NFL Week 12: Bubbler gets his Lisch

All four running backs on the Pittsburgh roster have now fumbled. At least Rainey's went out of bounds. Maybe fullback Will Johnson will be the feature back in the second half.

 

What is Shurmur arguing about? You can't review to see if forward progress is stopped or not. Incredibly lucky break for the Steelers on that touchdown run by Rainey, but there should be no doubt about the call.

The Steelers have to be thrilled to go to the half up by a point after that terrible performance.

 

At least he had the sense not to throw one anyway, as some coaches might have done.

I guess it was worth a shot for him to argue, but the officials knew no whistle had blown.

 

Steelers right back to being sloppy on the first drive of the third quarter. Holding call brings back a 9-yard pass on the first play, then a delay on third down. So much for that drive before the half getting them going.

 

No mystery as to why the Steelers don't force more turnovers if you watch them. Part of it is the inconsistent pass rush, but the bigger factor is they just drop way too many interceptions. Ike Taylor just dropped his second of the day.

Sheldon Brown of the Browns gives a nice demonstration to set up a Cleveland touchdown. Four Pittsburgh turnovers in the Steelers' territory leading to 17 points. Just ugly. It's time to let go of this delusion that Batch is still a viable backup, though Burress could have helped him out by coming back to the ball on that pick.

 

The Seattle-Miami game was delayed briefly when the sprinklers came on. It was only the end of the third quarter, so maybe the creepy janitor from the Buffalo Wild Wings commercial got confused.

 

Amazing. Steelers convert a 2nd-and-26 with a long pass to Heath Miller and it comes back on a holding call. Then the Browns nearly give up the 2nd-and-32, but Sanders can't quite make the catch as he gets hit.

Pittsburgh showing a tremendous capacity for self destruction today. Looking like it will be a third game they piss away against a bad team.

 

I hate Mike Wallace. I know that wasn't a good throw, but if he's anywhere near the receiver he claims to be, he has to make a play there rather than tip it up so the Browns can pick the ball off.