Pagano ‘fairly confident’ Hasselbeck will play Sunday

“We’re not going to sit around and wallow in self-pity or any of that other bullcrap”.

Brown finished the Colts with two more scores, a 5-yard reception 49 seconds into the fourth quarter before adding the fourth punt return touchdown of his career even if the celebration didn’t go as planned.

“We have the best quarterback in the NFL”, Brown said. By NFL standards, he’s having a little too much fun.

Hasselbeck wasn’t at all sharp and blamed himself for his interceptions, especially that first one after the Colts recovered kick returner Jacoby Jones’ fumble.

Running back DeAngelo Williams added 134 yards on 26 carries for Pittsburgh. Roethlisberger has at least one 40-yard completion in four straight games, the franchise’s longest such streak since Hall of Famer Bobby Layne did it in 1958.

“Each and every one of us takes pride in the game”, Brown said, “and we’re doing a great job of getting better each and every week as a team. Today we showed that”.

The Colts forced two turnovers in the first three minutes.

Hasselbeck does have better statistics than Luck this season, but Luck brings out the full potential of the Colts’ offense.

“It happened there at the end and I don’t know if it is a concussion, but obviously we’ll put him in the protocol and do due diligence there”, head coach Mike Tomlin said after the game. The veteran mustered only 162 yards, was intercepted twice and led the Colts to only three points on three drives that began in Pittsburgh territory.

“We’re just taking advantage of our matchups”, Bryant said. You have all the control over how you get off the field.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (8) signals during the second half of an NFL football … Unfortunately he reportedly has a shoulder and neck injury, and while Hasselbeck may have played poorly last night he’s still talented enough to beat the Jaguars. “He should be on the practice field on Wednesday and I’m optimistic he’ll play on Sunday”.

In those four games, Big Ben has totaled 1,346 yards with 9 TDs and 4 INTs. He lobbed a pass at the goal line that linebacker Jarvis Jones snatched out of the air for his first career interception.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger laughed on the sidelines, but he would rather not lose his No 1 receiver to a freak injury from such an incident. Chris Boswell was 3 for 4 on field goal attempts.

It was a tough loss for the Houston Texans, but the good news is they still share a first place lead with the Indianapolis Colts, who they face in two weeks.

Roethlisberger has 886 yards passing and 10 touchdowns in his last two starts against Indianapolis.

The Steelers took a 21-10 lead into halftime after Roethlisberger’s second touchdown toss, a 5-yarder to wide receiver Markus Wheaton with 10 seconds left. Frank Gore is Indy’s top rusher with 702 yards and four touchdowns and T.Y. Hilton has 54 receptions and five touchdowns and Donte Moncrief has 53 catches and five touchdowns.