9-1

Respect the Fullback.

Good teams find ways to win ugly games. Great teams find ways to do it on the road. That game was every bit what I expected it to be Sunday. Cincy made some plays, but the Steelers' D came up big when it counted, and a brilliant 3rd and short call in the redzone gave Pittsburgh a key divisional win. But not without a handful of notable injuries to add to their growing list of wounded. Nothing that should cost them against Washington. But they'll need to get healthy in time for Jacksonville.

Congratulations to Jerome Bettis and former Pitt Panther Curtis Martin, who both passed another old Pitt RB, Tony Dorsett, for 5th and 6th place on the all-time rushing yards list on Sunday. Eric Dickerson is still in reach of both players before they hang it up, but after that, I don't know. The Bus is going back to short yardage once Duce is healthy, so just getting the 400 will be tough. Maybe Martin catches Sanders if he can stay healthy and finds a coach to give him 30 carries a game for 2 more seasons, but I don't think he'll quite get there. The Top 10 are listed below:

RUSHING LEADERS
RK - NAME - YARDS
1 - Emmitt Smith - 18,076
2 - Walter Payton - 16,726
3 - Barry Sanders - 15,269
4 - Eric Dickerson - 13,259
5 - Jerome Bettis - 12,863
6 - Curtis Martin - 12,741
7 - Tony Dorsett - 12,739
8 - Jim Brown - 12,312
9 - Marcus Allen - 12,243
10 - Franco Harris - 12,120