Saturday, March 3, 2012

Steelers hold off pesky Jaguars, 17-13

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers spent 30 minutes Sunday reminding the seemingly overmatched Jacksonville Jaguars why they're the defending AFC champions.

Then they spent 30 minutes reminding the rest of the NFL why they're so vulnerable.

Pittsburgh narrowly avoided a stunning collapse in a 17-13 victory, a second straight win that hardly felt like one.

"We didn't play the style of football that we like to play in the second half," coach Mike Tomlin said.

The Steelers (4-2) managed just 70 yards in the second half and let the youthful Jaguars (1-5) hang around until the final play.

Not exactly the confidence builder Pittsburgh was looking for heading …

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