stillers4me
11-04-2012, 07:11 PM
Coming into the game, the Steelers were thin at the position, with both Rashard Mendenhall (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/rashard-mendenhall/3e1ac879-3146-46f4-946b-216532a371b1/) and Jonathan Dwyer (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/jonathan-dwyer/5bfae686-9098-4bb3-85aa-bfd8c720d223/) inactive because of injuries. Baron Batch (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/baron-batch/b18ae6d7-8bc6-488c-b73e-d55d99d6e045/) was going to be limited because of a shin injury, and during the game Chris Rainey (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/chris-rainey/865dc012-8a62-44c7-9557-384ed26dd778/) was lost to an injury to his ribs.Isaac Redman (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/isaac-redman/5250dc8c-d3c1-4001-9e55-b6c6d991bb84/) was coming off an injury himself that had kept him out of the game against the Redskins, and so it wasn’t known how much of a load he might be able to assume.But Isaac Redman was up for the challenge, and he finished with 26 carries for 147 yards and the touchdown that gave the Steelers a 24-20 lead over the New York Giants with 4:02 left in the fourth quarter. He also broke off a 28-yard run right at the two-minute warning to allow the Steelers to take a knee three straight times and close out the game.Redman is the Steelers Digest Player of the Week.Also considered were Ike Taylor (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/ike-taylor/a3a15eb8-af01-4ce7-8607-07a5e88db59f/), who had seven tackles and an interception that set up the Steelers’ first touchdown; Lawrence Timmons (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/lawrence-timmons/afc86dd7-633e-4e37-a4da-5f089a96b666/), who had three tackles and a sack that forced a Giants punt; LaMarr Woodley (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/lamarr-woodley/ca7b64f1-170e-449e-a835-4851e785246d/), who had two tackles, a sack and a forced fumble that forced the Giants to punt to the Steelers in the final minutes; Ben Roethlisberger (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/ben-roethlisberger/54dda34e-9e43-4c57-9397-1143ddced5d6/), who completed 70 percent of his passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns; Rainey, who had three kickoff returns for 149 yards; and Mike Wallace (http://www.steelersuniverse.com/team/roster/mike-wallace/304eecdf-1b60-4dc4-9cd8-7808d9f5c97a/), whose 51-yard catch-and-run early in the fourth quarter sparked the Steelers’ comeback.
http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Redman-is-Digest-Player-of-Week/cf965bce-81e9-42a3-8fc3-ea80f3f2000e
http://www.steelers.com/news/article-1/Redman-is-Digest-Player-of-Week/cf965bce-81e9-42a3-8fc3-ea80f3f2000e