Men Of Steel With An Amazing Finish

    Another agonizing game to watch. The Pittsburgh Steelers were not able to score a point the whole 1st half. The offense was just not clicking and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger got his nose broke on the Steelers first offensive series. Ben came into the game with a broken foot. The Steelers punter, Sepulvada left the game with a season ending leg injury. The Steelers defense held the Baltimore Ravens to 7 points and played tough all night.

    About 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter the Steelers were able to get a 45 yard field goal from newly acquired place kicker, Suisham. Midway through the quarter Baltimore added a 24 yard field goal to make it 10-3. As the quarter came to the end, Pittsburgh lost offensive lineman, Flozell Adams yo injury and tight end Heath Miller to a concussion  just as they started a drive to the end zone. The offensive line came into the game already depleted by several injured players. The Ravens defense was able to hold Pittsburgh to another field goal.


    Two punts for the Steelers and two for the Ravens and I'm screaming at the TV and the coaches to find a way to win this game. It was like "pulling teeth" for the Steelers to score a touchdown. I turned to my wife and said " It looks like, if the Steelers are going to win this game, the defense is going to have to score".

    Then it happened! An all out blitz with Toy Polamolu knocking quarterback, Joe Flacco's arm and causing a fumble recovered by Lamarr Woodley and taken to the Ravens nine yard line with 3:22 left in the game. Three plays later, Ben Roethlisberger, broken nose and foot throws a touchdown pass to back-up running back Redman as the Steelers take a 13-10 lead and leap to the top of the AFC North division with a 9-3 record.

    Amazingly Steelers linebacker, James Harrison didn't get fined for any vicious hits. However, the Ravens defense committed at least 4 hits to the head that weren't called penalties. The Ravens Haloti Ngata put his hand or fist through Ben Roethleisberger's helmet and broke his nose. Jameel McClain was involved in a deliberate helmet to helmet shot on Steelers defenseless wide receiver, Heath Miller. And the hit no one is talking about as Ben was trying to dodge the rush of Terell Suggs and get rid of the ball. Suggs twice slapped Ben on the side of his helmet.

    In spite of the injuries and the penalties that weren't called (I guess they were wearing the wrong uniform) , the Men Of Steel were able to defeat their arch rivals in a hostile Ravens stadium where Baltimore had won 8 straight games until the Steelers came to town.

Steelers Make History By Mistake

The Pittsburgh Steelers made NFL history when they beat the San Diego Chargers 11-10 on Sunday. It was the first time an NFL regular season game ended with the score 11-10. Ben Roethlisberger passed for over 300 yards with no interceptions or touchdowns. Willie Paker rushed for 115 yards, but no touchdowns.

They had over 400 yards of offense, but the Pittsburgh Steelers were only able to put up 11 points. Jeff Reed kicked 3 field goals for 9 points and a safety by James Harrison and the defense gave the Steelers the other 2 points. That's was all that Pittsburgh needed to beat the San Diego Chargers.

One of the reasons they had such a hard time scoring was the fact that they had 13 peanalties for 115 yards. They seemed to keep shooting themselves in the foot when they got inside the "Red Zone". Each time they had to settle for field goals instead of touchdowns. The Steelers also had trouble on 3rd and short until 2nd year running back, Gary Russell came in. In the 2nd half he ran twice on 3rd and 1 and made it both times to keep the drive going.

The score might have been 18-10 after Troy Polamalu recovered a fumbled lateral and took it into the endzone, but the referees called it an illegal forward pass and since time ran out, the game was over. The next day one referee admitted they made a mistake and the touchdown should have counted. Since it made no difference in the outcome, nothing is likely to come of it.

With the 11-10 win over San Diego, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 7-3. The Baltimore Ravens loss to the New York Giants gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a 1 game lead in the AFC North division. www.steelers-fan.com