{"id":2105,"date":"2015-12-21T01:17:57","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T01:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2015-12-22T23:06:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T23:06:26","slug":"steelers-comeback-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/?p=2105","title":{"rendered":"Steelers comeback complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bwg_tailgate2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2113\" title=\"bwg_tailgate2\" src=\"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bwg_tailgate2-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bwg_tailgate2-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bwg_tailgate2-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/bwg_tailgate2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Steelers shutout the Broncos in the second half and erased a 17 point deficit for a huge power shifting AFC win. It was a tale of two halves as the Steelers battled back after a very rocky first half.<\/p>\n<p>Denver hadn\u2019t scored an offensive touchdown in their previous 23 possessions, but after a very costly\u00a0fumble on their first series, opened up with four consecutive touchdowns to take a 27-13 halftime lead.\u00a0Manny Sanders was on pace to have a huge day as the Broncos converted eight straight\u00a03rd downs. The Steelers pass rush\u00a0 just couldn&#8217;t get\u00a0to Ross Osweiler and the secondary kept missing assignments.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever adjustments the Steelers made at halftime swung the game around and the Broncos didn&#8217;t score on their last nine possessions and went 1 for 9 on 3rd down conversions. It was a monumental task.<\/p>\n<p>The offense had trouble with the front seven but again made the adjustments. Antonio Brown had a huge day reeling in 16 catches and absolutely abusing Pro Bowler Chris Harris Jr. The line protected Ben Roethlisberger and with the exception of a near fatal interception with two minutes left in the game.\u00a0He finished 40 of 55 for 380 yards against the league\u2019s No. 1 pass defense his fifth 300-yard game in the past six outings. The Steelers were the first team to put up 30 against the Broncos number 1 defense!<\/p>\n<p>The coaches needed to make adjustments and they did,\u00a0coming back from a 27-10 deficit to score 24 unanswered points, it is\u00a0a testament to the strength of the Steelers coaching on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>BEER WE GO STEELERS, BEER WE GO!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>My \u201cGAME BEER\u201d goes to<\/strong>: Antonio Brown, which was unanimous for myself and Captain Tailgate. He had a ridiculous 16 catch day. Also Considered: Ryan Shazier, who was scary good. Ben Roethlisberger who put up 380 yards against the Broncos number one ranked defense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where I watched the game: <\/strong>I\u00a0have been staring home with the &#8220;Tailgate Kids&#8221;\u00a0every week, \u00a0The beer of choice was Samuel Adams Cold Snap, which I am now 3-0 with (conserving my beer supply). We had sausage and peppers before the game started. KGB made homemade Egg Nog! Awesome game, awesome time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Stat of the week:<\/strong> 1-9 3rd Down conversions for the Broncos in the second half. The Steelers defense really stepped up in the 2nd half!<\/p>\n<p><strong>My thoughts on Next Week: <\/strong>The Steelers can afford to have no let up against a dangerous but seriously flawed Ravens team. This is payback. The Steelers are going to put a whipping on the Ravens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Steelers shutout the Broncos in the second half and erased a 17 point deficit for a huge power shifting AFC win. It was a tale of two halves as the Steelers battled back after a very rocky first half. Denver hadn\u2019t scored an offensive touchdown in their previous 23 possessions, but after a very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bwg-gr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2107,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bwgsteelers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}