Titans flip script on Steelers with 80-yard TD to Nate Washington
A late first-half touchdown to Nate Washington flipped the script on the Steelers heading into half of Monday night's game.
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Will Brinson
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Put a little zip on the ball and Ben Roethlisberger has an easy touchdown pass to Antonio Brown to put the Steelers up 20-10 over the Titans heading into halftime. Let the ball hang -- which Ben did -- and things could get weird.
Roethlisberger threw off his back foot, came up short of Brown in the end zone and was intercepted easily by Jason McCourty.
On the next play, Ken Whisenhunt eschewed taking a knee and had rookie Zach Mettenberger throw a bomb down the field.
Nate Washington ran a double move that destroyed the Steelers secondary and promptly strolled into the end zone for an 80-yard touchdown score that gave the Titans a 17-13 lead over Pittsburgh.
It was the game so far in a nutshell: the Steelers looked like the better team for most of the half, but couldn't close the deal on drives once they got to the red zone.
A William Gay interception return for a touchdown and a pair of Shane Suisham field goals looked like enough for a halftime lead, but Whiz' aggressiveness totally flipped the game.
It almost felt a little like the Steelers last Monday Night Football appearance, when they piled up points on the Texans late in the first half to change how the game looked.
Except this time they were on the receiving end and have to figure out how to recover from the flurry of action late in the first half.
