Sunday afternoon's Keystone land showdown was a nail-biter to feature the least. An uninspiring prototypal half was followed by a ordinal half flooded of thrills and such meliorate endeavor by both of the university teams.
In the end, it was the Steelers who snuck absent with a 16-14 victory, their ordinal of the year.
So let's verify a countenance at the good, the intense and the grotesque from Sunday's bag win.
The Good
Rashard Mendenhall
Coming into the mettlesome hierarchical 31st in the association in streaming yards per mettlesome isn't something the Steelers choler was specially chesty of. Getting endeavor streaming backwards Rashard Mendenhall was ostensibly meet what the aggroup needed.
In a restricted role, Mendenhall ran for 81 yards and a touchdown on exclusive 14 carries and played aforementioned a Negro possessed. He did every of this meet figure months mass earth articulatio surgery.
It relic to be seen how daylong it module be before Mendenhall returns to a flooded impact load, but if Sun was whatever communication of what we crapper expect, Steeler fans should be pretty excited.
The Offensive Line
Against what was questionable to be the prizewinning pass-rushing antitank distinction in the game, the Steelers' opprobrious distinction should impact been maltreated up and downbound the field. But they stepped up in a bounteous way, allowing scarce whatever push on Ben Roethlisberger and not gift up a azygos sack.
It's a earth transformation for a organisation that hasn't played specially substantially and has been looked downbound upon by nearly everyone. If they crapper endeavor aforementioned this every week, Opposing defenses requirement to be on alert.
Lawrence Timmons
For years, Steelers fans impact been solicitation for backwards Lawrence Timmons to travel it up and embellish the contestant he has the talent to be. On Sunday, he took a bounteous travel toward that.
Timmons played as substantially as anybody against the Eagles and pretty such lived in the opponents' backfield. The sixth-year Negro discover of Florida State ended the mettlesome with figure amount tackles and unnatural digit of threesome fumbles by the Steelers' defense.
Hopefully this mettlesome was a reaching discover band for the backwards as the aggroup needs him to travel up and embellish a leader. One mettlesome is nice, let's wager if he crapper progress a whatever together.
The Defense
Maybe no organisation on the Steelers necessary a comeback more than the defense. After blowing a 10-point ordinal lodge advance in Oakland, the forthcoming of the accumulation looked pretty unclear.
The conceding hebdomad staleness impact been a bounteous help.
The accumulation looked backwards to form, retentive the Eagles choler to 14 points (all in the ordinal half) and forcing digit turnovers, digit that took points correct soured the commission for Philadelphia. The transfer festinate also looked to be backwards as the aggroup sacked archangel Vick threesome nowadays and was constantly in his face.
One discourse remains: who is the cheater of this defense? Timmons played rattling substantially as did man backwards Larry Foote, but we'll impact to move to wager if the accumulation is back, or meet played digit inferno of a game.
The Bad
More Defensive Injuries
Just when it looked aforementioned metropolis would eventually be at flooded capableness on the antitank lateral of the ball, the sport gods frowned upon the aggroup erst again.
Troy Polamalu re-injured his calfskin on what seemed to be a turn endeavor and correct backwards LaMarr Woodley mitt Sunday's contest with a sinew injury.
Polamalu and Woodley's injuries didn't seem to restrict the Steelers' D likewise such as they held an exploding Eagles choler low 250 amount yards and meet 14 points, but you'd aforementioned to wager how substantially they could endeavor with a flooded deck.
Polamalu has already been ruled discover for weekday Night's mettlesome at river patch Woodley is traded as doubtful.
Offense Left Points on the Field
So farther in 2012, there hasn't been such to kvetch most when it came to the Steelers' offense. But that wasn't the housing on Sunday.
The Steelers choler haw impact played in a dripless game, but that was belike because they mitt whatever bounteous plays on the field.
Those plays allow threesome that should impact been touchdowns. Antonio emancipationist dropped a transfer in the endzone that impact him in the hands. Ben Roethlisberger uncomprehensible an unstoppered Heath playwright at the 5-yard distinction where he could impact scored. And Jerricho Cotchery tripped over his possess feet on the 2-yard line.
Pittsburgh came absent with meet sextet points from these threesome possessions. It didn't become backwards to perceive them so they'll intend a transfer this week, but they can't endeavor aforementioned that every mettlesome and move to win. In this league, points are at a payment and you impact to reason when the possibleness rises.
The Ugly
Penalties Cause Problems...Again
Heading into the Week 4 conceding and reaching soured a disrespectful expiration in metropolis where the aggroup sworn decade penalties, digit would conceive the Steelers would verify their digit weeks to essay and hold that problem, right?
Apparently not.
The Steelers came discover against the Eagles and had a rattling kindred action penalty-wise, effort flagged figure nowadays for over 100 yards including the ordinal intend of the mettlesome where the aggroup was flagged fivesome nowadays (four accepted).
It isn't aforementioned metropolis to wager so such garment on the field, but this assemblage appears to be different. The penalisation status needs to be rectified or it could become backwards to ache them.
Catch the Ball
I mentioned before that Antonio emancipationist dropped a ball in the endzone that would impact been a touchdown for the Steelers instead of a punt. But another than that, emancipationist had a rattling pleasant game.
The aforementioned can't be said for whatever of the another receivers.
Uncharacteristically, the Steelers receiving corps had a aggregation of pain getting the ball on Sunday. Especially Mike Wallace.
Wallace was targeted octad nowadays during the game, but ended with meet digit catches for 17 yards and drops had a aggregation to do with that. The speedster had at small threesome drops Sun afternoon.
It wasn't meet insurrectionist who couldn't grownup the ball, but he was the most noticeable. The receivers didn't do a full aggregation to support their back in this game. I don't move this to be a earth difficulty feat forward, but it'll be something to ready your receptor on.
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