2012 Steelers 24 at Bengals 17 SNF
October 21, 2012
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2012 Steelers 24 at Bengals 17 SNF

The Steelers are missing their top two running backs (Mendenhall and Redman) as well as C Pouncey and RT Gilbert. It doesn't matter. Reserve Jonathan Dwyer runs wild in his first career start, piling up 122 yds on 17 carries (7.2 avg), including a 32-yd burst in the final minute to seal the game. The Steelers are also missing Troy Polamalu. It doesn't matter. Ike Taylor limits AJ Green to just 1 catch in 6 targets.

The Steelers play a sloppy first half which includes multiple drops (including a ridiculously easy TD by Baron Batch of Antonio Brown's absolutely perfect throw on a trick play), a Big Ben end zone INT followed by a Roethlisberger fumble DEEP in Steeler territory, allowing the Bengals to jump out to a 14-3 lead. It doesn't matter.

Late in the half, an Andy Dalton pass slips out of his hand, bounces off a lineman's helmet and is picked off by LaMarr Woodley in Cinci territory, setting up a Roethlisberger TD pass and 2-point conversion (both to Heath Miller) to tie the game at halftime. The teams trade FGs in the 3rd, and following a 31-yd strike over the middle to Emmanuel Sanders, reserve RB Chris Rainey slices through the middle untouched for an 11-yd TD early in the 4th and the Bengals never threaten again.



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