BALTIMORE -- On one especially stomach-turning sequence in the Steelers' sad, sad 26-6 loss to the Ravens on Thursday night -- and hey, good luck plucking out just one from the menu offered by this mess -- Troy Polamalu, Ike Taylor and Ryan Shazier all whiffed on exquisite chances to take down Steve Smith.
Check that. It wasn't a sequence. It was a play.
It was all on the very same play that Polamalu was spun around like a rookie, then Taylor either grabbed onto air or was gasping for air, depending on the perspective, then Shazier managed to match both by actually being a rookie and being beaten like one. It wound up a 23-yard yard gain that would set the stage for a second-quarter Baltimore field goal and a 10-point lead that felt like about a billion.
And it all occurred, in case I neglected to mention it, on one play.
As easy as 1-2-3 following the first flick of a domino.
All night long, too.
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