steven matt bryant was the starting kicker for the atlanta falcons.
steven matt bryant was the starting kicker for the atlanta falcons.
who is the starting kicker for the atlanta falcons?
steven matt bryant
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hoping to build on their dominating win over the chiefs, the steelers flew to the georgia dome to face the atlanta falcons. in the first quarter, a santonio holmes fumble on a punt return helped set up quarterback michael vick's 22-yard touchdown pass to tight end alge crumpler. afterwards, the steelers took the lead with a 28-yard field goal by jeff reed and qb ben roethlisberger completing an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver hines ward. in the second quarter, roethlisberger completed a one-yard touchdown pass to heath miller. a fumble by pittsburgh quarterback ben roethlisberger led to a second vick touchdown pass to crumpler. then, a surprise onside kick recovered by the falcons lead to vick completing a 17-yard td pass to receiver michael jenkins. the steelers responded with roethlisberger completing a 10-yard touchdown pass to receiver nate washington. in the third quarter, things became grim for pittsburgh. first, roethlisberger was injured on a pass to miller, which caused him to leave the game with a concussion. second, atlanta retook the lead with running back warrick dunn completing a one-yard touchdown run, which was started from a fumble by willie parker. the steelers responded as quarterback charlie batch completed a 70-yard touchdown pass to ward. however, the falcons retook the lead with vick and crumpler hooking up with each other for a third touchdown pass, this time for 31 yards. in the fourth quarter, atlanta kicker morten andersen nailed a 25-yard field goal to give the falcons a 7-point lead. pittsburgh responded with a 17-yard touchdown pass to ward, his third touchdown. near the end of regulation, things got complicated for atlanta on a field goal attempt. kicker michael koenen nailed a 56-yard field goal, but it got negated due to a late steelers time-out. koenan rekicked it. it was no good, yet safety troy polamalu was called for running into the kicker. the falcons brought in kicker andersen to make a 52-yard field goal, yet it came up short. on the following drive, the steelers could not score after a controversial false start call with the steelers in field goal range prompted a 10-second runoff, which ended regulation. in overtime the falcons won the coin toss. falcons kicker morten andersen, after an 11 play 65 yard drive, won the game with a 32-yard field goal and gave the steelers their fourth loss of the season while they fell to 2–4. stats
2006 pittsburgh steelers season