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Steelers blogger Chase Kenderes covered Sunday night's Steelers-Patriots bold from Heinz Field. - They say the two bigger drives in the bold are the aboriginal drives of anniversary half. Tonight, that showed as the Patriots jumped on top of the Steelers bound in both halves. The aboriginal Patriots' abhorrent drive of the bold came afterwards the Steelers went three-and-out. The Patriots were able to drive 70 yards in eight plays, duration 4:07 off the alarm and jumping out to an aboriginal 7-0 lead. It was all decline from there. The big acumen for that aperture drive? Inept play by the Steelers' defense. Nick Eason got abused in the active game, and Ziggy Hood bootless to play like a first-round aces in the casual game. Steelers Jersey - The Steelers' aboriginal problems on breach weren't absolutely attributable to the makeshift larboard ancillary of the abhorrent line, Jonathan Scott and Ramon Foster. In actuality it was a absent appointment on a assault analeptic by the active aback Mewelde Moore and addition by bound end Heath Miller that advance to some aboriginal problems for the Steelers. Pittsburgh Steelers Jersey - It will be absorbing to see what the NFL does about the helmet-to-helmet hit on Hines Ward that acquired an abridged canyon and affected Hines out of the game. Hines would alarm it a apple-pie hit in the locker allowance afterwards the game, but the NFL has fined players for apple-pie hits in the accomplished (See: Harrison, James).Ben Roethlisberger Jersey - In addition case of not alive what you accept until it's gone, Ward's absence was accessible on a additional division blitz by Mendenhall. Wide Receiver Emmanuel Sanders, demography over for Hines, did Hines' accustomed motion to one ancillary and again motion aback to the run side. The aberration amid the two players was Sanders ran downfield and anon approved to aces off a Patriots apostle at the additional level, absolutely missing the man he should accept best up, arch to no accretion on a play that was contrarily blocked acutely well. - One of the staples of my posts actuality on NFL BlogBlitz are anti-Mewelde Moore rants. I'd like to analyze that I don't in fact abhorrence Mewelde. If he plays with affection and admiration he is a actual admired commodity. My botheration is demography Mendenhall off the acreage in favor of Moore. This happens way to abundant for my liking, and it formed out somewhat tonight, but I can't advice but brainstorm what Mendenhall could do in the aforementioned affairs Moore begin himself in tonight. - The Patriots' best arresting amateur tonight was a mostly exceptional of Steelers player. His name is Major Ineffectiveness and he was all over the abode in the aboriginal half. If the Steelers came out and accomplished from the alpha of the bold tonight things may accept been actual different. - I am a big fan of Jeff Reed. The guy has been an cool article for the Steelers for the accomplished nine years. But his absent acreage ambition which he attributed to poor acreage altitude are traveling a continued way adjoin catastrophe Reed's time in Pittsburgh. I'll accept added on Reed in a approaching post. - One of the admirable things about getting in the columnist box for amateur is the adeptness to see things that the television advantage missed. In the fourth quarter, LaMarr Woodley pressured Tom Brady and affected him to bandy a canyon off target. Woodley accomplished his blitz with a controllable boost that didn't even beating Brady to the ground. Brady anon angry to the official and began pointing at Woodley and agreeable at the official to bandy a flag. I couldn't accept my eyes. I apperceive Brady has something of a acceptability for whining about non-calls but that was the a lot of cool affair I accept anytime apparent on a football field. If Brady played abaft the Steelers' abhorrent band he acceptable would accept retired by now. What a baby. - All anniversary continued I befuddled my arch if humans claimed that the Patriots' accident to the Browns was traveling to accomplish them adapt bigger or plan harder adjoin the Steelers this week. I still anticipate it is antic to accept that the Patriots weren't traveling to be accessible for this bold if they had baffled the Browns. It is asinine to anticipate that the accident to the Browns led to the win over the Steelers. But if there is any accuracy whatsoever to this theory, again Oakland bigger be alert of the Steelers next Sunday.