It’s Monday so you already know what which means, Monday Evening Soccer. This week’s matchup is NFC vs AFC, New York Giants vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers. The primary half of this sport was a discipline aim kicking contest. Every workforce kicked 3 discipline targets within the first half, making it a 9-9 ballgame going into the second half. Despite the fact that it was a bunch of discipline targets within the first half, I’d nonetheless say it was a fairly entertaining first half total. Every workforce made huge performs, whether or not it was a Darius Slayton reception going for 43 yards or Najee Harris operating up and down the sphere, ending the primary half with 58 yards speeding.
The second half of this sport began off fairly sluggish, till we bought our first landing of the sport with 4:58 left within the third quarter. This rating was an electrical 73-yard punt return for a landing by Steelers vast receiver Calvin Austin lll. This rating is what broke the sport open for the Steelers giving them a 9-16 lead late within the third quarter. Austin wasn’t completed after that first superb landing, he determined so as to add on to his already nice night time with one other landing, this time a 29-yard landing catch to present the Steelers a 23-9 lead. This sport seemed prefer it was about to get out of hand for the Giants however after a 45-yard landing run by Tyrone Tracy Jr. the Giants had been proper again in it, making it a 23-15 sport. Every workforce would kick another discipline every and the sport can be over after a Daniel Jones interception on the final drive of the sport. The Steelers get the win on Monday Evening Soccer 26-18.
The Steelers simply hold getting wins irrespective of who they begin underneath middle. Russell Wilson has been nice ever since turning into the starter, and tonight was no completely different. Russell threw for 278 yards and a landing in final night time’s sport, whereas Najee Harris ran for 114 yards. The Steelers moved the ball properly all night time lengthy, it simply took them until the third quarter to money these drives in with touchdowns. They improved to 6-2 on the season, placing them proper in the midst of the playoff image within the AFC. The Giants alternatively transfer to 2-6 with this loss, making them one of many worse groups within the NFL. They did nevertheless present struggle this sport, after it appeared just like the Steelers had been about to run away with the sport, they stored it shut until the very finish.
