The Ravens got the ball first and on the kickoff Lardarius Webb went down and his forearm touched the turf and got up and ran for another 5-10 yards as the whisle was not blown and the Steelers challenged and the call was reversed but it was the first challenge. The Steelers get the ball and go down the field with Big Ben managing the offense well with passes (Mike Wallace for 20 yards) and then an interference call (37 yards) and finished off running the ball (last 25 yards on the ground on 7 rushes). Then the Ravens offense answered with Joe Flacco throwing the ball just nick and tuck down the field with nothing over 10 yards until an interference call that put the ball on the Steelers 14 yard line and two plays later Ray Rice ran 14 yards to tie it up @ 7. Then it was the Ravens D first it was Terrell Suggs knoucked the ball out of Big Ben's hand as his hand was back to throw and only Cory Redding realizes the whisle did not blow and quietly as everybody else just standing around picks it up and walks 13 yards into the end zone and the Steelers challenges and it is upheld and the Steelers do not have another challenge during the game. So then the Ravens D does it again later in the second quarter as Rashard Mendenhall puts the ball on the carpet and Joe Flacco moves around in the pocket two times and the second completed a 4 yard TD pass to Todd Heap for a 21-7 lead. The Steelers get the ball back and get some points before half and they moved the ball through the air he passed to Heath Miller for 13 yards and to Emmanuel Sanders for 13 and 14 yards but then the Steelers were shut down at the Ravens 25 yard line and Shaun Suisham tried a 43 yard field goal but it was little to the left to end the half. To start the second half the Steelers did not move it on offense so they kicked away and the Steelers D brought everybody back to life starting with a sack on Flacco by James Harrison and two plays later Ray Rice fumbled the ball and LaMarr Woodley recovered it. Then Rashard Mendenhall ran for 14 and Heath Miller caught a 9 yard TD pass from Big Ben to make it 21-14 Ravens and would be just the Ravens downward spiral as Joe Flacco got intercepted by Ryan Clark and Rashard Mendenhall ran for 13 yards and Big Ben capped off the drive with 8 yard TD pass to Hines Ward to tie it @ 21. 2 plays later Flacco fumbles the ball on his own 23 yard line and the Steelers get a field goal out of this to make it 24-21 Steelers (first lead since 7-0) and then Lardarius Webb with a punt return that ends up in the end zone with nobody getting a hand on him there was still a penalty on the Ravens that put the ball on the Steelers 29 year line. Where Flacco connects with Todd Heap for 21 and the ball is on the 8 but have to settle for a field goal to tie it @ 24 but Anquan Boldin should have put them up by 4 except he forgot to caught the ball. Then on a 3 and 19 with 8 defenders back to stop the Steelers from getting a first down but instead Big Ben not lonely moves the chains he makes a 58 yard completion to Antonio Brown to put the ball on the Ravens 4 yard line. The Steelers end up using a lot of time and the Ravens used 2 timeouts before Rashard Mendenhall flops into the end zone for the touchdown but a Steeler flops on the pile after the play so down by a major the Ravens started at mid-field are not able to get anywhere as T.J. Houshmandzadeh missed a catch that would have moved the chains. Big Ben will be sore this week as he was sacked 6 times by the Ravens D but at least he does not have to think of what could of been like Joe Flacco and the Ravens will need to do atleast not until maybe next weekend and James Harrison was a beast as he had 3 of 5 sacks of Joe Flacco as did Terrell Suggs on Big Ben.
Packers Vs Falcons
The game got interesting when Arron Rogers hooked up with Greg Jennings for 30 yards but he fumbled the ball and the Falcons recovered the ball a Matt Ryan pass to Michael Jenkins for 22 yards to put the ball on the Packers 22 yard line and a few plays later connected with Roddy White for 12 to put it at the 13. Michael Turner made the fans happy with a 12 yard TD run to make it 7-0 Falcons but the Packers went 81 yards on 13 plays in 7:40 to tie up the game but Mason Crosby woke the crowd up very quickly with a 102 yard kickoff return for a TD but then the Packers flixed their muscles with 35 straight points. This started with Arron Rogers connecting with Donald Driver on 1 of 6 20+ yard completions (24 yards) and then another to James Jones for 34 yards and John Kuhn rushed into the end zone from a yard out to it at 14. Then Matt Ryan is intercepted by Tramon Williams at the Packers 20 and Arron Rogers gets the drive kicked into overdrive with another 20+ pass completion and this one to Greg Jennings for 20 yards and then another to Donald Driver for 20 and followed that up with a 20 yard TD to James Jones to make it 21-14 Packers. The last play of the half Matt Ryan throws another interception but this one was a pick 6 as Tramon Williams this time takes it 70 yards to the house to make it 28-14 Packers at half. To start the Second half the Packers got the ball and Rogers connected with James Jones for 15 while James Starks ran for 13 and 9 yards where Rogers completed 2 passes to Jordy Nelson for 14 and 11 yards but in the end Arron Rogers decides to run it in from 7 yards out to make it 35-14. The Falcons go 2 and out while the Packers get the ball @ mid-field and the big play was another 20+ yard catch by Donald Driver (22 yards) to the Falcons 11 and Rogers connects with John Kuhn for a 7 yard TD catch to make it 42-14 but Matt Ryan hooked up with Roddy White for a 6 yard TD grab to break up the 35 straight Packers points and the Packers ended up getting 2 field goals to make the final 48-21 Packers. The Falcons took their lumps tonight and will be better for it in coming season I would think but Arron Rogers tore them to pieces on the D with atleast 7 20+ yard completions in the game 31 of 36 for 366 for the air and 3 TDs through the air and 1 on the ground while Tramon Williams had those 2 huge INTs and a TD.
See u tomorrow
Tom Mehegan
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