Did the Pittsburgh Steelers even show up in the first half? For some reason, I think that bye week might not be worth it, unless you have an injured player where the extra week will get him onto the field versus being on the sideline. Of course, the second half collapse from Baltimore might have been a result of their having to play during the bye week. Who knows.
Baltimore started the game almost making the Steelers look weak on special teams play again. Actually, it almost looked like a replay of the Oregon-Auburn game. Luckily, the Baltimore player was called down and didn't get the extra 15 yards, but that was just a temporary reprieve in the first half. I believe it was twice that the Steelers received a penalty on special teams that had their offense starting with their backs to the end zone.
Though the Steelers scored a touchdown on their first drive, one has to give it up to Ed Reed who stopped Rashard Mendenhall dead in his tracks on a play before the touchdown. Wow. Bang. I'm a Steelers fan, but you have to give it up for Ed Reed on that one.
The Ben Roethlisberger fumble looked just sad and seemed to represent the Steelers sleep walk through the first half.
The second half started with the Steelers' defense showing up. They just wouldn't let the Baltimore offense get going and it breathed some life into the Steelers. Yes, the offense scored the points, but the defense brought the energy in the second half.
As for the Flacco fumble from underneath center made up for Ben Roethlisberger's fumble.
Best catch: Antonio Brown using his helmet to control the football. Also interesting view angle. I swear it looked like Antonio Brown decided to toss the ball up in the air as he ran out of bounds, but from a better angle it showed that he just transferred the ball from the right hand to the left hand as he attempted to get the ball over the pylon.
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