The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting another primetime matchup against a New York team, this time against the Giants on Monday Night Football. The Steelers have a long history of performing well on Monday Night Football, especially at home. With a win, the Steelers will advance to 6-2 entering their bye week, and because the Cleveland Browns upset the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, they would hold down first place in the AFC North.
The Giants are struggling yet again with Brian Daboll and Daniel Jones, but they did beat the Seattle Seahawks a couple weeks ago and have shown flashes of good play. Rookie WR Malik Naber has been everything that he was advertised to be an more, and should give the Steelers some issues today along with Darius Slayton.
The biggest thing to watch will be Dexter Lawrence against this young interior offensive line. Zach Frazier is still out, which means Ryan McCollum will be seeing a lot of the NFL’s current sack leader. It isn’t often a nose tackle leads the league in sacks, and he is very likely to be the first to double digits this season later tonight. Mike Tomlin said they better be prepared to put four hands on him, so Isaac Seumalo and Mason McCormick will also be tasked with slowing him down.
The Giants’ cornerbacks are pretty beat up and the depth is razor thin for tonight, so Russell Wilson will have a great chance to build off his stellar debut a week ago. Justin Fields is inactive with the emergency third quarterback designation due to a hamstring injury suffered in practice.
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Steelers’ Inactive Players
QB Justin Fields (3rd QB)
C Zach Frazier
RB/KR Cordarrelle Patterson
OLB Nick Herbig
CB C.J. Henderson
Giants’ Inactive Players
QB Tommy DeVito (3rd)
P Jamie Gillan
CB Adoree’ Jackson
LB Ty Summers
CB Cor’Dale Flott
OL Jake Kubas
DT Jordon Riley
START OF GAME
The Steelers start the game with the ball.
1st and 10, Russell Wilson bootleg and he hit Calvin Austin III for 12 yards.
1st and 10, Najee Harris up the middle for 5 yards. 2nd and 5, Wilson to Van Jefferson for 4 yards. 3rd and 1, Harris up the middle for 10 yards.
1st and 10, Harris off left tackle for 10 yards.
1st and 10, Jaylen Warren off right tackle for 17 yards.
1st and 10, Warren up the middle for 1 yard. 2nd and 9, Wilson complete to George Pickens for a touchdown, but Broderick Jones facemasking negated the play. 2nd and 24, Warren up the middle for 4 yards. 3rd and 20, Wilson complete to Warren for 9 yards. The penalty killed the touchdown drive, The field goal was good. 3-0 Steelers.
1st and 10, Tyrone Tracy for 5 yards up the middle. 2nd and 5, Tracy up the middle fo 4 yards. 3rd and 1, Daniel Jones sneak up the middle to convert.
1st and 10, Alex Highsmith big hit on Jones, but he got the throw off for 43 yards to Darius Slayton.
1st and 10, complete to Tracy for 5 yards. 2nd and 5, Tracy tackled for a 2-yard loss in the backfield by Elandon Roberts. 3rd and 7, delay of game. 3rd and 12, Keeanu Benton made the tackle on Wan’Dale Robinson to force a field goal. 3-3 Even.
1st and 10, Najee Harris up the middle for 7 yards. 2nd and 3, Wilson complete to Darnell Washington for 29 yards.
1st and 10, Harris up the middle for 26 yards.
1st and goal, Harris up the middle for 1 yard. 2nd and goal, Van Jefferson didn’t sit on his route and it fell incomplete. 3rd and goal, Wilson escaped pressure and wasn’t able to find Calvin Austin in the end zone. Field goal is good. 6-3 Steelers.
1st and 10, Tracy up the middle for 20 yards but it was called back with offensive holding. 1st and 16, Jones complete to Robinson for 8 yards. 2nd and 8, Tracy up the middle for 10.
1st and 10, ineligible receiver wiped out a 10-yard gain. 1st and 15, Jones complete to Devin Singletary for 8 yards. Alex Highsmith called for roughing the passer to tack 15 yards on.
1st and 10, Jones incomplete to Malik Nabers with Joey Porter Jr. in coverage. He got away with defensive pass interference. 2nde and 10, Tracy off left tackle for 3 yards.
END OF 3rd QUARTER: 6-3 STEELERS
3rd and 7, false start. 3rd and 12, Jones complete to Nabers for 10 yards to make it a doable field goal. They went for it instead and complete to Nabers to convert.
1st and 10, Devin Singletary for 7 yards. 2nd and 3, an illegal shift nullified the touchdown. 2nd and 8, incomplete pass and the Steelers declined an illegal formation penalty to make it 3rd and 8. Jones went deep to Nabers, but it fell incomplete. Field goal is good. 6-6 Even.
1st and 10, Wilson to Harris in the flat with room to run, but he took his eye off the ball and dropped it. 2nd and 10, Harris leapt over Bobby Okereke for 14 yards.
1st and 10, Wilson rolled out left and tossed the ball into the dirt. 2nd and 10, Wilson complete to Jefferson for 12 yards.
1st and 10, Harris short over the middle for 13 yards.
1st and 10, Harris up the middle for 6 yards. 2nd and 4, Harris up the middle for no gain. 3rd and 4, complete to George Pickens to convert.
1st and 10, Warren up the middle for 2 yards. 2nd and 8, Wilson rolled out and complete to Warren in the end zone, but out of bounds. Timeout called by the Steelers. 3rd and 8, complete to Pickens in the end zone for a touchdown. A review called it incomplete because his second foot never touched the ground. Tomlin challenged, but it was automatically reviewed, so I don’t really understand. The Steelers are going to come away with another field goal. Bummer. It cost them a timeout, too. 9-6 Steelers.
The offense looks excellent, but they have just nine points to show for it.
1st and 10, Tracy up the middle for 1 yard. 2nd and 9, Tracy up the middle for 6 yards. 3rd and 3, the pass fell incomplete to Slayton. The Steelers will get another chance to score before the half, hopefully they can this time.
1st and 10, Harris off right tackle for 3 yards. 2nd and 7, Wilson sacked for a loss of 5. 3rd and 12, screen pass to Jaylen Warren for 18 yards to convert.
1st and 10, Warren tackled for a 3-yard loss. 2nd and 13, Wilson rolled out and hit MyCole Pruitt for 10 yards. 3rd and 3, Wilson sacked for a loss of 10. The punt went to the 17.
1st and 10, Jones up the middle for a loss of 2. 2nd and 12, Tracy up the middle for 4 yards. 3rd and 8, Jones complete to Slayton for 36 yards.
1st and 10, complete to Slayton for 11 yards.
1st and 10, Jones complete to Robinson for 5 yards. 2nd and 5, Jones incomplete deep to Nabers. 3rd and 5, Jones complete to Gray for 3 yards. The field goal is good. 9-9 Even.
END OF 1ST HALF: 9-9 EVEN
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