The season showcased in one game

My son's birthday party started at 4 yesterday.  I managed to get the tv on with the sound off, so I saw much, but not all of the game, until somewhere in the third quarter, when I tuned in for full viewing.

That game was a microcosm of the 2009 season. All the good and bad of the Steelers play was sprinkled throughout 60 minutes. Big plays on offense, giving up big plays on defense. Jeff Reed kicking field goals after the O stalls. Arians ignoring the run. The o-line giving Ben time and also getting him crushed. Ben moving out of trouble, still hanging onto the ball instead of throwing it away and going down. The linebackers getting to the QB a step too late. Harrison getting held almost every rush. Logan stutter-stepping short of the 20 and getting swarmed. Ben driving for a score. The defense giving it right back. Ben going headfirst into tacklers after he scrambled. Tackles missed (Tyrone Carter on Jennings' 83 yarder was ridiculous). Hampton in the backfield(!) and dragging down the running back. With the game on the line, the d getting beat to the outside for a long TD run.

Honestly, nearly everything Pittsburgh has done right and wrong this year occurred yesterday against the Packers. The only thing missing was a kick return for a TD (apparently KC was hoarding all of those).

Pittsburgh's first play of the game was a long TD pass to Wallace. So was its last play of the game. In between was four quarters of what, in 2009, has been Steelers football.