Someone get LenDale a tissue. I suppose he might want to hide his face under one during his trip out of Pittsburgh.
During a night where Troy Polamalu went down to a knee wound, Wille Parker and the rest of the Pittsburgh RB corps couldn't manage to get things going, and Hines Ward did one thing he hardly ever does - lost the ball during a big play situation. Ben Roethlisberger stood steady in the backfield, took a small number of sacks, however ultimately architected yet another game winning drive to help the Steelers beat Tennessee 13-10 in the football season opener.
It didn't start off well for Roethlisberger and crew; Tennessee looked as good as ever and basically locked Pittsburgh's rush game down.
Roethlisberger was calm under pressure, though. Yes, he threw 2 interceptions (Brett Favre does this all the time, and there are fans willing to kiss his feet when he comes into a room, so get over this).
But he furthermore threw for 363 yards, which included 60 yards on the final series of the game.
The defense stepped up and executed when the chips were down, particularly when it came to special teams, where a blocked Rob Bironas FG led to their lone touchdown of the game.
Of course, that play cost them Troy Polamalu, although it only set them back for a minute or two.
If Hines Ward had either fallen down or shifted slightly more quickly at the end of his run in the 4th quarter, the game would have finished earlier.
But this was too nice a contest to not go to overtime. Both franchises had played their hearts out, both franchises had athletes sidelined to injury, and an extra period seemed the only fair way to end the game.
If, that is, you can deem NFL overtimes reasonable.
After Pittsburgh won the toss, Roethlisberger and company made short work of a tired Tennessee defense, heading downfield for 63 yards to set up the game-winning field goal.
During a night where Troy Polamalu went down to a knee wound, Wille Parker and the rest of the Pittsburgh RB corps couldn't manage to get things going, and Hines Ward did one thing he hardly ever does - lost the ball during a big play situation. Ben Roethlisberger stood steady in the backfield, took a small number of sacks, however ultimately architected yet another game winning drive to help the Steelers beat Tennessee 13-10 in the football season opener.
It didn't start off well for Roethlisberger and crew; Tennessee looked as good as ever and basically locked Pittsburgh's rush game down.
Roethlisberger was calm under pressure, though. Yes, he threw 2 interceptions (Brett Favre does this all the time, and there are fans willing to kiss his feet when he comes into a room, so get over this).
But he furthermore threw for 363 yards, which included 60 yards on the final series of the game.
The defense stepped up and executed when the chips were down, particularly when it came to special teams, where a blocked Rob Bironas FG led to their lone touchdown of the game.
Of course, that play cost them Troy Polamalu, although it only set them back for a minute or two.
If Hines Ward had either fallen down or shifted slightly more quickly at the end of his run in the 4th quarter, the game would have finished earlier.
But this was too nice a contest to not go to overtime. Both franchises had played their hearts out, both franchises had athletes sidelined to injury, and an extra period seemed the only fair way to end the game.
If, that is, you can deem NFL overtimes reasonable.
After Pittsburgh won the toss, Roethlisberger and company made short work of a tired Tennessee defense, heading downfield for 63 yards to set up the game-winning field goal.
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