NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers go into their bye with Le’Veon Bell showing he can help Ben Roethlisberger with the balance coach Mike Tomlin has been wanting all season.
Bell turned in the best rushing performance in the NFL this season Monday night with 204 yards, and the Steelers finally beat a struggling team as they rallied for a 27-24 win over the Tennessee Titans.
“We want to be a group that’s capable of stepping in a stadium and throwing with anybody in the NFL,” Tomlin said. “We want to be a group that’s capable of stepping into a stadium and running with anybody in the NFL. I think we are rounding into form in that regard and then we can just do what the game presents to us and I think that’s a recipe for real, long term success.”
The Steelers (7-4) moved into second in the so very competitive AFC North, getting the win they so needed to avoid going into their bye on a two-game skid.
“We definitely could be sitting prettier, but we won the game going into our bye week, so now we can take a week and look back and see what happens in the rest of the division and go from there,” Bell said. “We can only control what we can control right now.”