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Steelers tight end Heath Miller, left, caught seven passes for 95 yards Sunday in Kansas City.

Cincinnati's Bernard Scott was No. 3 on the list of four to victimize the Steelers' kickoff-coverage team.

If the Steelers surprising loss to the Chiefs wasnt enough, Pittsburgh is now staring at a rash of injuries that could derail its quest for a second straight Super Bowl title.

With Sundays loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, there are a few things that have become abundantly clear to me.

As if Sunday's injury to Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wasn't bad enough, ESPN reported on Monday that his backup, Charlie Batch, will miss four to six weeks with an injured wrist that needs surgery.

Somebody with a microphone asked Steelers safety Tyrone Carter if the better team won here yesterday.

The coach is edgy and unhappy. The quarterback is dealing with another concussion, his fourth since 2006.

Maybe the Pittsburgh Steelers should have seen this one coming. Somehow, they didn't. They didn't believe they could lose to the rebuilding Chiefs , not a week after a loss to the Bengals seriously hurt their chances of repeating in the AFC North.

The defending Super Bowl champions are waging an internal war on offense. On the one hand, the Steelers now fancy themselves as a passing team that ranked No.

Some days, you walk into Giant Eagle and want to shout to the world: "I'm here!" Other days ... "You wear a hat and sunglasses at night so no one recognizes you," Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said, fairly giggling.

The timing of the Steelers' offense seemed to be off last Sunday in an 18-12 loss to the Bengals.

Ben Roethlisberger felt out of sync all day in the Pittsburgh Steelers' offense.

As far as college football players go, I can't remember one I ever liked more than Larry Johnson.

I had to go way back into the archive to remember my format for writing up a Steelers loss.

Ben Roethlisberger had his worst outing of the season, completing only 50 percent of his passes and just one of his final nine.

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Here are five keys to Monday night's game for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Denver Broncos : Be physical: The Baltimore Ravens proved last week that Denver could be worn down by bigger, more physical teams.

Prior to his release from the Kansas City Chiefs, Larry 'LJ' Johnson amassed a total of 5,996 yards on 1,375 carries, nearly four and a half yards per carry.

MNF: Steelers' Quick Hits. The following are the little things that were awesome, or not-so awesome in last night's Monday Football Game of the Steelers versus the Broncos.

Here come the Steelers rushing into Sundaya s AFC North first-place showdown against the Bengals on the strength of Rashard Mendenhalla s 155 yards on just 22 carries in Monday nighta s dissection of Denver.

For all of UTEP's problems this year, running back Donald Buckram has been special, and that continued with his fourth 100-yard game in the last five outings and the fifth 100-yard game of 2009.