Dave’s Football Blog

I scratched my head a bit at Cowher’s challenge with 11:03. Whether Tom Brady’s pass to David Patten was complete or not, the refs were still going to enforce the face mask personal foul on Chris Hope. The only reason to make such a challenge was to get (hopefully) a free timeout.

Phil Simms did make a good point, though. The challenge, which was upheld and pushed the Pats back a grand total of one yard, stole some momentum from the Pats. Brady had just driven his team down the field fairly quickly, but the next three plays after the challenge were incomplete passes. So arguably, Cowher stole four points from the Pats with that challenge.

After that, the Steelers got those three points back with a clock-eating drive that lasted more than 8 1/2 minutes. Which is good, because I need to get to a Halloween party tonight…

At the end of this quarter, Duce Staley has 115 yards on 24 carries. Jerome Bettis has 6 carries for 17 yards and 1 TD.

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