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Broncos WR Eddie Royal, right, makes a catch in front of Steelers CB William Gay in the first quarter Monday night at Invesco Field at Mile High.

When cornerback William Gay was drafted by Pittsburgh three years ago, he took one look at Steelers pass-rusher James "Deebo" Harrison and had flashbacks to his college days playing alongside Elvis Dumervil.

Steelers CB William Gay may be most remembered for being on the wrong end of a collision with Vikings RB Adrian Peterson in Week Seven.

Through seven games, Max Starks has allowed 4 1/2 sacks, but Roethlisberger took more than 5 seconds on average to throw the ball.

Numbers can lie. Want an example? In 2002, the Pittsburgh Steelers faced off with the Houston Texans for the first time.A In that game, the Steelers generated over 400 yards of offense.A They allowed less than 100 on defense.

The Vikings' Adrian Peterson is arguably the best running back in football, but he has cracked the 100-yard mark just twice this season.

Ten takes on the Steelers ' 27-17 victory over the Minnesota Vikings : ? The Steelers used their no-huddle offense for one series ? an eight-play, 91-yard touchdown drive that took all of 75 seconds at the end of the first half.

Florida QB Tim Tebow scores a touchdown in the Gators' 29-19 win over Mississippi State.

Because there certainly weren't a lot of offensive highlights for the Bears yesterday, let's start the morning off with one from All-Everything Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.

There were plenty of big playing during the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs Minnesota Vikings game.

Adrian Peterson is the NFL's best running back regardless of what LaDainian Tomlinson has to say.

If the NFL is a quarterback-driven league, there won't be many matchups this season that will top the one at Heinz Field today.

So far this season the Pittsburgh Steelers have the been second best passing offense in the NFL, playing their worst football in the fourth quarter, getting solid play from their offensive line, and actually throwing to their tight end.

Joshua Cribbs sure knows how to make his case for a raise. Just two days after Cribbs and his agent reiterated to reporters their desire for a contract extension, he again showed why he's one of the Browns' best all-around players.

Browns kick returner Joshua Cribbs runs by Steelers cornerback William Gay during a 98-yard kickoff for a touchdown during the second quarter of yesterday's game.

Dick LeBeau got a tad defensive Thursday. And the subject which brought out a side that LeBeau rarely shows: whether the Steelers have been too passive during the fourth quarter of games.

A glass-is-half-empty kind of person will say the Steelers had another ridiculously tough time closing out a woeful opponent in the fourth quarter yesterday and were lucky to win.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert After Detroit's 28-20 loss to Pittsburgh, here are three indisputable facts I feel relatively sure about: Should Schwartz have taken the Lions' first field goal off the board? Here's the situation: Lions placekicker Jason Hanson converted a 46-yard field goal on a fourth-and-5 play from the Steelers' 27-yard line.

Maybe Dick LeBeau reached a breaking point. Or maybe the venerable defensive coordinator figured if his players were going to fall victim to another late rally, they were at least going to do things his way, which is to say the Steelers' way.

Free Press special writer Jon Machota is live-blogging today's Lions-Steelers game.