Rex Grossman got the start at quarterback to begin the wide open competition for the Redskins job. He would play the first quarter, completing 4 of 5 passes for 59 yards. John Beck came in to relieve him in the second, and newly acquired Nate Davis played the entire second half. All 3 quarterbacks put up decent numbers and no one really separated themselves.

As for the rest of the game, the Redskins first team defense put up a good fight, only allowing 7 points, and sacking Big Ben twice in the first quarter. The second and third team defense, however, did not fair as well, giving up 31 points over the final 3 quarters, constantly missing assignments and not finishing tackles.

The most worrisome thing to come out of this game is Washington's running game. None of our running backs could get anything going. We finished the game with 41 yards rushing on the night. That has to improve or it will be a long season.

FINAL SCORE: PIT 38 WAS 14

Aug 14, 2011 - PIT at WAS
TEAM	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Pittsburgh Steelers (1-0)	7	10	7	14	38
Washington Redskins (0-1)	0	7	0	7	14

Team Stats Comparison
PIT		WAS
413	Total Offense	377
162	Rushing Yards	41
251	Passing Yards	336
12	First Downs	12
3	Punt Return Yards	0
26	Kick Return Yards	147
442	Total Yards	524
1	Turnovers	1
5-7	3rd Down Converstion	6-11
0-0	4th Down Conversion	0-1
0-0	2-Point Conversion	0-0
3/1	Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	1/0
3-25	Penalties	2-25
13:52	Posession Time	18:08

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER SCORING		PIT	WAS
5:31	(PIT) Mike Wallace: 14 yard pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER SCORING		PIT	WAS
5:23	(WAS) Fred Davus: 13 yard pass from Beck (Rocca kick)	7	7
3:31	(PIT) Isaac Redman: 6 yard run (Sepulveda kick)	14	7
0:52	(PIT) Dan Sepulveda: 23 yard field goal	17	7
THIRD QUARTER SCORING		PIT	WAS
3:33	(PIT) Emmanuel Sanders: 43 yard pass from Batch (Kapinos kick)	24	7
FOURTH QUARTER SCORING		PIT	WAS
6:47	(PIT) Jonathan Dwyer: 8 yard run (Kapinos kick)	31	7
2:30	(PIT) Jonathan Dwyer: 35 yard run (Kapinos kick)	38	7
0:26	(WAS) Brandon Banks: 86 yard pass from Davis (Gano kick)	38	14

Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
Charlie Batch	135.7	7/11	133	1/0	12
Byron Leftwhich	113.7	5/7	117	0/0	16.7
Ben Roethlisberger	152.1	2/2	22	1/0	11
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Jonathan Dwyer	11	76	6.9	2	35
Rashad Mendenhall	3	82	27.3		50
Isaac Redman	3	6	2	1	6
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Emmanuel Sanders	5	126	25.2	1	56
John Gilmore	2	19	9.5		11
Arnaz Battle	2	70	35		42
Antonio Brown	2	23	11.5		16
Mike Wallace	1	14	14	1	14
Jonathan Dwyer	1	12	12		12
Heath Miller	1	8	8		8
DEFENSIVE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
Chris Carter	3	1
Steenson Sylvester	2	1
Keenan Lewis	3	1
Will Allen			1
Ryan Mundy	2			1
Larry Foote	4			1
Curtis Brown	3			1
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
Dan Sepulveda	1/1	100	24	1/1	4
Shaun Suisham				1/1	1
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
Shaun Suisham	1	49	49
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Antonio Brown	1	26	26	26
PUNT RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Mewelde Moore	2	3	1.5	2

Washington Redskins Boxscore
PASSING	RATING	C/ATT	YDS	TD/INT	AVG
Nate Davis	110.9	7/15	172	1/0	11.4
John Beck	96.6	6/10	122	1/1	12.2
Rex Grossman	115.8	4/5	59		11.8
RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Ryan Torain	5	-1	0	0	2
Roy Helu	5	14	2.8	0	9
Tim Hightower	4	19	4.7	0	12
Tiki Barber	3	9	3	0	8
RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Brandon Banks	4	172	43	1	86
Roy Helu	2	13	6.5	0	9
Leonard Hankerson	2	33	16.5	0	17
Fred Davis	2	20	10	1	13
Anthony Armstrong	2	32	16	0	20
Santana Moss	1	12	12	0	12
Tiki Barber	1	12	12	0	12
Chris Cooley	1	37	37	0	37
Mike Sellers	1	7	7	0	7
Ryan Torain	1	15	15	0	15
BLOCKING		PANCAKE		SACK
Jammal Brown		1		0
Artis Hicks		0		1
DEFENSIVE	TACK	SACK	INT	PDEF	TD
Reed Doughty	2
Perry Riley	2	1
Keyaron Fox	2
Laron Landry	2
Brian Orakpo	2	1
Kareem Moore	2
Oshiomogho Atogwe	1	1
Phillip Buchanon				1
Reggie Jones				1
KICKING	FGM/A	PCT	LONG	XPM/A	PTS
Graham Gano	0/1			1/1	1
Sav Rocca	0/1			1/1	1
PUNTING	PUNTS	YDS	AVG	IN20	TB
Clint Stitser	2	64	32
KICK RETURNING	RET	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Phillip Buchanon	4	89	22.2	35
Brandon Banks	1	20	20	20

After sacking Big Ben on the first play of the game, Mendenhall get it all back...and more.


Brian Orakpo comes unblocked off the edge to sack Big Ben in the First Quarter.


Down 7-0 early, Laron Landry and rookie Ryan Kerrigan team up for a huge play.



Quarterback John Beck ties the game at 7 early in the 2nd.



Nate Davis and Brandon Banks add a little more respectability to the scoreboard with under 30 seconds left.



One game in the books, another one coming up next week on the road against the Colts. Before then, though,more cuts need to be made, as we continue to retool this roster. Who will be the unlucky players? Stay tuned....