The Good-The Steelers scored 51 points worth of good yesterday. There certainly were a lot of reasons for Steelers fans to be happy. The offensive line did a fantastic job of keeping the quarterback clean, allowing zero sacks. Both WR Antonio Brown and TE Heath Miller had over 100 receiving yards. AB caught 10 passes for 133 yards and 2 scores. Heeeath had 7 receptions for 112 yards and 1 touchdown. Rookie WR Martavis Bryant scored 2 TDs while Markus Wheaton caught 1. RB Le'Veon Bell rushed 24 times for 94 yards and caught 6 passes for 56 yards. The defense harassed Indy QB Andrew Luck all day with 2 sacks and 7 QB hits. CB William Gay snagged a pick-six. CB Antwon Blake came up with a big interception late in the game as Luck was going for the end zone. However, with apologizes to all of the Steelers that showed up big time for this game, the Good award goes to QB Ben Roethlisberger who had a record-setting day. Congratulations go to Big Ben for his many accomplishments yesterday. Ben became only the 4th QB in league history to win 100 games in his first 150 starts. He also became the only QB to ever have 2 500+ yard passing games with 522 in the win. He completed 40 of 49 and connected on 6 touchdown to finish with a 150.6 passer rating. Ben proved that he should not be left out of any conversations regarding elite quarterbacks or the Hall of Fame. It looks like the Steelers finally got the memo that the NFL is now a passing league. We need to see more of Ben being Ben.
The Bad-It was good to see Blake come up big with that interception. Not only did it squash any chances Luck & Co. had at pulling off a comeback, it also meant that Cortez Allen was on the bench. Many times yesterday, Mrs. Black-N-Gold had to shake her head and say "Cortez, Cortez". Costly penalties helped lead to Indy touchdowns. And some of those touchdowns were the direct result of Allen getting burned like my morning toast. I know the Steelers didn't pay him big money to ride the pine but that seems to be the best place for him.
The Ugly-Considering yesterday was throwback day, I thought about naming the Steelers bumblebee uniforms as the Ugly. But that's too easy. I could always bring up the tried and true penalty flag The Steeler committed 10 penalties for 59 yards yesterday. But I'll tell you what: I'm going to deem the refs as the Ugly. This is due to the fact that some of those penalties were downright ludicrous. Even CBS announcer Phil Simms made a comment to the effect that it's to the point that the officials throw a flag just for looking at the QB cross-eyed. Can we fans throw a flag for excessive penalty calling? Please?!
And now we look at the standings in the AFC North. Cincy almost Bungled away a win but pulled one out over the Baltimorons. The Clowns were also victorious. It's a tight race as every team in the division is over. 500. Cincy sits at the top at 4-2-1. The Steelers and Baltimorons are tied at 5-3. The Clowns are not far behind at 4-3.
Now it's time to gear up for a chance at payback against the Baltimorons. They come to our house next Sunday night as the Steelers celebrate the retiring of Mean Joe Greene's #75. Wouldn't it be fitting for the Steelers to lay the smack down on the Baltimorons on national tv as we all honor the Hall of Famer? Get ready for the Baltimorons. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!
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