No sports initially downs, 26 showrooms and incapacitated, 0% items. These statistics could be superior for anyone participating in the Cleveland Browns or Oakland Raiders, but to achieve this with the counseling for Superbowl champions? Remarkable. And that was essentially what the Jacksonville Jaguars defense did on Monday night, keeping the Pittsburgh Steelers scoreless since their 2002 loss in the Planes, even before Ben Roethlisberger became the team's starting quarterback. For the Jags, the night was mostly spent chasing ball carriers like Willie Parker and allowing Roethlisberger into dangerous situations where he dinked passes and contributed to the Steelers running for nine first downs.
The Jaguars, despite what ESPN talking heads blabbed about all night long, are not the power team flying under the radar. They won twelve game titles a while ago, and this season, after two game titles, they are often on the same exact stride. The reason the Jags do not get mentioned with the elite in the American Football Conference is simple – the Indianapolis Colts. You see, Women’s DeSean Jackson Jersey, when you're in the same division as the Colts, well then, you're going to have to settle for second place until you can do better than them, Women’s Ban Jersey, something the Jags have been unable to accomplish. They will get their chance in a few weeks on a short week as they visit Indy to play Peyton and Denver. This Saturday.
Jacksonville's offense, as they were moving the ball against their counterpart, also needs some tweaking. Let's not forget that they only managed nine points, and while gaining 362 yards, 237 came in the first half. In the first half, its drives went this way – interception, punt, punt, punt, end of half. That won't cut it in Indy against the Colts. The team also has to look out for cleaning up penalties on the field, as they incurred 13 penalties for 86 yards, while the Steelers were only penalized thrice.
This is not to take anything away from the Jags. They played an incredible game at home against a team they don't usually beat, especially with Roethlisberger in the lineup. I'm sure some right now will second-guess Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher for having Big Ben, if the Steelers could have figured out how to win 7-6 or 10-9, no criticism would have been thrown their way regarding this. For the Steelers, it was indeed an attack, football jerseys for women, but more importantly, Roethlisberger needs some film on himself to review before the team's big Week 3 home game against the 2-0 Bengals.
It was clearly a smashmouth, physical game, to put it mildly, youth jerseys, and for the Jags, they called it a battle game. We wouldn’t encourage this too much, as a loss this weekend in Indianapolis could ruin all the warm, fuzzy feelings and even make them lose focus.