Pittsburgh linebacker Devin Bush and free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick celebrate a touchdown. (Katharine Lotze/Getty Images)In-game updates
Steelers turn Bush interception into TD: This game has been a showcase, so far, for Steelers rookie linebacker Devin Bush. His tipped-ball interception gave the Steelers possession of the ball at the L.A. 40-yard line, and they cashed in with a 12-yard touchdown run by tailback James Conner. So Bush, the 10th overall selection in this year’s NFL draft out of Michigan, has scored one Steelers’ touchdown with a return of a fumble recovery and set up the other one with an interception. (Steelers 14, Chargers 0 with 4:29 left in the 1st quarter)
He’s just getting started.@_Dbush11 pic.twitter.com/xlms5BJy8z
– Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers)
October 14, 2019
Defensive TD for Steelers: The Steelers have an early lead thanks to a touchdown by their defense on an eyesore of a play by quarterback Philip Rivers and the Chargers. Rivers, under pass-rush pressure, tried to get the football to running back Melvin Gordon on his right. But Rivers’s pass was backward and fell to the turf for what was ruled a lateral and a fumble charged to Rivers. Steelers rookie linebacker Devin Bush picked up the ball off the ground and ran nine yards for the touchdown. (Steelers 7, Chargers 0 with 10:51 left in the 1st quarter)
A scoop & a score!!@_Dbush11 pic.twitter.com/Av8GmGp6xz
– Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers)
October 14, 2019
Bad first throw by Hodges: Undrafted rookie Devlin Hodges, making his first NFL start for the Steelers, had wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster open on Pittsburgh’s first offensive play. But Hodges’s pass was underthrown and the ball fell incomplete. Hodges did complete a third-down pass short of the first down and the Steelers punted. That came after the Chargers punted on the game’s opening possession, with the many Steelers fans in the crowd in Carson, Calif., chanting for the Pittsburgh defense. Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers limped a bit on his way off the field after absorbing a hit after delivering a throw on the opening series. (Steelers 0, Chargers 0 with 11:06 left in the 1st quarter)
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ latest attempt to salvage their season comes Sunday night in Carson, Calif., with their third starting quarterback of 2019 taking the field to face the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Steelers take a record of 1-4 into the game and will be without Mason Rudolph, the fill-in starter who replaced Ben Roethlisberger. Rudolph is out after …read more
Source:: Daily Times
