Pittsburgh Steelers Earns High Marks In Win Over Oakland Raiders

November 22, 2010   ·   Chris G.   ·   Jump to comments

A week after looking like chumps against the New England Patriots, the Pittsburgh Steelers bounced back like champions against a hot Oakland Raiders team.
The Steelers shut down Darren McFadden, who had averaged a league-leading 108 yards per game, and forced three turnovers en route to a dominating 35-3 victory.
James Harrison led the way on defense with two sacks and two forced turnovers that both led to Pittsburgh touchdowns. He also picked up yet another roughing-the-quarterback penalty.
The personal foul was one of six on the day for the Steelers, four of which were questionable at best.
Besides Harrison’s penalty, LaMarr Woodley was called for lightly shoving Jason Campbell, and Ryan Clark for tackling a wide receiver. It was not just the defense getting called either. Trai Essex was called for a late hit after a Matt Spaeth fumble. Essex appeared to have fallen over and nothing more.
Personal fouls accounted for only six of Pittsburgh’s 14 pe...

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