DeAngelo Williams injury could leave Steelers with weak backfield vs. Bengals

A year after being fired by the Jets and taking over in Buffalo, Ryan got his revenge by thwarting the Jets’ hopes of making the playoffs for the first time since 2010.

Pittsburgh and Cincinnati split the season series, with each club winning on the road.

“With all the stuff that we inflicted on ourselves, losing games we weren’t supposed to lose, putting ourselves in bad positions, it’s good to be in”, guard Ramon Foster said. We need to be that way as a team.

“The good news for a team that tends to play to its competition’s level is that such an approach sets a high bar come the postseason”.

Over the last two years, these two backup RBs have combined for just 238 rushing yards.

But they have won three of their past four, and those include victories against the Bengals and Broncos.

Since Le’Veon Bell was placed on the injured reserve list the first week of November, Williams has stepped up. The Steelers initially listed him as questionable to return, though he was later ruled out for the rest of the game and left the stadium wearing a protective boot.

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

Well in just three games this season, Toussaint has 18 carries for 42 yards and no touchdowns.

Tomlin said he was not benched because of that play. He certainly must be better than he has been lately.

A third-string quarterback getting his second start of the season.

“We have the quarterback who has been there before”, right tackle Marcus Gilbert said. “He threw for a lot of yards and got some touchdowns”.

Pittsburgh Steelers fans celebrate late in the second half of an NFL football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Cleveland.

Davis completed 24 of 46 passes for 240 yards.

“That’s the ultimate goal, to win the championship”, Harrison said.

The slate is clean. “That to me is the resume: how hard the guys play, the effort that goes in, how hard we practice, what we do in meeting time, walkthrough, out on the practice field, how that carries over to the game field”.

Have we seen this play before?

Because Haslam gave Brown final say over the 53-man roster, other teams can, if they so choose, prevent their scouts or assistant general managers from interviewing with the Browns.

“I like the demeanor in which they took the field in some of those instances where we were put on the short field”.