Roethlisberger named AFC Offensive Player of the Week

Spence played in the base defense and Williams came in on the nickel package.

Tomlin also acknowledged the job of protecting against Donald will lie with the offensive line as well as with Ben Roethlisberger. He was eventually released by the Steelers in the middle of November following a mid-game tantrum related to his small workload.

Steeler Nation rejoiced Tuesday with the start of Week 3 and the highly anticipated return of Le’Veon Bell.

Antonio Brown finished his day one yard shy of surpassing Pittsburgh’s single-game receiving yards record, which he set in 2013 when he had 196 yards against the Chicago Bears. He scored on a pair of 2-yard runs in the second quarter before scoring on a 1-yard run in the fourth.

Jared Cook leads the team with ten catches for 132 yards.

Heyward-Bey, who’s in his seventh season as a pro, has only nine games with 75-plus receiving yards.

The Pittsburgh Steelers look to get a game above.500 after beating the 49ers last week.

Tight end Heath Miller says Pittsburgh’s offense belongs to Roethlisberger now. If we take the number of extra-point attempts and misses from the first two weeks and extrapolate them over the entire season then we get 1,240 attempts and a whopping 72 misses. As they’ve already demonstrated, nailing three two-point conversions is the same as an extra field goal. That’s bound to happen at some point during the season.

The last time these two teams squared off was at Heinz Field on Christmas Eve in 2011. Defensively, Pittsburgh is allowing 23 points and 385 yards per game.

The Steelers totaled 453 yards on offense with 30 fewer plays than the 49ers. Williams is a solid backup and Roethlisberger comes in with strong numbers as well, as he had 369 passing yards and three TDs in the win against San Francisco.

Chris Long has 14.5 sacks in his last 16 games against AFC opponents. Steelers DT Dan McCullers (knee) and ILB Ryan Shazier (shoulder) did not practice Wednesday. Just play your game that you did at Pitt.

Center Cody Wallace and guard Ramon Foster have the primary responsibility in reigning in the 2014 Defensive Rookie of the Year, who grew up in an eastern Pittsburgh suburb before four years with the Panthers, where he was honored for his play during his sensational senior season in 2013. Roethlisberger has totaled 720 yards through the air, with a completion percentage of 72.3 %. “I’m still waiting to have that game where I have two sacks in one game”.

Mike Tomlin remembers those trips to St. Louis back in the days when he was a secondary coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Rams failed to follow up on an overtime victory over Seattle in their opener, falling behind 17-0 in a 24-10 loss at Washington.