Lady Steel
12-28-2014, 12:59 AM
Asked the other day if the Steelers are capable of getting on a run like they did in 2005, outside linebacker James Harrison paused for a moment and said, “We’re headed in the right direction.”
After winning three in a row and clinching a playoff spot with a victory against Kansas City, the Steelers are indeed on the right path.
But unlike 2005, when they finished the regular season with four consecutive victories to grab the final wild-card spot, the Steelers have a bigger prize in sight when they face Cincinnati tonight at Heinz Field. They can win the AFC North for the first time since 2010, grab the No. 3 seed in the conference and get a home playoff game with a victory.
To do that, the Steelers must set their sights on stopping Bengals rookie running back Jeremy Hill, who has been nothing short of sensational the past eight games.
They did that in the first meeting Dec. 7 in Cincinnati when Hill carried only eight times for 46 yards.
But in the two games since the Steelers’ resounding 42-21 victory at Paul Brown Stadium, Hill has rushed for 148 yards against Cleveland and 147 yards in Monday night’s victory against Denver.
“I thought we saw signs of that going into the last game,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “He provides a legitimate spark for them. He is a big-body guy. We can’t let him wear us down over the course of the game.”
Funny, the Bengals could say the same about Harrison.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/28/Head-to-head-Steelers-OLB-James-Harrison-vs-Bengals-RB-Jeremy-Hill/stories/201412280168
After winning three in a row and clinching a playoff spot with a victory against Kansas City, the Steelers are indeed on the right path.
But unlike 2005, when they finished the regular season with four consecutive victories to grab the final wild-card spot, the Steelers have a bigger prize in sight when they face Cincinnati tonight at Heinz Field. They can win the AFC North for the first time since 2010, grab the No. 3 seed in the conference and get a home playoff game with a victory.
To do that, the Steelers must set their sights on stopping Bengals rookie running back Jeremy Hill, who has been nothing short of sensational the past eight games.
They did that in the first meeting Dec. 7 in Cincinnati when Hill carried only eight times for 46 yards.
But in the two games since the Steelers’ resounding 42-21 victory at Paul Brown Stadium, Hill has rushed for 148 yards against Cleveland and 147 yards in Monday night’s victory against Denver.
“I thought we saw signs of that going into the last game,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “He provides a legitimate spark for them. He is a big-body guy. We can’t let him wear us down over the course of the game.”
Funny, the Bengals could say the same about Harrison.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/steelers/2014/12/28/Head-to-head-Steelers-OLB-James-Harrison-vs-Bengals-RB-Jeremy-Hill/stories/201412280168