Hooray! The Steelers returned to Heinz Field last night and finally looked more like the team that won the Super Bowl last year. The running game was much improved - Rashard Mendenhall had a monster night, rushing for 165 yards and 2 TDs. Heath Miller, rapidly moving up on my list of favorite players, had a pair as well. Things got a bit tight in the 4th quarter when San Diego put together a late rally - a recovered onside kick and a fumble recovery in the end zone made things rather tense - but the Steelers put together a 50-yard drive in the closing minutes and Jeff Reed sealed the win with a beautiful 46-yard field goal. Yay!
What made watching this game particularly fun was exchanging text messages throughout with my friend Vivacious, who was at the game in person. Next week - at Detroit. Don't want to jinx anything here, but I'm fairly confident that the Steelers will emerge from that game with a good result. :-)
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