Pittsburgh Steelers: Avoiding a Heart Attack in the Queen City

November 10, 2010   ·   Tom Dale   ·   Jump to comments

Everyone recovered from last night's game? After almost blowing a 20 point lead, the Steelers hung on with a big defensive stop in the last minute to preserve a 27-21 victory.
There was a lot of fodder last night for an article, so let's start as the game started—with the special teams. On their first two opportunities, the Steelers special teams gave their offense scoring opportunities deep in the Bengals red zone. I thought I was hallucinating, but came back to reality later when they gave up a 60 yard kickoff return. All in all, I'll take that any week.
The offense continues to be nothing if not frustrating. While he ended the night with a great game, Mike Wallace didn't see a ball come his way until three minutes before halftime. He is by far the Steelers' biggest threat and he needs to be involved earlier, and with more variety, than just down the sideline.
Bruce Arians' play calling continues to baffle any rational observer. Throw a b...

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