Steelers can’t hold lead in playoff loss to Denver

Albeit in a losing effort, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger achieved a major milestone in Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos, passing Terry Bradshaw as the Steelers’ all-time leader in playoff passing yards, per ESPN Stats & Info. The Broncos will definitely be counting on his services during the AFC Championship game on Sunday. “We’ve been here all the time, so it was just that we were going to do our job and make something happen'”.

Fans in Foxboro are still soaking in Saturday’s big playoff win.

“I think the best thing today was that we stayed patient”, Manning said.

But the Steelers hit back with a Toussaint touchdown to take the lead, the running back crossing from one yard out to put the seal on a five-play, 80-yard drive marshalled by the battle-weary quarterback Roethlisberger. They were sitting ducks on defense when then-Patriot Aqib Talib went down with an injury.

Brown was also accused of faking by Bengals corner Adam “Pacman” Jones, who said he’d apologize for saying so if Brown missed the Broncos game. “We’ll deal with that on Wednesday”, he said.

“I got the information late, but I still had a chance to make the play”, Boykin said.

The Patriots will ride into Mile High Stadium in the role of a road favorite. No more blown coverages. “We’re good. We’re playing a team who we beat earlier this year, we’re at home, we’re healthy”.

From his days at the University of Tennessee when Florida coach Steve Spurrier mocked him constantly because the Volunteers would annually lose to his Gators, Manning’s status as a “Big Game Quarterback” was questioned. “So, let’s get it”.

Arizona at Carolina: Cam Newton and the top-seeded Panthers (16-1) will host the NFC championship game for the first time, facing Carson Palmer and the Arizona Cardinals (14-3) for a spot in the Super Bowl. Roethlisberger is the only quarterback to throw for more than 300 yards against the Broncos this season and he did it twice, once in week 15 and once in the playoffs. “They are like a league opponent like Oakland, Kansas City and San Diego”.

“We had all these tight games”, Von Miller said, “I guess it’s time for us to blow out somebody, right?” On its first two scoring drives, Denver started out at Pittsburgh’s 30 and 31 yard line, following a 42-yard punt return by Omar Bolden and the first of two 27-yard punts shanked by Pittsburgh’s Jordan Berry. His play to Emanuel Sanders for 34 yards – there’s a difference between falling and giving yourself up, and Manning fell – was a layup.

Against the Steelers on Sunday, Wolfe and Smith provided two of the Broncos’ three sacks.