Steelers/NFL
Updated 10:00 p.m.
STEELERS 12 – RAMS 6
The Pittsburgh Steelers defense rose to the occasion, gutting out a 12-6 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday afternoon to improve to 2-1 on the season.
For the Steelers it wasn’t all excitement afterwards.
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger exited the game in the third quarter with a left knee injury as Roethlisberger was carted off to the locker room and left the stadium on crutches.
The franchise quarterback had an MRI tonight in Pittsburgh around 8:00 p.m. that revealed a grade 2 MCL sprain, no ligament damage, but the MRI also revealed a deep bruise that is significant as it will keep Roethlisberger sidelined for at least a month.
The official diagnosis is 4-6 weeks but it’s looked at as more of a six week injury than four at this point because of the bruise. The Steelers are planning for Roethlisberger to miss six weeks, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reports.
Big Ben was 20-24 for 192 yards, leading the Steelers on one touchdown drive and threw a second quarter interception prior to being injured.
Head coach Mike Tomlin did not have a problem with the hit by Mark Barron. According to the rule with how Barron lunged into Roethlisberger’s leg, it was an illegal hit.
With Roethlisberger under center the Steelers offense moved the ball at will on their first two drives but the group stalled for much of the afternoon as the running game never got going.
Le’Veon Bell rushed for 62 yards on 19 carries. DeAngelo Williams rushed just once for two yards. Bell’s biggest impact was in the receiving game with 7 catches for 70 yards.
The Rams defense dominated the line of scrimmage in the second half.
Antonio Brown had 11 catches for 108 yards and was once again uncoverable. Brown, though, had little chemistry with Mike Vick and was not a factor once Ben went out.
Vick was 5-6 for 38 yards and sacked twice. He showed little grasp of the offense.
The Steelers defense in bend don’t break mode got their first interception of the season from Will Allen late in the 4th quarter. Allen and Lawrence Timmons each led the Steelers with 7 tackles.
The front-seven continues to trend up and Stephon Tuitt had his second consecutive encouraging start. Tuitt had 6 tackles, sack, 2 tackles for loss, 2 QB pressures and 1 QB hit.
with a bone bruise u never know…could be closer to 8
They should just put bell in the QB position and go wildcat
Different name, yet people still hate Maloni. Go figure.
He’ll be back in 4
Agree. 1.) It gets him back in time for a HUGE GAME vs cincy. 2.) They can point to Ben and say, man, everybody said 6 weeks, but he’s tough as nails and got back in 4. Unless Vick rattles off 4 straight wins!
Thank God Ben will be back.
Can Gonchar play QB ?
I’m guessing a torn MCL, maybe LCL and meniscus. If so, Ben isn’t going to be back anytime soon. If it’s only a partially torn or sprained MCL, maybe a month off.
haters gon hate.
Tuitt has been encouraging since day 1, includingwhen he claimed his starting spot last year. Not sure why you started that streak unsupervised.
Ben to miss 4 weeks per Sceffter.
minimum 4 weeks per that fella.
I think they called conservative plays for Vick when he came in. It will be interesting to see what they do with him Thursday and taking the first team reps this week.
Been has a knee and now we have a dog killer at QB. Ravens will get their first win next week.
We get it. He killed dogs.
Glad you got it. He should have to wear a sign that states what that scumbag did.
I kill mice. Am I a bad person too?
No, just a slob. Clean your house.
No you are an idiot poster on a shi**y website. You are 2nd to Sam in the dumbness department.
Love the tomlin quote Roethlisberger has a knee….
Before Jay comes on here and tells us what really happened, the defense looked very good today and their ability to stop the run is a very positive developments
I agree but also disagree. There has been encouraging signs from the defense but again this week as last week the biggest plays were failure to execute by an inept offense not well executed plays but a good defense. They did a very good job stopping the run but I’m still trying to figure out how a wide open receiver dropping the pass is considered a good defensive play or the qb over throwing an open receiver or how a questionable review going in their favor is considered good defense. Unlike the SF game last week where the O put… Read more »
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