New England's push for a playoff berth was dealt a crushing blow this weekend with a 33-10 loss to the Pitsburgh Steelers.The Pats currently stand at 7-5, one game behind the Jets who fortunately lost to the Broncos this weekend.
The game started well for the Pats; Mike Vrabel intercepted Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger deep in their territory on thefirst possession of the game. Three plays and 14 yards later the Pats where 7-0 up thanks to running back Sammy Morris.
The Steelers responded with a field goal in the same quarter after the Pats where forced to punt the ball away on their next drive.
In the second quarter New England extended their advantage with another field goal to move to 10-3 ahead. From that moment on the Steelers dominated the game and the Pats would no score again.
The Steelers scored before half time when Roethlisberger found wide receiver Santonio Homles for a 19 yard touchdown.
New England had the opportunity to take the lead before the half but were unable to convert the field goal so the score stayed at 10-10 at half time.
The Pats received the ball to start the second half but were forced to go three and out. The Steelers offence converted this to 3 points from a Jeff Reed field goal.
New England's next to possessions ended in fumbles and Pittsburgh capitalised by scoring a touchdown and a field goal off these turnovers. The touchdown came from an 11 yard pass to Hines Ward.
In the fourth quarter the Steelers scored another touchdown and a field goal to round off their 30 unanswered point rout. The game ended 33-10 to the Steelers.
The Pats now face the struggling Seahawks in week 14 and will hope to get their playoff hunt back on track with a win.
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2 comments:
just proves ur nothing without brady
moss needs to get his head on
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