The Jaguars punched the Steelers in the mouth from the first play until the final gun of the game.  The Jags defense pounded Roethlisberger and got him scared, and Hines Ward developed alligator arms after he took a few wicked hits in the game.  The score doesn’t begin to indicate the beating the Jags apllied to the Steelers.  CB Rashean Mathis had 4 tackles, defensed 2 passes, and intercepted 2 passes that he returned 40 yards.  S Donovin Darius had 6 tackles and LB Mike Peterson had 7 tackles.  The Steelers only had 26 yards rushing and averaged only 1.9 yards per carry.  The Steelers only completed 53.2% of their passes for 127 net yards, and the Jags picked-off 2 passes.

Byron Leftwich completed 26 of 39 passes (66.7%) for 260 yards and a pick-off.  RB Fred Taylor ran the ball 22 times for 92 yards (4.2 ypc) and caught 3 passes for 29 yards.  WR Reggie Williams caught 8 passes for 95 yards (11.9 avg) and Matt Jones caught 6 passes for 73 yards (12.2 avg).

The Jags earned the respect they’ve been looking for by dominating the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night.