dream_team
10-02-2011, 03:48 PM
First time in a while I can say... this was a Team win! All aspects of this team won the game (as well as tried to lose this game).
On offense, Arian Foster and Owen Daniels really showed up! Foster gashed a defense you're not supposed to be able to run on (a lot of props have to go to Casey & OL too). And OD stepped up when AJ went down.
Special teams played well, especially Hartmann! Good to see a punter making a difference (positively) in the game. A blocked punt and no missed FGs were huge!
In the end, it was the defense that closed this game out! Just when you thought they were going to let this game slip away, they stepped up and shut down the Pitt offense. Props goes to JoJo for shutting down Mike Wallace... also to Barwin, Smith, and Mario for applying the pressure late in the game. The guy that stepped up the most, though, was Jason Allen. He was picked on... but lets be real, he's simply not that good. But he played better than he actually is today and made some big plays.
This game shouldn't have been close... but the refs, Texans stupidity, and the AJ injury kept the Steelers in it.
On offense, Arian Foster and Owen Daniels really showed up! Foster gashed a defense you're not supposed to be able to run on (a lot of props have to go to Casey & OL too). And OD stepped up when AJ went down.
Special teams played well, especially Hartmann! Good to see a punter making a difference (positively) in the game. A blocked punt and no missed FGs were huge!
In the end, it was the defense that closed this game out! Just when you thought they were going to let this game slip away, they stepped up and shut down the Pitt offense. Props goes to JoJo for shutting down Mike Wallace... also to Barwin, Smith, and Mario for applying the pressure late in the game. The guy that stepped up the most, though, was Jason Allen. He was picked on... but lets be real, he's simply not that good. But he played better than he actually is today and made some big plays.
This game shouldn't have been close... but the refs, Texans stupidity, and the AJ injury kept the Steelers in it.