The Battle Of The Bergers

The so called "Berger Bowl" took place Monday night between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans. For those that do not know the Berger Bowl is not an annual thing, but just a made up name by sportscasters to have a little fun for the late Monday night game. The two Quarterbacks featured in this match up are Ben Roethlis-"Berger" and Zach Metten-"Berger", see what they did there? Sports Center always has some kind of historical fact for the NFL during any game. This time the history brings up the "Berger" QB's again. Ben Roethlisberger and Zach Mettenberger combine for most letters in last names of opposing Quarterbacks in any NFL game. Wow! If that doesn't get you excited for football then I don't know what will! Sport Center never fails to amaze me.

The Steelers are coming into this Monday night game after a disappointing loss to the struggling New York Jets. Lucky for them they would pull out this fight against their new struggling opponent. Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers came out of the gate a little slower than usual. The team offense itself did not score until the 4th quarter. The first quarter was all the defense and the Field Goal Unit for the Steelers, Shaun Suisham booting in a 49 and 23 yard field goal. This along with William Gay returning a 28 yard pick 6, putting the Steelers up 17-13 after the first half. Tennessee running in a short 9 yard touchdown, a field goal and a long 80 yard pass from Zach Mettenberger. Ben Roethlisberger's arm looked swell, but their receivers were left covered well in the secondary. Roethlisberger finished his night with only 207 yards passing tossing 21 completed for 32 attempts. This shows that he needed some help from the running game, and boy he got it. Le'Veon  Bell, my old favorite running back from Michigan State University had himself a day. Showing up to this game getting 33 carries for 204 yards and a touchdown. The kid still amazes me. He's one on the slender and taller running backs. Not necessarily the usual build of a running back but he gets the job done. He continues to impress me by not only breaking through the tackles but also blocking to a great extent. Many QB's don't get that a lot out of their running backs anymore and I'm sure Roethlisberger is very thankful for that.

The final score from this monday night game was a tight 27 Steelers - 24 Tennessee and Ben Roethlisberger becoming the "Berger King" on a game saving touchdown pass in the 4th quarter to squeeze past the Tennessee Titans.