It was a tought trip to the desert for Mike Tomlin and his team, as they fell to the lowly Arizona Cardinals in front of a mixed Steelers and Cardinals crowd. The Cardinals, who were without star reciever Anquan Boldin, managed to do just enough to edge the undefeated Steelers. They forced turnovers, had a dazzling punt return, and played solid defense throughout the game. Tomlin, who experienced losing for the first time, was not happy, and neither were his players. QB Ben Roethlisberger threw 2 interceptions, one of which was in the opponents endzone, stopping the Steelers from tying the game. Willie Parker was limited to only 37 yards rushing on the day, the first time this season he has failed to go over 100 yards. The Cardinals were led by talented Wideout Larry Fitzgerald (right), a graduate of The University of Pittsburgh, who seemed to make big catch after big catch to put the Steelers away.
The Steelers look to rebound this in week 5 against the Seattle Seahawks, their former Superbowl XL opponent. This should be a hard hitting game, featuring one of the NFC's best against one of the AFC's best. The Seahawks are led by star QB Matt Hasselbeck and RB Shaun Alexander, who will play with a cast on his broken wrist most likely. If the Steelers play how they did against Arizona they will lose, but if they get back to their ways of the first 3 games, they should give Seattle a good game.
Prediction: Steelers 27, Seahawks 17
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