Yeah, a good rhythm. Took 'em on an 88-yard, 9+ minute field goal drive when they were down by three scores in the fourth quarter. Awesome.
Do you realize that Ben didn't have a single completion more than 10 yards downfield until the ******* FOURTH quarter? Midway through their ninth drive, he made a nice throw on a deep out to McCloud. Their NINTH drive. Here's the results from the first eight:
1) 5, INC
2) 3, INC, INC, 0
3) INC, INT
4) 6, 3, INC,
5) 7, 3, 16 (caught 4 yards past LOS), 12 (caught 6 yards past LOS), 6, 6, 3, 18 (caught 6 yards behind LOS), 4 (TD)
6) INC, INC
7) 6, INC, INT
8) 15 (10 yards downfield to Freiermuth), 21 (caught 1 yard behind LOS), INC, INC, INC
All but the last two of those incompletions were short passes. Pathetic.
When Ben was younger, I always had faith that he could bring the Steelers back. That he'd pull some amazing plays out of his *** to win, like he did in the Super Bowl against the Cardinals. He'd hit a deep pass like that one to Washington in his sleep. You can keep dreaming, but those days are long gone. Now I have to watch him throw 50 ****** short passes a game, and wonder why the Steelers are taking twelve-and-a-half minutes off the clock to put up a grand total of three points in the fourth quarter, when they're already getting their *** kicked by the Bengals.
It sucks.