9/10/09
Two defensive powerhouses, the Steelers and Titans square off in the kickoff game on Thursday night. The Titans have a brutal matchup against the defending Super Bowl champs, against the best defense in the league and in Pittsburgh.
Right now both teams are locked at a 10-10 score in OT. With the types of defenses on the field, it's no surprise.
The Steelers tied up the game with a late field goal and had the game seemingly locked up when Hines Ward caught a long pass with around a minute left. He was at the 4 yard line and just had to go down and the Steelers would have won with a field goal easily. But he fumbled and the Titans recovered, forcing overtime.
Now I don't like the Steelers; they're boring, their defense is swarming and their offense is average at best. But Hines Ward, there's no way you can dislike him. I felt so bad for him when he fumbled. He's always smiling, works his butt off, is undersized, caught that TD pass off a flea flicker in the Steelers' 5th Super Bowl win and isn't afraid to get into it and knock a defender on his butt. I also personally like him because he's half Korean.
But that doesn't matter much now because the Steelers won the flip, marched down field and Jeff Reed drilled the game winning field goal.
Classic Steelers ball. Dominating defense and Big Ben engineering an impressive drive late in the game.
pic citations
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2005-07-31-notebook_x.htm
http://www.pghsports.com/2005-Issues/psr0501/05010103.html
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