stillers4me
11-09-2010, 05:23 AM
By Scott Brown (sbrown@tribweb.com), PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
A defense that failed to protect five fourth-quarter leads in 2009 made the biggest stand of the season shortly before midnight Monday at Paul Brown Stadium.
And the sandwich that James Harrison and Ike Taylor made out of Bengals wide receiver Jordan Shipley popped the ball free after a fourth-down catch and allowed the Steelers to avert what would have been the most stunning lose of the Mike Tomlin era.
After the Steelers barely hung on for a 27-21 win in front of an announced crowd of 65,626 —- or after the Bengals simply ran out of time, depending on one's vantage point —- Tomlin said, "(We) get to get out of here with a win. You like to learn when you win. We've seen that horror flick before. I liked this ending better."
The Steelers improved to 6-2 at the halfway point of the season, tying them with the Ravens, Jets and Patriots for the best record in the AFC...........
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_708371.html
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
A defense that failed to protect five fourth-quarter leads in 2009 made the biggest stand of the season shortly before midnight Monday at Paul Brown Stadium.
And the sandwich that James Harrison and Ike Taylor made out of Bengals wide receiver Jordan Shipley popped the ball free after a fourth-down catch and allowed the Steelers to avert what would have been the most stunning lose of the Mike Tomlin era.
After the Steelers barely hung on for a 27-21 win in front of an announced crowd of 65,626 —- or after the Bengals simply ran out of time, depending on one's vantage point —- Tomlin said, "(We) get to get out of here with a win. You like to learn when you win. We've seen that horror flick before. I liked this ending better."
The Steelers improved to 6-2 at the halfway point of the season, tying them with the Ravens, Jets and Patriots for the best record in the AFC...........
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_708371.html