Steelers’ Antonio Brown flagged for ‘using the goal post as a prop’

The Pittsburgh Steelers are fighting for their playoff lives.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) throws a…

Although he is grudgingly given credit Ben Roethlisberger seems to have grown into the QB that the Pittsburgh Steelers visualized him to be when he was drafted in April of 2004. But Indianapolis is 13-16 against the rest of the National Football League over that 44-game regular-season schedule. Roethlisberger did what he does best tonight, and that was to stand or move around in the pocket and use his rocket arm to pick apart defenses. The Colts have always had issues, and against a team like the Steelers they were put on full display. A fumbled opening kickoff and a DeAngelo Williams fumble gave the Colts excellent field position in back to back possessions, but the Colts were only able to net three points. He needs 203 yards in the next four games to have his first 1,000 yard season since 2009 when he was a member of the Carolina Panthers.

Two of the scores went to Antonio Brown, with the others going to Markus Wheaton and Martavis Bryant. ‘I tried to stick it at the goalpost, and it just didn’t work out’. “Such gratitude about scoring a touchdown”.

Matt Hasselbeck threw for 169 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions before leaving in the fourth quarter because of neck and shoulder pain.

Just when the Colts thought they were on their way to a touchdown, Steelers outside linebacker Jarvis Jones nixed that plan.

Hasselbeck did not have a definitive answer when asked about possibly missing this week’s trip to Jacksonville to face the Jaguars.

Late in the second quarter on Sunday night, they trailed the Indianapolis Colts by 4. Hasselbeck avoids throwing any passes, thus the Colts settle for a 35-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri.

-RUN DEFENSE: B. Frank Gore had some early success running against the Steelers’ nickel defense, but the Colts could not stay with him because they fell behind early. Pagano said left tackle Anthony Castonzo (right knee) is “doing better” but is still week to week.

But the star receiver wasn’t ready to stop when he reached the end zone.

The mood had not lifted 24 hours later as the coaching staff and players made their way to the Colts’ offices and locker room after arriving back in Indianapolis early Monday morning.

CHIEFS 34, RAIDERS 20: In Oakland, California, Jeremy Maclin had two touchdowns catches after fourth-quarter interceptions, and Tyvon Branch returned a third interception from Derek Carr for a game-clinching score as Kansas City (7-5) rallied for its sixth straight win.

Backup tight end Jesse James, a Penn State product who went to South Allegheny High School, caught three passes for 30 yards. Name one thing this team does particularly well, kicking and punting don’t count. Often times on defense, you have no control over what conditions or circumstances with which you take the field.

Brown has had multiple touchdowns in two of the last three games he played in, and is tied with Antonio Gates for the most multi-touchdown games over the last two seasons (they each have six). But on this night, even that turned into something bad. Punter Pat McAfee averaged 27.4 yards net and 42.2 yards overall on five punts. Brown saved this celebration for a point in the game when the Steelers wouldn’t necessarily be harmed by the 15-yard penalty so what’s the problem?