Sunday, January 8, 2012

Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Denver Broncos: 23-29

A tale of two halves plus one play in overtime.

So the Steelers looks like they were on to a victory.  Their defense was playing great.  Their offense wasn't great, but was moving the ball.  Then came the second quarter and Tim Tebow just got on fire and lit up the number one defense in the league.  How did that happen?  And Ike Taylor seemed to be the victim.  I haven't seen every Pittsburgh game, but from my vantage point Taylor has played well this season.  Beaten once is fine.  Beaten many times, did you get enough sleep last night?

I couldn't believe what was happening, but then the Steelers came roaring back in the second half.  Big Ben looked totally different in the second half.  In the first half, he looked about as bad as he did during the San Francisco game -- maybe a bit more agile, but not by much  -- but in the second half he was off making a couple runs for yards.  I guess he got some painkillers during halftime.

The score was tied and it looked like Pittsburgh might have a chance for a field goal in the final seconds, but it didn't work out.

Over-time.  One past, one stiff arm, and the Broncos beat my Steelers.  Ouch.  

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