tony hipchest
01-22-2009, 10:36 PM
pit- 3-0 with the leagues #1 defense and an offense that had scored 90+ points in 3 games.
az- 1-2 and using a strange warner/leinart combo at home. cardinals win 21-14 in a game the players admittedly wanted to win for their new coach.
heres the gamecenter and stats- http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?game_id=29252&displayPage=tab_gamecenter&season=2007&week=REG4
It was over when...
Arizona CB Ralph Brown intercepted Ben Roethlisberger's deep pass up the middle with nine seconds remaining in the game, putting Arizona on the winning end of their fourth consecutive game decided in the final minute of play.
Game ball
Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt shook hands with nearly every member of his former team before the game, and then he put a game plan in motion that nearly shut down the offense he used to run. After scoring the game's first touchdown, the Steelers, who had only trailed for 18 seconds this season, were shut out until after the two-minute warning at the end of the game.
Key stat
In the Cardinals' quarterback by committee, Kurt Warner completed 14-of-21 passes for 132 yards and one touchdown, and Matt Leinart was 7-of-14 for 93 yards and was under center on the Cardinals' final drive that led to Edgerrin James' winning touchdown run.
Noteworthy
Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu left the game in the third quarter with an abdominal injury and stayed on the sideline for the rest of the game. Steelers NT Chris Hoke was also helped off the field in the fourth quarter after delivering a punishing hit. ... The Steelers were forced to punt seven times in the game, but rookie Daniel Sepulveda's kicks averaged 51.4 yards.
things of note-
holmes pretty much matched fitzgerald. both had 120+ yds (holmes 2 td/ fitz 0)
willie was stuffed for 1 of his worst games of the year. 19/37
hines and boldin both missed the game.
troy and hampton both left with injuries, which opened up az passing game in 3rd.
tide turned when breaston returned a punt for a td.
punt was a re-kick after a penalty negated a punt to the 11 yd line
ben threw an int 3rd and goal at the 2.
steelers- 11 penalties for 72 yds. az-5-30
sepulveda punted 7 times but averaged 50+ yds/kick :jawdrop: (miss that guy).
this game reminds me much of the close win vs the chargers, or loss to the giants. if we screw up royally 5-20 times a game we may lose by 7 points. kinda been our story for the past 2 years. (jacksonville).
however we have room for a bit of error and our last 3 games have been executed really well.
az- 1-2 and using a strange warner/leinart combo at home. cardinals win 21-14 in a game the players admittedly wanted to win for their new coach.
heres the gamecenter and stats- http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter?game_id=29252&displayPage=tab_gamecenter&season=2007&week=REG4
It was over when...
Arizona CB Ralph Brown intercepted Ben Roethlisberger's deep pass up the middle with nine seconds remaining in the game, putting Arizona on the winning end of their fourth consecutive game decided in the final minute of play.
Game ball
Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt shook hands with nearly every member of his former team before the game, and then he put a game plan in motion that nearly shut down the offense he used to run. After scoring the game's first touchdown, the Steelers, who had only trailed for 18 seconds this season, were shut out until after the two-minute warning at the end of the game.
Key stat
In the Cardinals' quarterback by committee, Kurt Warner completed 14-of-21 passes for 132 yards and one touchdown, and Matt Leinart was 7-of-14 for 93 yards and was under center on the Cardinals' final drive that led to Edgerrin James' winning touchdown run.
Noteworthy
Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu left the game in the third quarter with an abdominal injury and stayed on the sideline for the rest of the game. Steelers NT Chris Hoke was also helped off the field in the fourth quarter after delivering a punishing hit. ... The Steelers were forced to punt seven times in the game, but rookie Daniel Sepulveda's kicks averaged 51.4 yards.
things of note-
holmes pretty much matched fitzgerald. both had 120+ yds (holmes 2 td/ fitz 0)
willie was stuffed for 1 of his worst games of the year. 19/37
hines and boldin both missed the game.
troy and hampton both left with injuries, which opened up az passing game in 3rd.
tide turned when breaston returned a punt for a td.
punt was a re-kick after a penalty negated a punt to the 11 yd line
ben threw an int 3rd and goal at the 2.
steelers- 11 penalties for 72 yds. az-5-30
sepulveda punted 7 times but averaged 50+ yds/kick :jawdrop: (miss that guy).
this game reminds me much of the close win vs the chargers, or loss to the giants. if we screw up royally 5-20 times a game we may lose by 7 points. kinda been our story for the past 2 years. (jacksonville).
however we have room for a bit of error and our last 3 games have been executed really well.