2 INT). Snead caught 5 of 7 targets for 106 yards. Steelers 1st half offense. Marcus Peters and Chris Board each had a FF. Tucker was 1/1 FG and 3/3 XP. Heyward penalty that allowed Ravens 1st TD of the game. Tyson Alualu injury. Can never just put the defibrillator away. THE UGLY: Minnesota over Green Bay. New York Jets - the other "perfect" team. Bengals convincingly over the Titans 31-20. New England Patriots at 2-5. Raiders over Browns with a Super Bowl IX score.
7-0 Steelers The defibrillator was working overtime today. I starting to feel like I can’t watch the Steelers in my old age. Too much stress
Wow. 7-0. The combined record of the Steeler's last three opponents is 15-7(15-4 without the Steelers) and they beat all three with two coming on the road. I feel pretty good about this team. The good: -Another division win vs a team that is the biggest competition for the Steelers in the AFCN. 2-0 in the North and a two game lead. -The second half D. The Ravens rushed at will in the first half and, even though they still got almost 90 yards in the second half, the D adjusted a bit. Four TOs and four sacks made the difference in the game. The fourth down stop late in the game was great too. -Ben. No INTs. He was patient and careful. Things opened up in the 2nd half and he took advantage. Down 24-21, he engineered an 80 yard drive for the go ahead TD. -JuJu. 7 catches for 67 yards and some of them were clutch receptions that kept drives going including a 2 yard catch on 3rd and 1 on the final drive. -Ebron. 4 catches and a TD -Claypool. Game winning TD catch The bad: -The D: The Ravens run the ball like no one else and Lamar Jackson is a huge part of that so I expected that they would move the ball on the ground. My biggest issue is three passes that were completed down the middle, with one coming on the final drive. All of them were wide open. Two occurred on the drive that gave the Ravens the lead at 24-21. One was on 3 and 14 to Duvernay for 39 yards and the 24 yarder to Sneed on a 2nd and 22. We can't have those breakdowns. - The Heyward penalty was one that really didn't need to be called and, to be fair, the Ravens got a PI call on Bonds that seemed pretty flimsy The ugly: -Ronnie Stanley injury. That sucks. I want the Steelers to always beat the Ravens but not at that cost. All the best to him -Cam Newton. That fumble with :31 seconds left at the Bills 20 when they were down by three. The Pats aren't good but they're probably 5-2 with Brady. -Cowboys QB situation. Man, I hope they don't rise up and win next week. That would make their season. Summary: Not too bad for an over the hill QB and his band of merry men. They have to keep the intensity these next three weeks with games against bad teams. Only the Bengals have any business giving them some trouble. 10-0 wouldn't shock me coming into Raven's week II-The sequel. Getting Avery Williamson could be a good trade, so I hope it all works. How 'bout them Cowboys! Go get 'em.
If we don’t destroy the cowboys it would be a big letdown. I want a game this week where the defibrillator doesn’t come out of the case. No broken glass because of emergency.
It's games like this next one against the Cowboys that always make my ass twitch! The Steelers have just played two straight road games against quality opponents. Both were emotionally, and physically, draining. Now, they go on the road again, this time against a struggling opponent, but then have a divisional game the following week...it would be VERY easy for this team to look ahead a bit and have a let down this weekend. Traditionally, that has been an issue not just for the Steelers, but in general in the NFL. Any given Sunday and all that jazz. Hopefully they keep it together. I'd like to see them still undefeated going in to round 2 with the Ravens.
Dalton on the Covid list. Looks like the 3rd string kid again. Dallas gives up more points than anyone. Steelers are -13.5 right now. Prime circumstances to blow it. Still, I think they TCOB.
Humphrey was positive for Covid-19 in a test taken before the game. What’s the sense of doing testing before a game if the results aren’t known till the next day?
