Pittsburgh Steelers (Madden 12)

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Pittsbugh Steelers 2012 Schedule:

Pittsburgh Steelers 2011 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Sep 9	vs Dallas Cowboys	Won, 7-6
Sep 16	vs Denver Broncos	Won, 10-6
Sep 24	at Cincinnati Bengals	Won, 21-0
Sep 30	vs Indianapolis Colts	Won, 17-3
Oct 7	at Cleveland Browns	Lost, 16-10
Oct 14	at New York Giants	Lost, 20-10
Oct 21	at Buffalo Bills	Lost, 23-10
Oct 28	vs Baltimore Ravens	Lost, 30-14
Nov 4	vs Bye week
Nov 11	vs Cincinnati Bengals	Won, 27-8
Nov 18	at Washington Redskins	Won, 24-21
Nov 25	at San Diego Chargers	Won, 32-13
Dec 2	vs Kansas City Chiefs	Won, 24-17
Dec 9	at Baltimore Ravens	Lost, 10-3
Dec 16	vs Cleveland Browns	Won, 10-6
Dec 23	at Oakland Raiders
Dec 30	vs Philadelphia Eagles

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Week 1: Banged up Steelers steal one against the Cowboys:

Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sep 9, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Dallas Cowboys (0-0-0)	0	0	3	3	6
Pittsburgh Steelers (0-0-0)	0	0	0	7	7

Team Stats Comparison
	DAL	PIT
Total Offense	273	180
Rushing Yards	53	48
Passing Yards	220	132
First Downs	18	6
Punt Return Yards	37	0
Kick Return Yards	41	39
Total Yards	351	219
Turnovers	3	2
3rd Down Converstion	6-13	1-8
4th Down Conversion	0-1	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/2	0/0
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Posession Time	28:14	7:46

Scoring Summary
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		DAL	PIT
2:28	(DAL) G.Ressel 33 yard field goal	3	0
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		DAL	PIT
8:20	(DAL) G.Ressel 30 yard field goal	6	0
7:39	(PIT) A.Brown 83 yard pass from B.Roethlisberger	0	7

Dallas Cowboys PASSING C/A YDS TD INT T.Romo 29/40 253 0 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD F.Jones 21 50 2.3 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD D.Harris 8 66 8.2 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK T.Smith 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD L.Tatupu 3 0 0 0

Pittsburgh Steelers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B.Roethlisberger 8/20 150 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M.Tolbert 12 41 3.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M.Tolbert 3 14 4.6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK H.Miller 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD L.Woodley 6 0 0 0

First half highlights:

• The first drives by the two teams resulted in a 3 and out.
• First play by the Steelers: QB sack...
• Both defense looked good in this half... or the offenses looked bad

Second half highlights:

• The crowd really got back into it after the Steelers touchdown.
• Timmons is a beast... really.
• Cowboys with 1st and goal with Steelers leading 7-6 late in the game, Troy Polamalu picked Romo in the endzone.
• The Cowboys managed to get back into the Steelers zone later, they were on the 28 yard line with a 1st down. Steelers got good run defense and a quarterback sack to pin the Cowboys on the 39 yard line. Cowboys went for it all on 4th down and failed ! Cowboys WR was wide open but Romo overthrown.
• Crazy game !!!

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Week 2: A win is a win... Thank you Kyle Orton:

Denver Broncos at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sep 16, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Denver Broncos (1-0-0)	0	6	0	0	6
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0-0)	3	0	0	7	10

Team Stats Comparison
	DEN	PIT
Total Offense	189	85
Rushing Yards	50	18
Passing Yards	139	67
First Downs	11	9
Punt Return Yards	29	9
Kick Return Yards	44	65
Total Yards	262	159
Turnovers	5	1
3rd Down Converstion	4-11	2-12
4th Down Conversion	0-2	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/1	1/1
Penalties	0-0	0-0
Posession Time	20:46	15:14

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		DEN	PIT
0:21	(PIT) J.Reed 32 yard field goal	0	3
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		DEN	PIT
3:15	(DEN) M.Prater 33 yard field goal	3	3
0:44	(DEN) M.Prater 45 yard field goal	6	3
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		DEN	PIT
1:41	(PIT) M.Tolbert 11 yard pass from B.Roethlisberger	6	10

Denver Broncos PASSING C/A YDS TD INT K.Orton 16/29 173 0 5 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD K.Moreno 16 40 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E.Decker 7 99 14.1 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK C.Kuper 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J.Hunter 4 3 0 0

Pittsburgh Steelers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B.Roethlisberger 16/33 139 1 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M.Tolbert 7 20 2.8 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD M.Wallace 6 54 9.0 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK A.Collins 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD T.Polamalu 5 0 0 0

First half highlights:

• 3 field goals were pretty much the only highlights in this half
• The Steelers line was ineffective and the Broncos took advantage of that big time
• Old Steelers Jeff Reed made his first field goal of the season with his "new team"

Second half highlights:

• The Steelers gained only 85 TOTAL OFFENSE in this game
• "We still won. Now let's focus on the next game." said Tomlin.
• Orton threw 5 picks, killing his team chances to win this game.

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Breaking News

The Buffalo Bills made a couple of moves in week 1 of this NFL season. Here's the moves they made:

The Bills signed free agent FB B.Eldridge and LOLB A.Cole while releasing TE C.Myrick.




The Miami Dolphins made a move in week 1 of this NFL season. Here's the move they made:

The Dolphins signed free agent TE A.Fasano to a 1 year deal worth 970K.




The Houston Texans made a move in week 1 of this NFL season. Here's the move they made:

The Texans signed free agent K R.Lindell to a 1 year deal worth 1.18M.




The New York Jets made a couple of moves in week 2 of this NFL season. Here's the moves they made:

The Jets signed free agent FB D.Paul while releasing C J.Scherff.




The Carolina Panthers made a move in week 2 of this NFL season. Here's the move they made:

The Panthers signed free agent CB L.Bodden to a 1 year deal worth 5.17M.

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one comment/suggestion: maybe incorporate more pics, for instance during the game recap

but good franchise, and i'll keep readin' for sure.

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Week 3: This defense is good. Real good:

Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
Sep 24, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0-0)	0	7	7	7	21
Cincinnati Bengals (2-0-0)	0	0	0	0	0

Team Stats Comparison
	PIT	CIN
Total Offense	242	214
Rushing Yards	82	35
Passing Yards	160	179
First Downs	11	12
Punt Return Yards	19	14
Kick Return Yards	13	61
Total Yards	274	289
Turnovers	3	2
3rd Down Converstion	3-12	3-16
4th Down Conversion	0-1	1-2
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/0	0/0
Penalties	2-25	0-0
Posession Time	17:09	18:51

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		PIT	CIN
4:12	(PIT) H.Miller 18 yard pass from B.Roethlisberger	7	0
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		PIT	CIN
3:12	(PIT) E.Wright 53 yards interception return	14	0
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		PIT	CIN
0:57	(PIT) I.Taylor 37 yards interception return	21	0

Pittsburgh Steelers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B.Roethlisberger 16/32 198 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M.Tolbert 16 83 5.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E.Sanders 4 41 10.2 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK M.Pouncey 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD L.Woodley 7 2.5 0 0

Cincinnati Bengals PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C.Palmer 19/35 190 0 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD R.Brown 13 33 2.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD J.Shipley 8 85 10.6 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK B.Stingily 0 2 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD R.Maualuga 6 0 0 0

First half highlights:

• On the first Steelers drive, Mike Tolbert fumble and gave the ball back to the Bengals.
• The Steelers havent allowed a single points in the first quarter this year so far.
• The Bengals missed a field goal late in the first half.
• Tolbert had a very good first half of football, except that fumble.

Second half highlights:

• That Steelers defense is scary, very scary.
• Dalton played the end of the game for the Bengals while Palmer was out with an injury.
• Two pick six for the Steelers.

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Week 4: Peyton, even you cannot sort out this defense...:

Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers
Sep 30, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Indianapolis Colts (2-1-0)	0	0	3	0	3
Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0-0)	14	3	0	0	17

Team Stats Comparison
	IND	PIT
Total Offense	182	121
Rushing Yards	33	55
Passing Yards	149	66
First Downs	9	6
Punt Return Yards	17	25
Kick Return Yards	75	36
Total Yards	274	182
Turnovers	3	2
3rd Down Converstion	1-12	3-12
4th Down Conversion	0-3	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	0/1	0/0
Penalties	1-5	1-10
Posession Time	18:50	17:10

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		IND	PIT
7:26	(PIT) E.Sanders 59 yard pass from B.Roethlisberger	0	7
5:27	(PIT) I.Taylor 50 yards interception return	0	14
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		IND	PIT
1:07	(PIT) J.Reed 40 yard field goal	0	17
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		IND	PIT
4:38	(IND) A.Vinatieri 30 yard field goal	3	17

Indianapolis Colts PASSING C/A YDS TD INT P.Manning 16/36 209 0 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD J.Addai 11 33 3.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A.Collie 7 84 11.9 0 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK J.Saturday 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD G.Brackett 8 0 0 0

Pittsburgh Steelers PASSING C/A YDS TD INT B.Roethlisberger 11/20 126 1 2 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD M.Tolbert 18 59 3.2 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD E.Sanders 4 75 18.7 1 BLOCKING PANCAKE SACK A.Collins 0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B.McFadden 6 3 0 0

First half highlights:

• Last time these two teams met, the Colts won 13-0. Peyton was awful.
• The Steelers line was pretty damn good getting penetration in this half of football, especially Cameron Heyward.
• Emmanuel Sanders scored his first touchdown of the season on a nice pass by Big Ben in the first offensive drive for the Steelers.

Second half highlights:

• Peyton Manning was not able to get anything going, too much pressure from the Steelers defense.
• 8 sacks by the Steelers in this game.
• The Steelers are 4-0 so far, last year at that moment they were 1-3.

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Erin Andrews article #1

Hey guys, i'm Erin Andrews from ESPN and here's my first article for the magazine NFL All Week that's covering all the action that goes on in the NFL.

So if you have any questions regarding your favorite NFL team or players don't hesitate and post them here in this thread and I'll make sure to take a look into them.

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QB/HB Combo

The new season of the NFL is underway and let's take a look at the QB/HB combination of each team for this season:

Bears: J.Cutler/M.Forte
Bengals: C.Palmer/R.Brown
Bills: B.Weeden/L.Tomlinson
Broncos: K.Orton/K.Moreno
Browns: C.McCoy/P.Hillis
Buccaneers: J.Freeman/L.Blount
Cardinals: K.Kolb/C.Polk
Chargers: P.Rivers/R.Matthews
Chiefs: M.Cassel/J.Charles
Colts: P.Manning/J.Addai
Cowboys: T.Romo/F.Jones
Dolphins: A.Luck/D.Thomas
Eagles: M.Vick/L.McCoy
Falcons: M.Ryan/M.Turner
49ers: M.Hasselbeck/F.Gore
Giants: E.Manning/A.Bradshaw
Jaguars: D.Garrard/M.Jones-Drew
Jets: M.Sanchez/R.Grant
Lions: M.Stafford/J.Best
Packers: A.Rodgers/J.Starks
Panthers: C.Newton/D.Williams
Patriots: T.Brady/D.Woodhead
Raiders: J.Campbell/D.McFadden
Rams: S.Bradford/S.Jackson
Ravens: J.Flacco/R.Rice
Redskins: D.McNabb/B.Green-Ellis
Saints: D.Brees/M.Ingram
Seahawks: R.Lindley/M.Lynch
Steelers: B.Roethlisberger/R.Mendenhall
Texans: M.Schaub/A.Foster
Titans: J.Locker/C.Johnson
Vikings: C.Ponder/A.Peterson

Italic denotes rookies.

This is it for the first article, i'm Erin Andrews and cya next time.

* Please post questions for the next article