Pittsburgh Steelers Thrive in Prime-Time with Stellar Play

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00:00The six and two Pittsburgh Steelers getting it done at the place the Steelers play last

00:10night.

00:11Now, this was a field goal battle in the first half.

00:14It was 9-9 going to the half with both kickers making three field goals, and then finally

00:21we had a breakthrough to the end zone, but it was not the offense, Scotty, that kicked

00:25things off for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

00:27Instead, it was the special teams.

00:29Calvin Austin, who had a huge night, his first of two duties, was brought back on specials

00:34on ESPN.

00:35Because if he's got a free release and is getting into the route, but based on what

00:38he was doing, I think he just had a mental error there, not helping his left tackle.

00:44Flag is down, returned by Austin, plenty of room, great return, still rolling, flag is

00:53down, Austin into the end zone, touchdown.

00:58So I mean, this guy came up huge, the punt return for Atadi, I thought the Wilson pass

01:05to him was just money, and he had a huge game, and they continue to impress me.

01:13Look, people can say whatever they want about Art Smith, but he's getting it done.

01:18Their offense is lighting it up, they're scoring.

01:22They are scoring, they are getting the job done right now, that is for sure.

01:26Another good night for Russell Wilson, 20 of 28 for 278 yards, and Atadi, Steeler D

01:33was outstanding as well, including that strip sacks, fumble recovery from T.J. Watt late

01:39in the game off of Daniel Jones.

01:41Here is Mike Tomlin, the Steeler head coach, as always after a win, proud of his team.

01:48Man, really appreciative of our efforts.

01:51It wasn't as fluid as we'd like, man, but that's football.

01:54We've got to guard against style points and things of that nature, man, it was primetime

01:59television and football against a team that came in here with a good mindset.

02:05We shot ourselves in the foot some early, man, settling for three.

02:09We gave up a couple big plays that allowed them to generate some scoring drives, they

02:13kicked three, but I just like the overall look of the group at halftime.

02:18We acknowledged where we were, we acknowledged we needed some plays, man, to break this thing

02:21open, and I had a bunch of guys that wanted to be the reason why we were successful.

02:28They are successful, and you know what was great was watching the Ravens and Bengals

02:32lose on Sunday and watch them handle their business on Monday night as usual, 22-1 on

02:38Monday nights in Pittsburgh.

02:40That is crazy, absolutely crazy, their record on Monday night football under the lights

02:45in Pittsburgh.

02:46They just win and get it done.

02:47That was an enormous win, not only for the division, but to go into a bye like that,

02:53the way they've been playing, the Vegas win, the Jet win was even more impressive.

02:58And now this, I didn't think this was as impressive as the games in Vegas or the game against

03:04the Jets last Sunday night, but they still ended up with a W, and that's all that matters.

03:11That is all that matters.

03:12You mentioned it, 22 straight wins at home on Monday night.

03:17Steelers rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson placed on IR with a hamstring issue, not a

03:21good scene for them.

03:22Of course, on the other side of the coin, you have the Giants, who now once again are

03:27on their way to another miserable season as they sit at 2-6.

03:33And Daniel Jones, once again, good at some spots last night, but bad in others.

03:39Here is head coach Brian Dable on his quarterback.

03:43I haven't seen me personally, Daniel, that fired up.

03:47Yeah, I loved it.

03:48Yeah, loved it.

03:49Yeah.

03:50I loved seeing his competitiveness, you know, he cares, he works, works his butt off.

03:58And there's no one in this locker room that takes it harder than him, you know, just sitting

04:01down and talking and, you know, he played hard, played hard.

04:07I thought he did a lot of good things.

04:10And, you know, unfortunately, we just, you know, the end of the game there, we had a

04:13couple, a couple turnovers.

04:15But I thought he, you know, he played extremely hard, competitive, fiery.

04:23And that's what you want from your quarterback.

04:25Listen, I thought Dable did a good job last night.

04:30I thought he called a good game.

04:32I thought they moved the ball.

04:33I thought Tracy played well.

04:35I thought they had a shot.

04:37I thought in those last two possessions that they were going to score and go for two and

04:42tie the game and send it to overtime.

04:43I thought they were going to get it done.

04:45I thought that Dable had him playing well for the first time in a month.

04:51They showed signs of life and they have looked terrible in every game preceding this.

04:56I thought they looked pretty decent last night in Pittsburgh.

04:59They gave the Steelers all they could handle.

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