The Steelers started the game by rolling over the Jets and I mean roll as they went 15 plays for 66 yards and it was mostly runs as they ran the ball 10 times for 47 yards and when they needed to go to the air Big Ben kept it simple as he went 3 of 5 for 19 yards and when they went deep that was the only thing that did not work as Heath Miller could not grab a ball inside the Jets 5 yard line and the drive took 9:06 off the clock. The Steelers with their second drive after they went up 7-0 on a Rashard Mendenhall yard TD run they took 4:17 off the clock as Rashard Mendenhall had a 18 yard catch which was the biggest play of the drive and then Big Ben throw an interception to Bryan Thomas and then the third drive was a 3:38 drive where Rashard Mendenhall ran for 35 yards followed by Isaac Redman by back to back runs of 8 and 13 yards respectably on the way to a 20 yard field goal to make it 10-0 Steelers. The Jets had about 30 yards on their first four drives and had only one big play a Mark Sanchez pass to Jerricho Cotchery for 14 yards while the Steelers fourth drive for the Steelers was 4 minute TD drive lead by a huge catch by Heath Miller a 24 yarder and Emmanuel Sanders had a 20 yard catch too along with Rashard Mendenhall a 14 yard run and finished off by a 2 yard TD run by Big Ben to make it 17-0. Mark Sanchez got the ball striped by Ike Taylor and then William Gay ran it in for a 19 yard fumble TD but then the Jets put a field goal drive of 44 yards and it was a Brad Smith 16 yard catch to set up a 42 yard field goal to make it 24-3 @ half. The second half was the Jets game with the opening drive which had a Shonn Greene 23 yard run and to catches to Santonio Holmes of 16 yards and a 45 yard TD catch to make it 24-10. Then the Steelers had a 4:12 drive that ended with a Big Ben interception to Brodney Pool @ the Jets 5 yard line but they did not do anything with it and then on their next drive after the Steelers took 6 minutes off the clock but no points the Jets had a 17 play over 8 minutes drive with catches to Braylon Edwards for 18 yards and Dustin Keller of 19 yards and then Shonn Greene had a 16 yard run. Where the Jets would get scared of the Steelers run defense as they decided to pass the ball on second and third down when the ball had gotten inside the 1.5 yard line and then LaDainian Tomlinson got stopped on fourth down but next play Big Ben was sacked in the end zone to make it 24-12. Then a 4 and a half minute drive for the Jets to get a TD to make it 24-19 which started with a Braylon Edwards 22 yard catch to put them at the Steelers 26 yard line and end with a Mark Sanchez pass to Jerricho Cotchery for a 4 yards TD. a Big Ben pass to Antonio Brown for 14 yards coming out of the 2 minute warning and knelled it down for the superbowel birth as the Steelers ran the ball 45 times for 166 yards while Big Ben was 10 of 19 for 133 yards and 2 interceptions while Mark Sanchez was 20 of 33 for 233 yards with 2 TDs. The real story was that the Steelers had like 230 yards and the Jets had like 50 yards in the first half and Rashard Mendenhall had 95 yards in the first half on the ground so if the Jets were able to stop a run in the first half they may have had a better chance of winning
Black and Yellow, Black and Yellow superbowl bound
Tom Mehegan
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