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Week 3 at Dolphins
DIR By: Justis22
Date: August 27, 2018, 7:01 am
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Well it was another close rough game for Steeler nation. Now
with this lose the Steelers are now 0-3. Not a great way to
start a season. This is not what fans were hoping for when the
season started. The worse thing about this lose was the Steelers
almost came back and won it. They were able to shut down the
Dolphins offense in the 2nd half. They only allowed a field goal
in the 2nd half. They were making a coming back and came so
close but ended up losing it. With a score of 21-24 add another
close game to the list. The 2nd close game this season for them.
They could be 2-1 instead of 0-3. And more bad news to add on.
Tommy Maddox got injured late in the 3rd quarter of the game
with an elbow injury. He wasn't doing much to help the team out
though. Maddox was 8-12 with 98 yards and no touchdown. Luckily
they had a decent running game today to help a bit out. Bettis
had 8 attempts for 109 yards and 1 touchdown. Staley didn't have
a good game but he still helped out where he could. He had 5
attempts for 37 yards and caught in pass for a touchdown. The
receivers didn't do too much cause the quarterback play wasn't
great. Ward only had 5 receptions for 63 yards and Burress had 4
receptions for 79 yards. And Burress almost had a touchdown if
he didn't slip. He was so close to the endzone and when he was 5
yards away slipped right in front of it. On a more positive note
we got to see the rookie Ben Roethlisberger play today. Filled
in for the rest of the game for Maddox. For his first game he
didn't do well but he didn't do horrible. He was 4-7 for 90
yards and throw his 1st touchdown but he also threw his 1st pick
too. But I will say for him to come in late in the game and try
to help them make a comeback it wasn't too bad. It didn't help
that the o-line was terrible and couldn't keep people away from
him. He had to rush his throws all game and ran out of the
pocket a lot. But it wasn't bad for a first game. Now the
defense. The steel curtain is definitely gone cause this d
doesn't look good at all. They gave up 417 yards today. Yeah
they had some stand outside today. With Hope and Haggans getting
6 tackles each and Polamalu shutting down receivers, but it
wasn't even. One sack on the day isn't going to help. Allowing
250 yards passing and 167 rushing yards not a great way to play.
The rain shoukd of helped and instead it was against them. Let's
hope next week against the division leading Bengals they can
pull out a miracle.
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