50-YARD LINE

It’s Hump Day. What better way to help us over the hump than your Pittsburgh Steelers mid-week report. The Steelers will try to win back-to-back games for the first time this season when they take on RG3 and the Deadskins at the Big Ketchup Bottle this week. You may have heard of RG3. The Deadskin’s rookie QB has been all over the sports pages since his first NFL game this season. He’s like a younger, better Michael Vick. Remember how Vick gave the Steelers fits the few times he met them in a Falcons uniform? The Steelers’ D need to play the way they did in the second half of the Cincy game and not the first half. And they’ll need to do it for a full 60 minutes. They’ll be shorthanded again this week as Polamalu and Gilbert are out again. Maurkice Pouncey is expected to play. No word yet on whether Mendy or Redman will play. Regardless, I think the Steelers need to go with the hot hand, or in this case, foot, at running back and play Jonathan Dwyer. Dwyer ran for 122 yards on 22 carries at Cincy. He had the best rushing game for the Steelers since Mendy went for 146 vs. Jax back on 10/16/11. The Steelers will need to put as many points as possible on the board this week to contend with the Deadskins. Washington’s offense is 3^rd in the league in yards and 6^th in points. RG3 is 3^rd in the NFL in passer rating, leads the league in completion percentage at 70.4 and has 468 yards rushing. Oh yeah, they also have another rookie at running back, Alfred Morris who is second in the league in rushing. Luckily, the Washington D is 29^th in the league in yards allowed, 32^nd in passing yards and 29^th in points per game. This could be a good opportunity for the Steelers to stop settling for field goals and actually put some big numbers on the board.  It’s time to take the handcuffs off of Ben and the offense and let them air it out. Go Steelers!!!!!!