stillers4me
12-05-2011, 05:19 AM
We'll see what Neal Coolong has in his Monday morning notebook about the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/pittsburgh-steelers) 35-7 Week 13 win over the Cincinnati Bengals (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/cincinnati-bengals) at Heinz Field Sunday afternoon. In the meantime, I'd like to point out ten players' individual performances that played a large role in Pittsburgh's ninth win of the season. In no particular order.
Curtis Brown (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/130899/curtis-brown): The third round selection out of the University of Texas continues to leave his mark on special teams. Late in the second quarter with the Steelers leading 21-7. Kapinos boomed a punt to the Bengals 13 yard line. Brandon Tate (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/71180/brandon-tate) appeared to have room to return the punt, potentially for significant yardage, but Brown, who had inadvertently slid as he approached Tate, got back on his feet with amazing athleticism and alacrity, and then proceeded to wrestle Tate down toe the ground for a mere three-yard gain. The Steelers proceeded to force a three-and-out and then extended the lead to 21 with Antonio Brown's (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/108636/antonio-brown) 60-yard punt return. Awesome play by Brown. It is worth noting however that Brown maybe got away with a block in the back on A. Brown's punt return. We won't give A. Brown is own paragraph here, but outstanding vision by him on that return. He's just so much more naturally gifted than Emmanuel Sanders and our previous return man, Stefan Logan, at anticipating where lanes will materialize before they occur..........
read more @ http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2011/12/4/2611538/steelers-bengals-recap-roethlisberger-james-harrison-antonio-brown
Curtis Brown (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/130899/curtis-brown): The third round selection out of the University of Texas continues to leave his mark on special teams. Late in the second quarter with the Steelers leading 21-7. Kapinos boomed a punt to the Bengals 13 yard line. Brandon Tate (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/71180/brandon-tate) appeared to have room to return the punt, potentially for significant yardage, but Brown, who had inadvertently slid as he approached Tate, got back on his feet with amazing athleticism and alacrity, and then proceeded to wrestle Tate down toe the ground for a mere three-yard gain. The Steelers proceeded to force a three-and-out and then extended the lead to 21 with Antonio Brown's (http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/players/108636/antonio-brown) 60-yard punt return. Awesome play by Brown. It is worth noting however that Brown maybe got away with a block in the back on A. Brown's punt return. We won't give A. Brown is own paragraph here, but outstanding vision by him on that return. He's just so much more naturally gifted than Emmanuel Sanders and our previous return man, Stefan Logan, at anticipating where lanes will materialize before they occur..........
read more @ http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2011/12/4/2611538/steelers-bengals-recap-roethlisberger-james-harrison-antonio-brown