Steelers preparing to start Landry Jones, but Ben Roethlisberger won’t rule
The Vikings also lost their quarterback in a win. With Roethlisberger out for at least the next game, Pittsburgh will need the duo to step up once again in his absence. The good: They came back and won. “The Sheriff’s Office is now reviewing all of the information and reports to make a final determination relating to charges”. He played 12 defensive snaps and several more on special teams.
But it’s way too early to look at the scoreboard for that.
“The biggest thing is you just can’t relax with a guy like that because he’s a relentless, fearless returner”, shared Antwon Blake, referring to the newly minted Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver, according to Penn Live. That’s the bad news.
The Steelers are hoping that Williams can again be a complete player for them this coming Sunday in their home game against the Cleveland Browns as he’s now dealing with a few inflammation in the middle of one of his feet.
Late in the third quarter of the Raiders game against the Steelers on Sunday, center Rodney Hudson limped off the field and didn’t return.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams (34) celebrates after scoring a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders, Sunday, November 8, 2015, in Pittsburgh. Mitchell tried to explain it but he did say he noticed Murray go limp.
— Oakland’s only sack of the game is the one that injured Ben Roethlisberger, a clean hit by newly acquired Aldon Smith, who went around Al Villanueva to get him. Ever in National Football League history. He also had 22 yards rushing on two attempts. Without the efforts of receiver Antonio Brown and running back DeAngelo Williams, we’d likely be talking about a loss instead of a win.
The same sentiments were expressed by Jacoby Jones’ fellow kick returner, Isaiah Pead.
— Chris Boswell missed a 41-yard field goal. There will be no open kicker tryouts this week. “We showed early in the year when that group is all out there together that we can be productive, that three-game stretch the that culminated in the production we had against Baltimore, ” said Pettine. The Steelers had just gone up 35-21 with two touchdowns in 49 seconds and the place was rocking. Boswell proceeded to somehow nail it out of bounds. Though he’s expected to miss a career-high number of games this season, the 33-year-old has never sat out more than four games due to injury in any other season.
-PASSING OFFENSE: B-minus. The Steelers are on their fourth quarterback and are now in position to make the playoffs. Bryant bobbled it before he ran out of bounds.
Ross Cockrell picked off Carr in the end zone on Oakland’s ensuing possession, but Carr collected himself to tie the game with a pretty strike to Crabtree to pull Oakland even. Carr now has 19 touchdowns and just four picks on the year, though he wasn’t exactly in the mood to reflect after letting it slip away.