If you already have the app, favorite the Steelers to get up-to-the-second news. The Raiders will open their season with a home game against the Ravens on Monday night.Ĭan Big Ben return to glory? Will Najee Harris rush for 1,000 yards in his rookie season? Get the latest Steelers scoop from Bryan DeArdo, our local expert who's on the ground in Pittsburgh, by downloading the CBS Sports app. Pittsburgh will make its home debut against the Raiders, who have won five of the last seven matchups against the two rivals from the '70s. The Dolphins kicked off the regular season with a home game against the Patriots. Just a really aware play and big-time football play.' - Steelers coach Mike Tomlin on his defense's key fourth-down stop while Pittsburgh trailing 10-6 in the fourth quarter What's nextīuffalo will begin the AFC East portion of its schedule with a road game in Miami. 'We talked about it, but you can't take anything away from Cam Sutton. We figured that that would be the next phase of, to fake that dive to the fullback and flip that ball out there to. They've gotten in that structure a bunch four, five times in the preseason they just the dive to the fullback. 'It was just something that we anticipated. Boswell made each of his five kicks that included his game-clinching, 48-yard field goal. Gilbert's score was the big play, but rookie punter Pressley Harvin III had a 51-yard punt and two other punts that landed inside the 20-yard line. The Steelers special teams made a bevy of solid plays following their hiccup on the opening kickoff. Pittsburgh also received a steady performance from Harris, who had 17 touches in his regular-season debut.

Eight different Steelers caught passes, with Johnson, Smith-Schuster, and Claypool catching a combined 12 passes for 133 yards. Similar to 2020, Roethlisberger went back to his short, quick passing that is predicated on spreading the ball around. While Buffalo gained 371 total yards, the Steelers allowed just 254 passing yards from Allen, who averaged 284 passing yards per game in 2020.Īfter just 54 yards in the first half, Pittsburgh's offense found its footing in the second half. Watt's sack/forced fumble of Allen in the first half was part of Pittsburgh's dominant defensive performance. Pittsburgh's defense managed to keep the Steelers in the game despite the offense's early struggles.

The Steelers played complementary football. Here's a breakdown of what transpired Sunday in Buffalo. The Bills responded with yet another field goal, but JuJu Smith-Schuster's onside kick recovery sealed the Steelers' first win of 2021. The Steelers responded to Boswell's third field goal with one of their own, which was set up by Roethlisberger's 14-yard completion to Chase Claypool on a third-and-8 play. The Steelers' lead swelled to 10 points after Ulysees Gilbert III returned Miles Killebrew's blocked punt 9 yards for a score.ĭevin Singletary's runs of 15 and 25 yards set up Bass' second field goal with 5:26 left.

Najee Harris' best run of the day, an 18-yard burst through the left side of Buffalo's defense, set up Johnson's touchdown. Their third drive of the half ended with Roethlisberger's 5-yard touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson, who made an impressive grab over Levi Wallace. The Steelers started the half with two 10-play drives that ended with short Chris Boswell field goals. Pittsburgh countered with four consecutive scores to take a 20-10 fourth-quarter lead. Buffalo had nearly twice as many yards on that drive as the Steelers had during the entire half. But both teams would struggle on offense for the remainder of the half before Bills quarterback Josh Allen was able to lead a 13-play, 91-yard drive that ended with his 3-yard touchdown pass to Gabriel Davis on Buffalo's final drive before intermission. The game started fast, with Isaiah McKenzie returning the opening kickoff 75 yards to set up Tyler Bass' 37-yard field goal. Pittsburgh also tacked on a special teams score while turning a 10-0 halftime deficit into a 23-16 upset victory. After doing virtually nothing in the first half, Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers offense put together four consecutive scoring drives in the second half.

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