Someone give Lendale White a towel. I believe he would seek to hide his head beneath one during his way away from Pittsburgh.
During an evening where Troy Polamalu succumbed to a knee wound, Wille Parker and the rest of the Pittsburgh running back unit could not seem to get things going, and Hines Ward managed one thing he hardly ever does - lost the ball in a giant play scenario. Ben Roethlisberger was steady in the backfield, took some sacks, but in the end engineered yet one more game winning drive to help Pittsburgh beat Tennessee 13-10 in the NFL inaugural game.
It didn't start off well for Big Ben and crew; Tennessee brought their "A" game and practically shut Pittsburgh's rush game down.
Roethlisberger was composed under pressure, although. Sure, he threw two interceptions (Brett Favre does it religiously, yet there are fans willing to bow down to him when he comes into a room, so get over this).
But he also threw for 363 yards, which included 60 yards on his final series of the game.
The defensive unit rose to the occasion and performed when the chips were down, mainly when it came to special teams, where a blocked Rob Bironas field goal resulted in their lone touchdown of the game.
Of course, that play ended up costing them Troy Polamalu, but it only set them back for a moment or two.
If Hines Ward had either fallen down or turned somewhat faster at the end of his run in the 4th quarter, the game might have concluded sooner.
Although this was too good a game to not end up in OT. Both teams had fought hard, both teams had players sidelined to injury, and an extra period seemed the only just way to settle the game.
If, that is, you could call pro football overtimes fair.
After the Steelers won the coin toss, Roethlisberger and the team made short work of a tired Tennessee defense, heading downfield for 63 yards to arrange the game-winning field goal.
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