i wasn't very confident in this game but i was hoping we would put up a better fight against the stillers. feel like we let a couple 3rd and longs early get converted and it fucked us. it sounds foolish but i didn't think Acker did too bad against brown early. there was that one 3rd and long that was converted where he was plastered all over him and brown still caught it. i don't know what he can do in that situation. roofles ball placement was too good on it and brown is sure handed. our safeties were terrible in the first half and we got absolutely no pass rush on roofles. i honestly dont ever remember him being hit in the game and i'm serious on that. not even sacks, i literally cannot remember one time where he got knocked down. you will get burned playing against an average QB if you dont hit him but against one of the better QB's? well you see what happens.
i thought kap had an ok game all things considered. unlike roofles, kap was under pressure almost immediately on every drop back in the first half. sure, against a QB like brady or (prime) manning they would still quickly find someone to throw to but kap isn't that person. when given time, he had success. i hope our line finds some way of improving in pass protection because it was brutally bad in the first half. it was ok in the 2nd half but im sure part of that is the steelers dialing things back to protect the large lead.
anyhow, tough game against the cards now in arizona. we might be 1-2