The Pittsburgh Steelers offensive woes continued on Sunday and their inability to generate any sort of offensive consistency led to their second straight loss, this time to the New York Jets. Pittsburgh fell to 8-7 on the season with their 16-10 loss to the Jets.
This week’s storylines were once again injuries and the offenses complete ineptitude. Pittsburgh quarterback Devlin Hodges was benched in the first half after two ugly interceptions and replaced by Mason Rudolph. You know, the guy Hodges replaced after Rudolph threw a bunch of interceptions.
But the return of Rudolph was short-lived as he suffered an injury in the third quarter and Hodges had to get back off the bench and try to rally the team he let down in the first half. It didn’t work.
Defensively the Steleers played well but over the last two weeks we’ve seen fewer splash plays on that side of the football. Jets running back Le’Veon Bell rushed for 72 yards on his old team and that included a 13-yard loss on one carry. The Jets wanted to come out and establish the run and they did just that.
Pittsburgh wanted to do the same but thanks to yet another injury by running back James Conner and an injury to center Maurkice Pouncey it never got going.
Believe it or not, even after this the Steelers are still in a position to make the playoffs. The Steelers wrap up the regular season on the road against the Baltimore Ravens.
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