Steelers ready to hit reset as playoffs begin

There would be another game.

As a result of their win and the Buffalo Bills’ 22-17 victory over the New York Jets, the Steelers (10-6) advance to the playoffs.

The two combined for all of 64 yards rushing this season and their playoff experience is limited to two nominal carries by Toussaint last winter while playing for the Ravens. From the other side of that equation, you can bet there were some playoff teams who were rooting hard, and ineffectively, for the New York Jets on Sunday.

“I feel that we are getting stronger”, linebacker Lawrence Timmons said. “All we could do was control what we could control”. As you would expect, several of the Steelers offensive linemen quickly came over to police the situation and Roethlisberger nonchalantly got up and walked off like nothing happened. Last week, we didn’t take those chances to create turnovers, and we ended up losing. Lock. It. Up. Jets are going to the playoffs. We’re one of the teams that has an opportunity to hold up the Lombardi, and that’s the goal. He is 9-2 in games played in Cleveland.

“It’s been a tough, 16-week fight for us, but we’re where we want to be”, coach Mike Tomlin said.

The Steelers got four second-half takeaways against Cleveland to blow open a tight game and beat the Browns, 28-12.

The Steelers quarterback, who was forced to sling the ball after running back DeAngelo Williams was carted off the field with a leg injury in the second quarter, finished with 349 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.

That’s certainly much better news for the Steelers. Against the hapless Browns? We need somebody that’s smart. “But it’s a great day for all of us”.

Haslam said the team will immediately begin a search for its eighth full-time coach of the expansion era.

Is this team capable of that?

“We understand what kind of defense we are”, Moats said. And though the secondary, as mentioned, has been porous (and tackling often at a premium) the Steelers’ ability to get to quarterbacks is almost unparalleled in the league, coming into Week 17 with 40 sacks and adding seven more against the Browns’ Austin Davis. It worked out for us. We make an effort to protect discussions from repeated comments — either by the same reader or different readers.

Ryan and the Buffalo Bills stopped the visiting Jets from making the playoffs on Sunday and gave the Pittsburgh Steelers the final playoff spot in the AFC. It’s something the handful of guys who have had playoff success will try to drive home to their teammates this week. They needed a win to get in. “The postseason is a different season. We just have to be ready to go there and have a good game”. “Everybody has to step up and be ready to go”.

Farmer, too, was suspended for the first four games this season for texting to the sideline during 2014 games.

The Steelers aren’t ready to write the veteran off for next weekend. They will play Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Miami and Indianapolis.