Steelers lose to Bills

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http://news.steelers.com/article/93541/

The Steelers lost last night against the Bills in Toronto 24-21. Looks like pressure, missed tackles, and lack of execution were the culprits in the loss. Here are a few quotes and summaries from the game.

"Ben Roethlisberger completed nine of 11 passes for 142 yards, a touchdown and an interception in three series played. Byron Leftwich was five for 11 with 41 yards."

“We have to get our regular season legs under us pretty quickly and become a better tackling team,” said Tomlin. “Nothing is broken schematically. Guys are where they are supposed to be. We don’t have enough guys making sure tackles.”

“Our intent was to play three series,” said Tomlin. “I thought we moved the football. We stalled ourselves in drives. You get penalties on third down and one it’s not going to help you.”

"After a few stalled drives the Steelers got a break thanks to some heads up play. Mitch Berger’s punt bounced off a Bills player and rookie Donovan Woods alertly jumped on the ball for the recovery at the Bills 18-yard line. It was all Rashard Mendenhall who bounced off a wood-be tackler for nine-yard gain. After two short gains, Mendenhall broke free off right tackle for a six-yard touchdown run to bring the Steelers to within three at 17-14."

"Dennis Dixon took over at quarterback and on his second possession got the Steelers right back in the game. On fourth-and-one Dixon went around right end on the naked bootleg and benefitted from blocks by Dezmond Sherrod and Limas Sweed as he took it 47 yards for the touchdown."

"The Steelers had one last shot to tie the game, but a sack and a penalty pushed them all the way back to their own seven-yard line. Dallas Baker came up with two huge 25-yard receptions, but Dixon’s Hail Mary at the end of the game wasn’t able to be pulled in by Micah Rucker and time ran out on the Steelers."