The Steelers are rolling over the Seahawks 17-0 just before halftime, but they had a scary moment just before the half
Ben Roethlisberger left the field after taking a shot to the knee from Raheem Brock on a pass to Heath Miller in Seahawks territory. Brock was flagged for roughing the passer on the play, which wound up with the Steelers on the two-yard-line. Roethisberger walked gingerly to the sideline and Charlie Batch took a couple of snaps, but Roethisberger was back in after the two-minute warning. He threw an incompletion and Shaun Suisham hit a field goal to give the Steelers their halftime lead.
Other than that brief scare, it has been very smooth sailing for the Steelers. They had a drive fail on the one on their first possession and then scored the other three times they had the ball. Rashard Mendenhall and Isaac Redman each scored on short touchdown runs and Roethlisberger completed 12-of-15 passes to keep the team moving crisply down the field. That added up to 20 minutes of possession for Pittsburgh, a number that tells you everything you need to know about the Seattle defense’s ability to make enough plays to get off the field.
Their offense hasn’t been much better. They gained just 81 yards on 18 offensive plays and produced only 54 yards on 10 completions by Tarvaris Jackson. The Seattle offense has seemed uninterested in trying to make anything but the most conservative plays when they have the ball, a strategy that is doing them no good against a Steelers defense that is doing its best to make up for last weekend’s debacle against Baltimore.