GREEN BAY, Wis. — UPDATE end of game: The Steelers lose to the Packers 27-17. They fall to 1-3 on the season. It was seemingly all downhill after the opening drive touchdown.
UPDATE 4:04 left 4th quarter: Steelers running back Najee Harris leaps over the pile to break the plane of the goal line and scores, capping an 8 play, 65 yard drive. The extra point is good. Steelers trail the Packers 27-17.
UPDATE less than 2 minutes left 3rd quarter: The Steelers forced a fumble and it was recovered by TJ Watt. The offense returns to the field.
UPDATE 4:46 left 3rd quarter: Aaron Rodgers hits WR Randall Cobb again from 2 yards out for the score. The extra point is good. The Packers now lead the Steelers 27-10.
The Steelers have not scored a touchdown since the opening drive of this game.
Rodgers threw his 420th touchdown pass, tying NFL and Pitt legend Dan Marino.
UPDATE 9:31 left 3rd quarter: The Packers extend their lead with another field goal, this time from 29 yards out. Packers lead 20-10.
UPDATE HALFTIME: The Steelers’ Minkah Fitzpatrick appeared to block a Packers field goal attempt and return it for a touchdown. The referee instead called an offsides penalty.
The penalty flag stood and allowed the Packers another shot at a FG. They converted.
The score at the half is 17-10 Packers.
The Packers get the ball back to start the second half.
UPDATE 5:41 left in 2nd quarter: Steelers kicker Chris Boswell just barely boots a 52-yard field goal through the uprights. The ball bounced off the right upright and through. Packers Steelers: 14-10
UPDATE 10:55 left in 2nd quarter: Rodgers hits WR Randall Cobb for the 23 yard touchdown pass. The extra point is good. The Packers lead 14-7. This marks the Packers second score in 2:23.
UPDATE 12:28 left in 2nd quarter: Roethlisberger fumbles after his arm is hit by a Packers defensive lineman. Change of possession. Packers football deep in Steelers territory.
UPDATE 13:22 left in 2nd quarter: Aaron Rodgers scrambles from 4 yards out to cap a 13-play, 64 yard drive with a touchdown. The extra point is good. Game tied at 7 a piece.
UPDATE END OF 1st quarter: The Steelers are still leading 7-0. The Packers are down inside the 10 yard line now and are knocking on the endzone.
UPDATE 10:04 left 1st quarter: Ben Roethlisberger hits Diontae Johnson for a 45-yard touchdown pass to cap off a 75 yard drive and put the Steelers up early in the game. 7-0 Steelers. Extra point was good.
This marks the first points for the Steelers in the first quarter of a game in quite some time.
This also marks Ben Roethlisberger’s 400th career touchdown pass.
UPDATE 4:25 p.m.: The Packers kickoff to the Steelers at Lambeau Field. The Packers won the toss and deferred.
ORIGINAL REPORT:
When the Packers started slowly a few years ago, quarterback Aaron Rodgers had a simple message for fans, “Relax.”
Ben Roethlisberger isn’t ready to steal that phrase and make it his own just yet, but he did have a message for his teammates after the team’s 1-2 start to this season. “Just don’t quit.”
It probably didn’t need to be said, but Roethlisberger isn’t about to give up on the 2021 season with 14 games remaining. Neither are the Steelers.
They’ll take the next step in their journey Sunday when they travel to Green Bay to face Rodgers and the Packers (2-1) at Lambeau Field.
The Packers found themselves in a very similar spot to the Steelers in 2014 when Rodgers made his famous statement to fans. They had lost two of their first three games, including one to a team they regularly beat up on, the Lions, 19-7, in Week 3.
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