Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: RECAP, score, stats (10/2/16), NFL Week 4
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| Wide receiver Chris Conley #17 of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates a touchdown against the New York Jets at Arrowhead Stadium during first quarter of the game on September 25, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Peter Aiken | Getty Images) |
Kansas City Chiefs
Pittsburgh Steelers
1 2 3 4
0 0 0 14
22 7 7 7
Total
14
43
Mon Oct 3 Status: Final Attendance: 61278
Scoring Summary Stats
PIT 1st Qtr 7:27 Darrius Heyward-Bey 31 yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Markus Wheaton 2pt Pass from Ben Roethlisberger)
PIT 1st Qtr 5:10 Antonio Brown 4 yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
PIT 1st Qtr 1:20 Antonio Brown 38 yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
PIT 2nd Qtr 0:44 Jesse James 9 yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
PIT 3rd Qtr 11:19 Markus Wheaton 30 yd pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick)
KC 4th Qtr 11:11 Tyreek Hill 10 yd pass from Alex Smith (Cairo Santos kick)
PIT 4th Qtr 7:22 DeAngelo Williams 2 yd run (Chris Boswell kick)
KC 4th Qtr 0:04 Travis Kelce 3 yd pass from Alex Smith (Cairo Santos kick)
The Pittsburgh Steelers spent a week letting their worst loss in 27 years fester. Catharsis came during a frenetic stretch in the first quarter Sunday night against the seemingly unprepared Kansas City Chiefs.
Six offensive snaps. Three Ben Roethlisberger touchdowns passes. Two to Antonio Brown. One very important reminder of just how good Pittsburgh's offense can look when all of its dynamic parts are moving in sync.
Seven days after a 31-point meltdown in Philadelphia, the Steelers overwhelmed the Chiefs 43-14 behind five touchdowns passes from Roethlisberger and 178 yards of total offense from running back Le'Veon Bell.
"I told the guys before the game, we're driving a car and we don't have a rearview mirror right now," Roethlisberger said. "We're not looking back. We're looking forward. We're moving on. We did a pretty good job moving on."
Sure looked like it.
Roethlisberger hit Brown — wearing cleats featuring the profile of golf great and western Pennsylvania native Arnold Palmer — for a pair of scores. Roethlisberger also found Markus Wheaton, Darrius Heyward-Bey and Jesse James for touchdowns on his way to finishing 22 of 27 for 300 yards.
"When you've got a Hall of Fame quarterback, it looks good like that," center Maurkice Pouncey said the Steelers improved to 3-1.
It helps when the franchise running back is allowed to join in too. Bell returned from a torn MCL that cut short his 2015 season and a three-game suspension for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy and looked every bit as dangerous as he did when he was an All-Pro in 2014, which also happened to be the last time Bell, Brown and Roethlisberger started and finished a game together.
"I didn't really feel like I was rusty," Bell said. "I was more anxious if anything."
There was no need, not on a night Pittsburgh's struggling defense repaid a pre-game pep talk by Hall of Fame linebacker Kevin Greene by throttling the Chiefs (2-2). The Steelers forced a pair of first-quarter turnovers that Roethlisberger promptly turned into touchdowns during a franchise-record 22-point deluge. Pittsburgh, which came in with just one sack on the season - dead last in the league - but getting to Kansas City's Alex Smith four times and never allowing the Chiefs to get into a rhythm.
"We wanted to get'em one dimensional and take'em to the deep end of the pool," Steelers linebacker Vince Williams said.
Smith was 30 of 50 for 287 yards and two inconsequential fourth-quarter touchdowns after things were well out of hand. Spencer Ware ran for 82 yards but also fumbled in the first quarter that kick-started Pittsburgh's record-setting run.
Below is NJ.com's preview of the game:
The Pittsburgh Steelers, led by Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown, will host the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, October 2, 2016, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in Week 4 of NFL action.
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Here's what you need to know:
Who: Kansas City Chiefs at Pittsburgh Steelers
When: Sunday, October 2, 2016
Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: NBC
Announcers: Al Michaels, Chris Collinsworth, Michele Tafoya (Field reporter)
Livestream: NFL GamePass (subscription required), NBC Sports Live
Steelers injury report:
OUT
G Ramon Foster (Chest)
S Robert Golden (Hamstring)
CB Senquez Golson (Foot)
FB Roosevelt Nix (Back)
WR Eli Rogers (Toe)
LB Ryan Shazier (Knee)
C/G Cody Wallace (Knee)
Chiefs injury report:
OUT
OL Jah Reid (Knee, Ankle)
RB Charcandrick West (Ankle)
QUESTIONABLE
LB Tamba Hali (Knee, Hand)
CB Phillip Gaines (Knee)
RB Jamaal Charles (Knee)
More to know:
The Chiefs listed Jamaal Charles as questionable for Sunday night's game at Pittsburgh, while fellow running back Charcandrick West has been ruled out with an ankle injury.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Friday that how well Charles comes out of the final practice of the week would dictate whether he makes his season debut. The four-time Pro Bowl selection has not played since Week 5 last season, when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
The only other running backs on the active roster are Spencer Ware and Knile Davis.
Kansas City could also be relying on a makeshift secondary against Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown & Co. Phillip Gaines is questionable with a knee injury and fellow cornerback Marcus Peters missed two practices this week with the flu, though he was a full participant in Friday's workout.
source: nj.com
