Steelers’ revamped secondary clamps down on Bengals in win

And the defending AFC North champions have some significant issues to fix in order to make up ground.

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) throws a pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. His leaping grab in the third quarter gave Pittsburgh a two-score lead, though one that only pulled him even with the lightly used Grimble. Coates will show up with a big play one moment and then drop a crucial ball the next.

When the Pittsburgh Steelers let Will Allen walk in free agency, I was a little confused.

The unit wasn’t as dominant as it was in the season-opening victory at Washington, but it did allow only one sack, and the Steelers had 124 rushing yards.

Ben Roethlisberger threw three touchdown passes.

Only the Vikings and Los Angeles Rams are averaging fewer yards per carry than the Bengals’ 2.8 yards per attempt.

But despite such adversity, for the second week in a row, Dalton nearly pulled out a victory by getting rid of the ball quickly and completing short passes, as running backs Giovani Bernard and Jeremy Hill combined for 12 receptions for 137 yards.

Justin Tucker put the Ravens ahead, 22-20, on a 49-yard field goal with 11:19 to play after Browns kicker Patrick Murray missed a 52-yard field goal. Green hardly appears ready to return to work and Grimble’s play – he added a hard shoestring catch in the third quarter to help set up James’ touchdown – gives Roethlisberger yet another option. Their longest run of the season is only 12 yards. They kept a game that could’ve gone much more in the Steelers favor competitive.

“Don’t judge me!” Williams said, holding up his hands. “I’m driving the auto till L-Bell gets back. I haven’t done that”. Yet, he would catch 122 passes that season and lead the National Football League with 1,848 yards, still third most in history.

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers still don’t have a sack, at least a sack of effect, through two games.

“One of those things got fixed this week”, offensive co-ordinator Ken Zampese said Monday, referring to the sacks.

Zebra hunting: + “One can only imagine what Sunday might bring”, we wrote in our pregame blog after reciting the four high-profile screwups Ol’ Blind Pete Morelli was involved with in 2015.

What’s more embarrassing? Liking Nickelback or getting beat by a running back who likes Nickelback, as the Redskins and Bengals have these last two weeks? Only Minnesota – which lost Adrian Peterson to a knee injury on Sunday – was worse.

Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah caught what might have been a touchdown in the back of the end zone with his team down 17-6. The Raiders (1-1) appeared to tie on the next drive when Amari Cooper caught a 51-yard touchdown pass from Derek Carr, butt officials ruled Cooper went out of bounds voluntarily before making the catch, although the Raiders contended he was pushed by Desmond Trufant. The replays were inconclusive.

“When we do choose to run it, we can’t have one-person breakdowns”, Lewis said.

When this group gets back to full speed, or as close to it as can be, they will be a nightmare for matchups. They don’t get them.

“They were going to make us throw it underneath a lot and just keep marching down the field”, said left tackle Andrew Whitworth.

The Bengals thought that receiver Tyler Boyd’s fumble that essentially ended the game should have been reversed. The officials reviewing the play did not concur. To overturn the ruling on the field, it must be “clear and obvious” that Boyd was down, but Blandino says that is not the case here.