Mike Tomlin told reporters during his weekly press conference today that aerial endzone celebrations are no longer allowed. The banning of somersaults, flips, or other diving celebrations comes after Emmanuel Sanders somersaulted into the endzone against the Jets on Sunday. Le’Veon Bell did a similar celebration during his first NFL touchdown which also drew criticism. When asked if the ruling came straight from him, Coach Tomlin said, “Absolutely.  It’s a potential for injury. It’s silly!”.

To quote a division rival’s former coach- “Son, act like you’ve been there before”.

Here are the play counts for the Steelers on offense and defense versus the NY Jets. Kelvin Beachum played the entire game at LT. David Paulson saw the most snaps since the Bengals game at just about 50%. Derek Moye was in on five plays.

On the defensive side of the ball, Brett Keisel saw a limited number of reps due to a rib injury. Jason Worilds saw an increase in snaps this week, and a sack. Cortez Allen and Vince Williams were in for far fewer plays this week than in the previous game. As anticipated, William Gay saw a large increase in playing time. Ryan Clark was in for every defensive play.

Offensive Play Counts

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Defensive Play Counts

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The team finally got the monkey off their back yesterday, and put a 1 in the W column. Aside from that most important number – 1 – here are some other numbers of interest.

2. The number of turnovers the Steelers defense forced yesterday.

3. The number of sacks the Steelers defense totaled yesterday.

4. The number of sacks the Steelers defense totaled during the first four games.

2:56. The time on my clock yesterday when the turnover drought ended.

287. The number of days the Steelers went without experiencing a win.

23. The Steelers were 23 minutes away from being the first team in history to not force a turnover in the first five games.

83. The Net Yards Rushing the Steelers defense allowed the Jets. This is the first game they have held an opponent under 100 yards net rushing.  The first four games were 112 ,127, 107, and 145 respectively.

600. This was the 600th victory in franchise history.

113.8. Big Ben’s passer rating yesterday. The Steelers are 47-4 when his passer rating is over 100.

42. Shaun Suisham is now 42 for 43 when kicking from inside the 50.

16-2. Dick LeBeau is now 16-2 against rookie quarterbacks dating back to 2004.

For the Steelers: QB Landry Jones, WR Markus Wheaton, RB Isaac Redman, LB Chris Carter, OL Cody Wallace, OT Mike Adams, NT Hebron Fangupo. Mike Adams is the most notable on that list.

For the Jets:  Brady Quinn, Santonio Holmes, Dee Milliner, Troy Davis, Will Campbell, Ben Ijalana & Oday Aboushi. Antonio Cromartie is active as expected.