Pittsburgh Steelers vs Indianapolis Colts: 51-34

A wow game.

Pittsburgh's offense couldn't do any wrong in the first half.  QB Ben Roethlisberger was hitting his receivers.  The front line held strong.  I swear that this is one of the few times I've seen a game where the front line protected Big Ben to this degree.  Pittsburgh scoring 35 points in the first half was just amazing.

Of course, Indianapolis has a solid quarterback in Andrew Luck.  Though their offense was briefly stalled due to an interception, Indianapolis was able to put up their own points.  On one play that led to their first touchdown, they got the Steelers defense confused when three receives stacked one side and ran routes that sent the defense in all directions but the correct one.  The first half ended 35-20.

To start off the second half, Big Ben and Heath Miller connected a couple times to help set up an early touchdown and Pittsburgh was up 42-20.  But then the Steelers offense stalled due to a couple wide receiver errors along with a running back one, as well.  Martavis Bryant missed a ball thrown perfectly and then D. Heyward-Bey fumbled.  By the end of the third quarter the score was 42-34 as the Colts took advantage of these mistakes.  Then in the final quarter, Pittsburgh was once again on a roll though there were a couple penalties against the Colts that I thought were weak.  Well, it was time for the running back error with LeGarrette Blount fumbling at the 5 yard line.  The Steelers defense held strong in this no defense game.  QB Andrew Luck tripped and fell back into the end zone.  He threw the ball blindly away, but he was called for grounding and the Steelers got 2 points out of it.

The Pittsburgh offense took the field and finally the offense got back on track.  No errors.  With 4th and a foot to go, Pittsburgh decided to go for it.  Considering the score was 44-34, it seemed to make sense to take the risk.  Instead of just ramming it to get the added foot, Big Ben rolled out and tossed a touchdown pass.  51-34.  

With 3 scores needed, Indianapolis went to work with the fourth quarter ticking down.  The probability of scoring 3 times in 5 minutes are slim, but they weren't going to just go down without a fight.  They made their way down the field, but Luck threw an interception in the end zone.  With that, it was time for the Steelers to run down the clock.

Big Ben's amazing stats:  522 yards.  6 TDs.  40/49 completions.