THE 50-YARD LINE

     We have a winner! Our Pittsburgh Steelers finally found the win column, crushing the Clowns yesterday in Cleveland 24-9. Today Mrs. Black-N-Gold has The Good, The Bad and the Ugly from yesterday's game.

GOOD

Ending a 4-game losing streak is a good thing. RB Le'Veon Bell had a very good day. #26 rushed 28 times for 146 yards and a touchdown. He also caught 8 passes for 55 yards. The offensive line had a pretty good day. They paved the way for L Bell and kept QB Ben Roethlisberger clean all afternoon. 

The defense had a good day, too. They recorded 8 sacks. DL Stephon Tuitt led the way with 2.5 and LB Arthur Moats had 1.5. Congrats to LB James Harrison. Silverback's 1 sack made him the Steelers All-Time Sack Leader. LB Ryan Shazier had a sack/strip that DL Javon Hargrave fell on in the end zone for his 1st NFL TD. And CB Artie Burns snagged his 2nd interception of the season.

All in all, it was a good day for the Steelers. 

BAD

Leave it to Mrs. Black-N-Gold to put a black (and gold) cloud around this silver lining. For your consideration: The Steelers offense only managed to find the end zone 1 time yesterday. Against an 0-10 team. That's bad, that's very bad. The Steelers stalled in the red zone twice in the 1st half and had to settle for field goals thanks to K Chris Boswell. If not for Cleveland's propensity for penalties before the end of the 1st half, our Favorite Black-N-Gold Football Team may not have found the end zone, at all. They also were forced to punt on multiple occasions in the 2nd half and only managed separation from Cleveland thanks to the aforementioned sack/strip TD and another Boz three. Settling for field goals just won't cut it. Fix this and find the end zone. 

UGLY

True, the Steelers looked bad on the way to their recent 4-game losing sreak. But Cleveland? Boy, they're just, plain UGLY. No wonder they're 0-11. Good thing the Cavs won the NBA championship back in June and the Indians made a run to the World Series. Otherwise, Cleveland fans would have nothing to hang their hat on.

Thanks to the Steelers win and the Baltimorons loss to the Cowboys, the Steelers are now in a tie atop the AFC North at 5-5. Keep in mind, the Baltimorons currently have the tiebreaker. For now. Cincy also lost dropping them to 3-6-1. Bringing up the rear is the 0-11 Clowns.

The Steelers have a short week this week. They're the Thanksgiving prime team game on Thursday when they travel to Indy to clash with the Colts. Another win against an AFC opponent could go a long way in the standings. Break out the knives and carve up the Colts. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!