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stillers4me
08-26-2012, 07:53 AM
Ben Roethlisberger needed only 11 plays and 1 minute, 33 seconds of clock time to turn a mostly bad night good for the Steelers in their starters’ only lengthy audition of the preseason.
Pushed around by the Bills’ defensive line of many Williamses for most of a downer of a first half, and with rookie right guard David DeCastro out with a potentially serious injury, the Steelers were backed up to their own 2-yard-line with 1:46 left before halftime of a 7-7 tie.

Given how Mario Williams and Kyle Williams seemed to be collapsing the Steelers’ offensive line on every other play — the Steelers had only six first downs and 32 yards rushing to that point — this didn’t look good. At all.
Then, one drive changed not only this game, but the Steelers’ perspective on the entire preseason.........

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