Check it out... Jake's turnovers led to points!!
The first drive resulted in a field goal. On Denver's next possession, Pittsburgh's Joey Porter blitzed to force a Jake Plummer fumble. Five plays later, Roethlisberger hit Cedrick Wilson for a touchdown and a 10-0 lead, quieting the Invesco Field crowd much as the Steelers did in Indy last week and Cincinnati the week before.
Plummer, who had played so well in the lead all season, finally faced some comeback pressure and failed miserably. He went 18-for-30 for 223 yards with two lost fumbles and two interceptions.
He threw one pass underhanded, scrambled for his life and, though valiant as always, proved what had been proved many times before -- that he can't do it by himself. He said he woke up with a bit of a cold, but it had no effect on his game.
Trailing by two touchdowns late in the first half, Plummer lobbed a terrible pass into the flat that was easily intercepted by Ike Taylor. Moments later, Bettis ran it in from 12 yards for an apparent touchdown on third down.
A penalty nullified that, but it only set up Roethlisberger for his best throw of the day: a 17-yard touchdown that barely cleared the fingertips of Al Wilson and Nick Ferguson, before finding Hines Ward tucked neatly in the back of the end zone. That made it 24-3.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Denver pulled within 27-17 and got the ball back at its 20.
But Plummer lost a fumble on fourth-and-10 and that pretty much made it official:
LOL! Next..... In the biggest game of his career Jake choked. He's a choke artist. You can expect the same to happen this year (thascary1) since you want to talk so much shit about our QB situation.