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Snow Storm Doesn't Prevent High Scoring Affair[/size]
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Willie Parker Was A Man Possessed Today Breaking Tackles Left & Right[/size]
Box Score
- 0 - 14 - 7 - 10 -
31
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21
Coach krul would take on Coach Az0rean0's (aka Boss AZ) Tennessee Titans for the 2nd time this season (although first documented). Coach krul's Lions lost to the Titans in Tennessee last time 10-3. Well this time Coach As0's Titans would travel up north to Heinz Field to face the Pittsburgh Steelers in a heavy snow blizzard.
The Steelers would win the toss and elect to kickoff to start the game as Vince Young and the Titans offense would take the field for the first time on their 34. On a 3rd and 5, VY would get sacked by Woodley as Tennessee would be forced to punt. The ball at their 30, Ben Roethlisberger would hand it off to Willie Parker to the left as he would make one cut and be off to the races for a 70 yard touchdown! But wait, there's a flag on the field as this one comes back for holding. The penalty would immediately stop Pittsburgh's momentum as they'd have to punt after a 3 and out as well.
Pittburgh's defense would keep living up to their dominance as they forced another 3 and out. Roethlisberger would get off a nice pass to TE Heath Miller for a big gain that would put the Steelers in Tennessee territory. All for nothing though as Willie Parker would fumble as the Titans recover it at their 41. On 3rd and 8, Vince Young would finally give the Titans their first down late in the 1st. Couple plays later and they would find themselves on the Steelers 11 yard line as suddenly Pitt couldn't stop them. On 3rd and 2 from the Steelers 4, and at the start of the 2nd quarter, LenDale White would take the handoff but be stopped just inches! At first the Titans would come out in field goal formation before taking a timeout as Coach Az0 thought otherwise and came out with his offense again. A toss to Chris Johnson who who would get gang tackled right at the first down marker. Chain gang would come out....first down! The Steelers defense would continue to play good D though until Vince Young did a bootleg to the right on 3rd down that caught the Steelers completely off-guard. 7-0 Titans.
Tennessee would stop the Steelers next drive once more, but the returner would fumble the ball after trying to do too much as the Steelers recovered! Roethlisberger would come out at the Titans 38 next drive before taking them down further down to their 5. Then Coach krul would pull some trickery with the Steelers, running out of the wildcat formation as Santanio Holmes would go into motion and take the handoff from Willie Parker 5 yards into the endzone! 7-7 all tied up now.
On the following drive, running the two minute offense, Vince Young would bring his offense to midfield and with 50 seconds left James Farrior would strip LenDale White as the Steelers would recover again! With an opportunity to score before the half is over, Roethlisberger would bring the Steelers further into Titans territory with his hands and feet before running a HB Draw out of shotgun as Willie Parker took it upfield breaking two tackles into the endzone! 14-7 Steelers at halftime.
Pittsburgh would get the ball to start the 2nd half and would keep on rolling as Willie Parker would break 3 tackles and turn down the sidelines for plenty more yards before finally being tackled at the Titans 25! Several plays later, Willie Parker would take a break as Rashard Mendenhall would come in and run tough for 2 yards and another Steelers touchdown, 21-7.
Vince Young would get it going again the following drive bringing his Titans down to Pittsburgh's 37 yard line. Tough and rough defense by the Steelers would stop the Titans right in their tracks, forcing a a tough field goal in which Rob Bironas would miss very short in the endzone as Santonio would catch it, but kneel down (I didn't want him too...) to put the Steelers offense on their own 45. After moving into Titans territory, Pittsburgh would try a toss play in which Willie would fumble once again as Big Ben would have to bring big DE Kyle Vanden Bosch down. Not to worry though as the Steel Curtain (yes, I said it) would force another quick 3 and out.
On 4th and 11 from midfield, the Titans would have to go for it as time was running out with a little over 4 minutes left in the game. Aaron Smith would demolish Vince Young for the turnover on downs. After driving down in Titans territory, the Steelers would come out in the wildcat formation once again, this time Willie would fake to Santino and run the counter to the left, juking one defender, and stiff arming the other into the endzone for another Pittsburgh touchdown. 28-7 with 2 minutes remaining in the game. The Titans would happen to score one last time on a nice WR screen in which Chris Johnson would run it 54 yards for a touchdown. 28-14 Steelers. Then things would get a little more interesting as Tennessee would recover the onside kick. Vince Young would throw an interception that would be the final straw for Tennessee as the Steelers win the game, 31-21 (Pittsburgh would tack on one more field goal and Tennessee would score on a last second hail mary to Chris Johnson).
Good Game As0.
~Stat Of Impact~
Pittsburgh's defense would force pressure on Vince Young all day long, totaling for 5 sacks.
Game Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Total Offense: 284
Rushing Yards: 161
Passing Yards: 123
First Downs: 9
Turnovers: 2
Possession Time: 13:42
Tennessee Titans
Total Offense: 263
Rushing Yards: 91
Passing Yards: 172
First Downs: 9
Turnovers: 4
Possession Time: 14:18
Individual Stats
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger - 72.2 QB Rating, 9/18, 123 Yds, 2 ATT, 30 Yds
Willie Parker - 17 ATT, 112 Yds, 6.5 AVG, 2 TD, 2 FUM, 2 REC, 19 Yds, 23 YAC
Rashard Mendenhall - 2 ATT, 7 Yds, 1 TD
Santonio Holmes - 2 REC, 21 Yds, 2 YAC, 1 ATT, 5 Yds, 1 TD, 1 FR
James Farrior - 7 TAK, 2 AST, 2 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 FF, 1 DEF
Aaron Smith - 3 TAK, 1 AST, 2 TFL, 2 Sacks
Troy Polamalu - 3 TAK, 2 AST, 1 INT, 1 DEF
Joe Burnett - 2 TAK, 1 FF
DeShea Townsend - 2 TAK, 1 INT, 1 DEF
LaMarr Woodley - 2 TAK, 1 AST, 1 TFL, 1 Sack, 1 DEF
James Harrison - 1 TAK, 2 AST, 1 FR
Keyaron Fox - 1 FR
Jeff Reed - 1/1 FG, 4/4 XP, 33 Long
Tennessee Titans
Vince Young - 65.7 QB Rating, 10/22, 176 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT, 3 ATT, 24 Yds, 8.0 AVG, 1 TD
Chris Johnson - 13 ATT, 47 Yds, 3.6 AVG, 2 REC, 90 Yds, 2 TD, 66 YAC
LenDale White - 7 ATT, 20 Yds, 2.8 AVG, 1 FUM
Cortland Finnegan - 6 TAK, 3 AST, 2 TFL, 1 FF
Michael Griffin - 3 TAK, 2 AST, 1 FF, 1 FR
Kyle Vanden Bosch - 2 TAK, 1 FR
Rob Bironas - 0/1 FG, 3/3 XP