Last week, I wrote about how the Steelers needed to find ways to buck their trend of miserable first quarters and start faster, particularly on offense.
So much for that idea.
Mason Rudolph was intercepted on his first throw of the evening, the defense could not defend a simple slant route and the Steelers exited the first fifteen minutes of play trailing a junior varsity Dolphins team 14-0. I did not follow nor have I examined the BTSC Open Thread of the game, but I can only imagine.
Thankfully, there were still forty-five minutes of football remaining, and in that time Mike Tomlin’s crew managed to shake off the lethargy their bye week seemed to induce and put 27 consecutive points on the board.