Monday Wrap: Super Steelers, boring Broncos

It was a competitive game for one half, then it turned into a Pittsburgh beat down. Let's wrap the Monday nighter from a fantasy perspective. With the Steelers: It took a half for the Pittsburgh offense to figure out Denver's defense, but man what a tail kicking the Steelers delivered in the second half. Ben Roethlisberger(notes) and friends put up 18 first downs and 321 yards of total offense after intermission, reminding a National TV audience that Pittsburgh deserves to be on anyone's short list of contenders. Roethlisberger (21-for-29, 233 yards, 3 TDs) is playing far and away the best football of his life right now; other than one loose throw he made on a red-zone interception, it was hard to fault him for much of anything. Santonio Holmes(notes) got free of Champ Bailey(notes) and delivered a strong line (6-93), but it was Hines Ward(notes) (7-44) who got the touchdowns, including the window-dressing score, pictured above, with just 1:22 to play (hope it was good t...