![]() ![]() That includes post-season victories at Acrisure Stadium in the 20 playoffs.įUMBLE forçado pelo e Telvin Smith leva a bola até a End Zone para aumentar a vantagem! #NFLBrasil #JAXvsPIT #NFLnaESPN #Jaguars /iwudy13pO5 However, the Jags hold the all-time series lead, 14-13. The Steelers have won the past two meetings, 27-3 in 2020 (Minkah Fitzpatrick with two interceptions) and 20-16 in 2018 (Roethlisberger had a one-yard run to win it with five seconds left). Pitt assistants use their years of experience to help players deal with defeatĬoming into Sunday’s meeting, the Steelers’ rivalry with the Jacksonville Jaguars has been a checkered one.Mike Tomlin: Team failed to adjust to officials' 'tenor' in L.A.Penguins rookie defenseman John Ludvig injured on violent hit in NHL debut.Whether that’s a Matt Canada design issue or a lack of willingness by Pickett to use those players, that angle to the offense needs to get better. What made matters worse is that the Rams came in allowing 9.2 yards per target to opposing tight ends - 31st in the NFL. Washington and Rodney Williams weren’t targeted at all. Connor Heyward had just two catches for 23 yards. The tight ends were used even less Sunday in L.A. Darnell Washington began the game with 56 routes run but had been targeted just three times.įreiermuth was targeted only 13 times over the first four games of the season, totaling eight receptions for 53 yards. 6 yards per route run was the sixth lowest among all NFL pass catchers who have run at least 75 routes. The stats show Roethlisberger has a point. But it’s also a class - receiving-wise, at least - Freiermuth seems to be in when he’s healthy. Of course, for Roethlisberger, that guy was Heath Miller. He wasn’t going to make up his own thing.” ![]() He was going to be where he was supposed to be. … For me, it was always the comfort in knowing that the tight end was going to be in the right spot. “The tight end is like a quarterback’s best friend. Roethlisberger was also critical of the lack of tight end usage for the Steelers this year - with or without Pat Freiermuth being healthy enough to play. On Tuesday, Tomlin blamed himself - and the players - for failing to adjust to how tight the game was being called by the officiating crew. ‘I’ll put up with you until I can replace you.’” “Coach Tomlin might just (say), ‘See that rug? Lift that up and sweep it under there.’ I’ve seen him do it in the past with guys. “It might get talked about in the meeting. Roethlisberger also seemed a bit dubious of the extent of what Tomlin’s discipline would have been in the wake of those flags. How long do we allow that to keep happening? It didn’t end up hurting the team. He gets a big play and then does a taunt, and Mike pats him on the butt and tells him to get back in there. “We probably need to talk at some point about the negative plays by receivers in terms of unsportsmanlike conduct penalties,” Roethlisberger said. But he did go after the post-whistle antics. The ones that got the most attention from fans and media were the two taunting penalties from George Pickens and Diontae Johnson, as well as Pickens’ illegal block that partially negated a long catch and run by Johnson in the first half.ĭuring his most recent “Footbahlin’” podcast, former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger avoided stiff criticism of Pickens’ block. ![]() The Steelers were hit with 11 penalties (eight accepted) during their 24-17 win Sunday in Los Angeles. We also look at the history of the team’s rivalry with Sunday’s opponent, the Jacksonville Jaguars.Īnd we get an update on Deshaun Watson’s health in Cleveland. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.Wednesday’s “First Call” has some critical comments from Ben Roethlisberger about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ tight end usage and their post-whistle penalties. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. ![]()
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