PITTSBURGH – This team was buried.
Down 27-10, defense lifeless, offense sluggish, Brock Osweiler punishing.
Then the Steelers gripped the game with both hands and shook Heinz Field.
Lesson No. 1,176 – the Steelers are never truly out of a game with Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown. The two were phenomenal with 16 connections for 189 yards and two touchdowns against, oh, just the league’s best defense in a 34-27 win.
Brown carried the Steelers for parts of this game, and the defense’s second-half shutout was miraculous, considering Osweiler’s monster first half. The Steelers were making plays all over the place.