12 I Tuesday, Sept. 21,2010 Steelers winning with defense while offense struggles John Russell/Associated Press Bryant McFadden celebrates and interception in Pittsburgh’s win. Kolb back By Rob Maaddi ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PHILADELPHIA - Michael Vick is more likely to begin the game at wide receiver than quar terback this week. Eagles coach Andy Reid said Kevin Kolb will be the starting quarterback at Jacksonville on Sunday, despite a pair of impres sive performances by Vick. Kolb has been cleared to prac tice after missing the second half of a season-opening loss to Green Bay and Sunday’s win over Detroit because of a concussion. So he’ll start unless he has a set back this week. Vick still will play in Philadelphia’s version of the wild cat offense. In the first play of the season, he lined up as a receiver. 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There are a lot of teams that don’t have good quar terbacks, ones that they feel like they can win with, and I feel like we can with both of those guys.” Vick wasn’t the only quarter back involved in a reshuffling. But unlike the Eagles, the Carolina Panthers and Buffalo Bills are making changes because their starters played poorly. Rookie Jimmy Clausen will start over Matt Moore when the Panthers (0-2) play the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, and Ryan Fitzpatrick take's over for Trent Edwards when the Bills (0-2) visit the New England Patriots. On Sunday, Oakland’s Jason Campbell was benched in favor of Bruce Gradkowski, who led the Raiders to a 16-14 win over St. Louis, and Sunday’s starter f/*-' .'.r: ' ‘;V’ SPORTS By Alan Robinson ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PITTSBURGH - No, that’s not Mean Joe Greene, nasty Jack Lambert or give-not-an-inch Mel Blount out there _______ playing defense for the motivated Pittsburgh Steelers. It only seems like it’s 1976 again. The Steelers needed two quar terbacks to throw for all of 21 yards Sunday at Tennessee, the fewest they’ve had in a victory since at least 1960, according to STATS LLC. And a third quarter back could be bn the way Sundry. Their offense hasn’t scored a touchdown in regulation yet this season, and they’ve been out passed by nearly 2-to-l normal ly, a scenario that spells defeat in the increasingly pass-driven NFL. To be more reflective of the way they’re scuffling on offense, per haps the Steelers’ statistics should reflect feet-gained passing, not yards gained. Not that it’s mat tered. With their defense perform ing like a 21st-century version of the Steel Curtain, the Steelers (2- 0) are assured of getting through quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s potentially season-ruining four game suspension with no worse than a 2-2 record. Even 4-0 seems possible, with a road game Sunday at Tampa Bay (2-0) that could have the feel of a home game given how many against Arizona has not yet been announced. Vick threw for 175 yards and one touchdown and ran for 103 in a 27- 20 loss to the Packers, nearly ral lying the Eagles to victory from a 17-point deficit. He had 284 yards passing and two TDs in a 35-32 win over the Lions in his first start in almost four years. A three-time Pro Bowl pick dur ing six seasons in Atlanta, Vick missed two seasons while serving an 18-month sentence in federal prison for his role in a dogfighting operation. He signed a two-year contract with the Eagles before last season, then played sparingly behind Donovan McNabb and Kolb. Vick was in for a handful of plays in the first half against the Packers. After Kolb went down, he took over under center and was out standing. Steelers fans already have pur chased tickets, and the Ravens (1- 1) following at home a week later. Not many in the NFL predicted that, and that seems to anger a team that took umbrage at sug gestions its season might be over before its franchise quarterback returned. “We knew everybody was going to count us out, having Ben out,” linebacker James Farrior said. “They think they can’t win without Ben, but that just gives us a little more motivation. Mike Tomlin has been (mad) the last couple of weeks, so he’s been taking it out on us and we’ve been taking it out on other teams.” Obviously, Titans star Chris Johnson ran up against the wrong team as he unsuccessfully tried to extend his streak of consecutive 100-yard games to 13. Johnson had an 85-yard touchdown run called back by a penalty, but other wise did little. He finished with 34 yards on 16 carries as Pittsburgh won 19-11 by forcing seven turnovers. Steelers linebacker James Harrison suggested Johnson could have gotten his 100 yards, but only if the Titans had given him 40 carries. 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Only one team scored in double digits against them during their final nine games, and four teams were held to single digits in first downs. That ‘76 team vos told it could n’t be done, and the defense responded even when the offense couldn’t; Kruczek didn’t throw a touchdown pass all season. These Steelers are trying to follow a sim ilar script, even if they’re doing it with more quarterbacks. With Dennis Dixon (knee) uncertain for Sunday and No. 4 quarterback Charlie Batch inef fective against Tennessee, Byron Leftwich may start.
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