Steelers landed in Tampa Flordia around 12:30 on Monday. Ben and many other Steelers had video cams take it all in and they were Met with lots of Steeler fans when they reached their hotel. On Media day, Steelers got all kinds of Questions from silly to serious... Coach Tomlin even got Mot. Coach of the Year award.Wednsday though Saturday: The steelers practiced and was geting ready  for the superbowl.

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Steelers Vs. Ravens

PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Reed's 46-yard field goal in overtime gave Pittsburgh a 23-20 victory over Baltimore in a black-and-blue AFC North battle at Heinz Field.

Ben Roethlisberger battled a sore throwing hand to complete 14-of-24 passes for 191 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Thirty-seven of those yards were to Mewelde Moore, who came down with a clutch seven-yard reception to give Reed some breathing room on his game-winning kick.

Moore was also Pittsburgh's (3-1) only healthy running back by the time the fourth quarter began. Willie Parker didn't play with an ankle sprain, rookie Rashard Mendenhall left in the second half with a left shoulder injury and even fullback Carey Davis left with an undisclosed ailment and didn't return.

"We were fortunate to come out on top," said Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. "We aren't perfect, but we are together."

Tomlin's post-game press conference then took a different tone, as he announced that Mendenhall (fracture in the left shoulder) and starting offensive guard Kendall Simmons (torn Achilles) would both be placed on the injured reserve list, ending their seasons.

"The standard will not change," vowed Tomlin. "It is part of football."

The hard hits didn't end there.

Baltimore (2-1) also battled injuries at the running back position, as Willis McGahee played sporadically with a chest injury that required in-game tests and LaRon McClain even was shaken up late in the fourth quarter.

The hard-hitting affair was typical for the two hated divisional rivals. A few new stars were added to the mix. Joe Flacco, the Ravens rookie quarterback from Delaware, played admirably in his first NFL road start, completing 16- of-31 passes for 192 yards and a touchdown.

He met another new fixture on a game-turning head-on collision late in the third. James Harrison, who finished with 2 1/2 sacks, and LaMar Woodley, who added 1 1/2 sacks, converged on Flacco with Harrison stripping the ball out. Woodley rolled on top, got up and rumbled seven yards for a touchdown that gave Pittsburgh the 17-13 lead.

"I understand I have to protect the ball," said Flacco. "It's a large part of the game."

Flacco did find a security blanket in veteran Derrick Mason, who caught eight passes for 137 yards. Mason's Pittsburgh counterpart, Santonio Holmes, hauled in three passes for 61 yards and a 38-yard touchdown reception in the victory.

Baltimore went three-and-out on its first possession, and Pittsburgh converted a pair of third-down conversions. The first resulted in a 19-yard connection with Holmes, while the second started with Roethlisberger moving away from an upfield rush and finding a crossing Nate Washington for 12 yards. The march eventually stalled, resulting in Reed's 49-yard field goal.

After another Ravens punt, Roethlisberger bootlegged to his left, but the football slipped out of his hand and into the waiting arms of big defensive nose tackle Haloti Ngata.

Baltimore took advantage of the turnover with some major-league arm strength shown by the rookie signal-caller. He whistled a throw out to the right to Demetrius Williams for eight yards and a first down just in front of a lunging Troy Polamalu. He then threw a 14-yard deep-in pattern to Mason, again just in front of a hard-charging Polamalu. Matt Stover's 33-yard boot knotted the contest at 3-3.

The Ravens controlled the clock and the football for the remainder of the half. An 11-play drive that started at midfield ended with a chip shot off Stover's right foot and a 6-3 edge. McGahee found some running room with a 12- yard burst on the drive's second play, and Flacco tossed a pass to the tailback for five yards on 3rd-and-3. The march stalled, but Stover's 20-yard kick slipped inside the left upright.

Baltimore reached paydirt just before the half. Flacco found Mason for 13 yards along the left sideline and his swing pass to McClain went for 25 yards. In a running formation with a pair of tight ends, Flacco faked a handoff and found one of those tight ends, Daniel Wilcox, behind Polamalu for a four-yard scoring strike.

Fifteen seconds in the third stanza turned the momentum upside-down.

Using a no-huddle offense to offset the Ravens' pass rush and a personal foul penalty as added fuel, the Steelers struck for their first touchdown since a Roethlisberger-to-Hines Ward score in the second quarter during a Week 2 victory in Cleveland.

On 3rd-and-4 from the Ravens 38-yard line, Roethlisberger avoided the rush and flicked a strike across the middle to Holmes, who bounced off one tackle and shook off another for a 38-yard touchdown and a 13-10 game.

On Baltimore's first play of the next series, Flacco was hit and stripped by Harrison, allowing fellow linebacker Woodley to pick up the ball and run into the end zone for the lead.

About five minutes into the fourth period, Roethlisberger again evaded a would-be defender while keeping his eyes down field, where he found a wide open Ward for a 49-yard connection. The drive didn't end in the end zone, but Reed's 19-yard kick gave Pittsburgh a 20-13 advantage.

The Ravens responded with a nine-play, 76-yard march to square the game. Flacco found Mason for 15 and 35 yards on two separate plays, leading to McClain's two-yard touchdown run over left end with 4:02 left.

Game Notes: In a tale of two halves, Pittsburgh managed just 46 first-half yards. Prior to the game-tying touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, Baltimore had totaled five total net yards in the second half...The Steelers have won 14 straight Monday Night Football games at home.

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Steelers Vs. Browns

CLEVELAND -- Like nearly every Browns-Steelers game, this one had the usual bone-rattling hits, pushing and shoving after the whistle and enough trash talk to fill up a 16-game schedule.

Nasty, as always.

Down the stretch, it was anybody's to win. All it would take for victory was one big play.

And, as he has done more than once, Ben Roethlisberger made it.

"Man," Browns tight end Kellen Winslow said. "Big Ben just comes up with something every time."

Throwing into 60 mph wind gusts despite a separated shoulder, Roethlisberger connected with Hines Ward for an 11-yard TD in the first half and then helped run out the clock with a 19-yard completion to Heath Miller in the final minutes as the Steelers extended their winning streak over Cleveland to double digits with a 10-6 victory Sunday night.

The Steelers have beaten the Browns 10 straight times, 16 of 17 and 23 of 26 in a rivalry that has been lopsided since the days Roethlisberger was learning how to throw a football as a kid in Findlay, Ohio.

Roethlisberger ignored the biting pain in his shoulder, the howling wind and swirling rain on a night when football -- and any other outdoor activity -- was difficult for a chance to beat the Browns.

Nothing makes this Buckeye happier.

"I love to come here," he said. "The Browns had the 10th pick in my draft, and I went 11th, so it's good to get a win."

Close to home, he always does.

During the game, it was disclosed on TV that Roethlisberger separated his shoulder last week in a win over Houston. But Big Ben didn't seem bothered as he completed 12 of 19 passes for 186 yards and improved to 10-0 in NFL games in his home state. The Cincinnati Bengals haven't had any luck in their stadium against him either.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin didn't deny the reports about Roethlisberger's shoulder.

"They know more that I did," he said. "That's good television, I guess. He's hurting pretty bad, but he's a tough character. Is he 100 percent? No. But no one plays as hard as he does without getting banged up."

Roethlisberger refused to discuss his injury. He wore a glove on his right hand to help him throw tight spirals through the remnants of Hurricane Ike.

"I'm from Ohio. I've played in windy conditions before," he said. "That might be at times the gustiest I've ever played in."

In addition to his TD pass to Ward, Roethlisberger hooked up with Santonio Holmes on a 48-yard heave to set up Jeff Reed's 48-yard field goal in the tricky conditions as the Steelers held off a late rally by the Browns (0-2), who were hoping this would be the year they finally challenged Pittsburgh for supremacy in the AFC North.

Not yet.

Not as long as Roethlisberger's around.

With the Steelers backed up at their own 2 in the second half, Pittsburgh's quarterback hit Ward for 31 yards to get his team out of trouble.

"He always makes big plays," Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton said. "We've seen him do that so many times."

Phil Dawson kicked field goals of 31 and 38 yards, the second one with 3:21 left to pull the Browns to 10-6.

Browns coach Romeo Crennel was counting on his defense getting the ball back, but Roethlisberger broke the hearts of Cleveland fans once again. Under pressure, he rolled right to buy some time and threaded a 19-yard dart to Miller for a first down at midfield.

Willie Parker broke free on a 19-yard run and the Steelers ran out all but the final 26 seconds. Parker finished with 28 carries for 105 yards.

The Browns got the ball back at the end, but Anderson threw two incompletions and was sacked.

"We are inches away from beating these guys," Winslow said. "We just want to win the division and to do that, we have to beat those guys."

Cleveland quarterback Derek Anderson threw two interceptions, one setting up Roethlisberger's scoring pass to Ward, and the second by Troy Polamalu at the 3 yard line that ended the Browns' best shot at a TD on the final play of the first half following some questionable clock management by Crennel.

"It was maybe one of the best games we played against Pittsburgh in a while," said Crennel, who fell to 0-7 against the Steelers. "They fought hard. But we shot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and penalties."

Notes: Browns WR Braylon Edwards had two drops and wasn't available for interviews afterward. ... Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps attended the game as a guest of Edwards. The pair met when Phelps worked out during the offseason in Ann Arbor, Mich. ... Steelers DE Brett Keisel left with a calf injury in the first half. ... Browns DL Robaire Smith was carted off in the second half because of an ankle injury.

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers finished their game preparation Thursday night with a pre-season matchup at Heinz Field against the Carolina Panthers.In the first quarter, after the Steelers offense couldn't move the ball, the Panthers got great field position. They drove into Steelers territory but could only manage a field goal to make it 3-0.Carey Davis capped a 77 yard drive on the next position with a 6-yard run to give the Steelers a 7-3 lead.After a Bryant McFadden interception, the Steelers drove for another field goal to take a 10-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.In the second quarter, another Jeff Reed field goal. This one was from 49 yards out to give the black and gold a 13-3 lead.The Panthers responded with a field goal of their own to make it 13-6 at the half.Jeff Reed got some more work in the 3rd quarter, hitting a 41-yard field goal to put the Steelers up by 10.The Panthers chipped away at the lead, tying it on a late touchdown in the fourth quarter.But Dennis Dixon had enough time to drive the team into field goal range. Jeff Reed hit the 43-yard field goal to win the game 19-16.FIRST QUARTER:
John Kasay, 32 yd field goal , 9:43. Drive: 8 plays, 37 yards in 3:51...Carolina leads 3-0
Carey Davis, 6 yd run , 6:47. Drive: 5 plays, 77 yards in 2:56...Steelers lead 7-3
Jeff Reed, 41 yd field goal , 1:01. Drive: 6 plays, 18 yards in 2:25...Steelers lead 10-3
SECOND QUARTER:
Jeff Reed, 49 yd field goal , 8:42. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards in 4:24...Steelers lead 13-3
John Kasay, 32 yd field goal , 0:33. Drive: 11 plays, 44 yards in 1:37...Steelers lead 13-6
THIRD QUARTER:
Jeff Reed, 41 yd field goal , 6:01. Drive: 12 plays, 51 yards in 6:56...Steelers lead 16-6
FOURTH QUARTER:
John Kasay, 48 yd field goal , 11:33. Drive: 7 plays, 20 yards in 3:18...Steelers lead 16-9
Chris Hannon, 29 yd pass from Brett Basanez (John Kasay kick is good), 1:54. Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards in 2:28...Tie Score 16-16
Jeff Reed, 43 yd field goal , 0:00. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards in 1:54...Steelers win 19-16

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