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Written by Cotter   
September 19, 2010 16:45
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In this day and age, everything gets scrutinized.

Everyone has an opinion on everything from overall game assesment on down to individual play execution.

But the fact is, all that matters to the Steelers right now is getting through four games with the best record possible.

So, the Steelers' SEVEN turnover performance, for me, is legendary.

The final score was 19 - 11, but it wasn't really.

The last 8 Titan points came when the game was all but over, and the Steelers not only held Chris Johnson to under 100 yards rushing (34, to be exact), but they chased Vince Young from the game after a 7/10, 66 yard, TWO INTERCEPTION/ONE FUMBLE performance.



If this was the toughest game out of the first four, you'd never have known that watching what they did today.

But the real hero in all of it, defense aside, was probably Antonio Brown.



We'll get into this in the full recap, but that opening kickoff TD was the only TD the Steelers scored all day. In fact, the Steelers offense barely managed 127 yards (only 21 yards passing!), with Dixon going down in the 1st half (barely 3 minutes into the 2nd quarter) and Mendenhall only netting 69 yards on 23 carries. I love Dixon and Batch as much as the next guy, but if you didn't think about what Ben could've done off of SEVEN turnovers, you probably can't tie your shoes without help.

Anyway, 2-0 it is.

The Bengals beat the Ravens, who despite everyone sucking them off all offseason, have a QB who went 17/39 for 154 yards and FOUR INTERCEPTIONS against the Bengals defense. And as a result, both teams find themselves 1-1, trailing the Steelers in the division (hey, might as well celebrate it now, who knows what can happen).

Stay tuned for the full recap here tomorrow, but in the meantime, other things that were awesome, preliminarily...





Enjoy it, my friends.

It's not every day you get to see SEVEN Steelers turnovers.

Tomorrow we worry about who's going to play QB next Sunday.

Feel free to contribute any preliminary thoughts of your own in comments.

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Comments (5)
  • Grumpy
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    And to think that some idiots are actually saying Ben shouldn't start upon his return if we're 4-0.
  • Ladi Izz
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    Is it wrong that on one play when Timmons stuffed Johnson, I said:

    "It looks like Chris Johnson picked the wrong day to run into...

    *Put on sunglasses*

    The Law.

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  • TSWSarah  - Only seven?
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    Right now, some Mark Madden fan is running a numerology report to see what "seven turnovers" has to do with Ben Roethlisberger's #7 and why Dennis Dixon should be benched in favor of Randle El and Charlie Batch running the Wild Cat until Week 6.
  • leenis
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    this was rediculous, my question is when are the steelers going to get on peoples radar. every week i see the analysts pick against the steelers and every week i see this kind of proformance.

    on a side note at one point yesterday i actually felt bad for vince young being out there....but not that bad. its hit like that, that will put him back into therapy. Bring on the BUCS!!!!
  • Ladi Izz
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    The Steelers play better under the radar. For some reason they make terrible front runners, but when there are little to no expectations for them, they come up huge. In short they just love to prove people wrong.

    That said, it does frustrate to see on ESPN everyone is talking about how terrible the Titans played instead of about how insanely awesome the defense is. Well Ryan "Will Knock You the Fuck Out" Clark is about to be on First Take, so that's a plus!
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