Two years after the Seahawks and Steelers met in Superbowl XL they met ahain at Heinz Field. This time was much like the last, except that Seattle forgot to show up completely. The Steelers dominated the Seahawks in a matchup of 3-1 teams. Maybe the most impressive part of the win was that the Steelers played with a number of players due to injury. Troy Polamalu, Casey Hampton, Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes were all inactive starters Sunday. The loss of 2 recievers left QB Ben Roethlisberger with limited options. However, Roethlisberger threw for 206 yards, a TD and 0 interceptions. Willie Parker split the rushing load with Najeh Davenport (right). Parker had 106 yards rushing, going over 100 yards for the 4th time in 5 games this season. Davenport filled in nicely with 2 touchdowns and 45 yards rushing. The defense was the most dominant however, holding the Seahawks to nearly any yards. Star Running Back Shaun Alexander had only 25 yards rushing. The turning point in the game came at the end of the first half, when the Seahawks decided to go for a touchdown to tie the game instead of kicking the field goal. QB Matt Hasslebeck threw a fade that fell short on the right side of the endzone and right into the hands of CB Ike Taylor, who would go on the have a great game, earning AFC Defensive Player of the Week. The Steelers would go into the half up 7-0 before running away in the scond half to a 21-0 win. (No blaming the "guys in stripes" this time Mike)
The Steelers enter there bye week in week 6 with a solid 4-1 (should be 5-0) record and sitting atop the NFC North.
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