“It got harder because the audition was set up. We (left guard) Matt Feeler came down with a peck (pectoral injury) and we (Kevin) Dodson (substitute for Feeler) came down with a peck. We need to find a way to make plays. We did not, so we accept responsibility and prepare for our next opportunity. “
The Steelers are in Cincinnati for a week from tonight.
The Buffalo scored 232 of its total net yards and hit its attacking touches in the second half.
“We played the trick, it’s very easy,” said defender Cam Hayward. “We could talk about our security in the first quarter, but after that it went to hell.”
The Steelers struggled from a 16-point deficit and turned into a score game early in the fourth.
Rothlisberger sent the 10-play, 81-yard drive to wide receiver Juju Smith-Schuster with a 3-yard touchdown pass at 4:38. Rothlisberger went to the tight end with a two-point alternate pass to Eric Efron, which brought the Steelers 23-15, with 12:18 left in the fourth.
Quarterback Josh Allen’s 13-yard touchdown bass gave wide receiver Gabriel Davis and Bass extra points 23-7 with 7:02 left in the third quarter. The buffalo moved 57 yards in four of the 2 plays.
The Buffalo took a second-half kickoff and drove 68 yards in eight games at 4:37, two points for a touchdown that increased the half-time advantage to nine. The march passed 19-yards from Allen to wide receiver Stephen Dix. The pass extra point gave the Bills a 16-7 lead with 10:23 remaining in the third quarter.
Cornerback Darren Johnson’s interception and a 51-yard return to Touchdown put the Bills ahead 9-7 with 52 seconds left in the first half. Johnson entered the second and fifth in the Steelers’ 47-yard line-up before a pass from Rothlisberger, designed for Smith-Schuster. Boss missed the extra point wide.