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The third quarter just wrapped up in Pittsburgh with the Steelers leading 21-10 and holding the ball on the one-foot line. The Chargers are lucky that there's still a chance for them to win this game. They took exactly one offensive snap in the quarter, an interception by Philip Rivers, while the Steelers ran 24 offensive plays.

When Bruce Arians opted to turn to Carey Davis instead of old reliable Dan Kreider as the Steelers starting fullback, it signified a pretty significant changing of the guard. Instead of the pile-driving guard in a backfield, Davis was going to be the versatile running/pass catching threat who could also block OK, if not as well as Kreider.

Five games into the season, what has that gotten the Steelers? Six carries for 10 yards (1.7 yards) and five catches for 13 yards (2.6 yards per catch). It's the kind of opportunity that Kreider could only dream of--he has had no more than seven carries and 10 catches in any of the past five seasons, but it's not like Davis is turning those opportunities into big plays.