匹兹堡钢人四分卫本·罗斯里斯伯格（Ben Roethlisberger）在半场时间里传球247码，带领球队在三个连续的进攻轮次中得分。即使他的表现有些让人失望，半场的统计数据仍然比较可观。钢人在比赛中出现了许多失误，不过最后他们还是以27-13战胜了费城老鹰。

　　罗斯里斯博格没有一次传球得分，不过他在比赛中将球分给了7名不同的接球手，其中6位接球成功，至少有1次传球有18码或者更远。跑卫纳杰·达文波特（Najeh Davenport）有2次长距离接球成功，总接球58码。过去常常缺阵的近端锋希思·米勒（Heath Miller）2次接传球共50码。

　　全明星跑卫威利·帕克（ Willie Parker）受到膝盖伤痛的影响曾缺席了两周的训练营，之前他在季前赛中只有4次带球。在钢人队拿下13分的第二节中，罗斯里斯博格传球22码给桑托尼奥·霍尔姆斯（Santonio Holmes），接着帕克冲球18码达阵。此外，帕克还3次接传球共40码。

　　其实钢人队本可以做得更好，即使是在他们季前赛打得最好的一场——在8月5日的名人堂赛上，他们20-7大胜新奥尔良圣徒，第一轮进攻中罗斯里斯博格就带领球队在6档进攻中推进80码并得分。

　　不过从那之后，这位四分卫在随后的7个进攻轮次中再没有带队达阵。在今天的第一个进攻轮次中，他为了避免被擒杀，慌乱中将球传给了老鹰的防守边锋特伦特·科尔（Trent Cole），传球直接被截。随后，老鹰的防守球员们还破坏了罗斯里斯博格的2次传球。

　　本场比赛中，双方的许多首发球员都打了差不多整个上半场。老鹰主帅安迪·里德（Andy Reid ）说他的先发球员们不会在对阵纽约喷气机时出场。

　　老鹰四分卫多诺万·麦克纳布（Donovan McNabb）在上周对阵球队27-10战胜卡罗来纳黑豹中表现抢眼，他带领先发球员在4次进攻中拿下10分。不过在今天的比赛中，他11次传球仅成功5次，总传球60码，还被擒杀了2次，上半场未结束他就被换下。跑卫考瑞尔·巴克哈特（Correll Buckhalter）10次冲球共43码。球队的全明星右护锋肖恩·安德鲁斯（Shawn Andrews）因为踝伤没有出场。

　　老鹰队至此在季前赛中1胜2负，今天比赛中直到终场前4分钟他们才有一次达阵——替换麦克纳布登场的新秀凯文·科尔布（Kevin Kolb）给队友李·维克斯送出了1记4码的达阵传球。

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PITTSBURGH (AP) —— Ben Roethlisberger liked almost nothing about his one half of play. The 247 yards passing, the three consecutive scoring drives, the big shift in momentum didn't impress him at all.

Roethlisberger, effective for only one drive previously in this preseason, had a big half statistically even though he was disappointed by it and the Pittsburgh Steelers shook off numerous mistakes to defeat the cross-state Philadelphia Eagles 27-13 Sunday night.

Roethlisberger didn't pass for a score, but spread the ball among seven receivers and six caught at least one of 18 yards or longer. Running back Najeh Davenport had two long receptions totaling 58 yards on screen passes that fooled the Eagles and tight end Heath Miller, often absent in the offense in the past, had two for 50 yards.

Still, Roethlisberger wasn't pleased.

"No, I'm not real happy," he said. "We missed a couple of things, some things could have been better, but I told some of those guys I'll get better and I'll be sure to hit them."

Pro Bowl running back Willie Parker, limited to four carries before now because of a sore knee that sidelined him for two weeks of training camp, ran 18 yards for a score following Roethlisberger's 22-yard completion to Santonio Holmes during a 13-point second quarter for Pittsburgh. Parker also caught three passes for 40 yards.

It could have been a lot better for the Steelers, too, even during their best preseason performance since Roethlisberger drove them 80 yards in six plays to score on their opening drive Aug. 5 during a 20-7 win over New Orleans.

Roethlisberger hadn't led a TD drive in seven series since then and, on his opening series Sunday, was intercepted when he flung the ball out of desperation trying to avoid a sack and threw it directly into Trent Cole's hands. Eagles defenders dropped two more passes from Roethlisberger later in the half.

Then, on Pittsburgh's next possession, rookie Dan Sepulveda shanked a punt that traveled only 14 yards to the Steelers' 20. But Donovan McNabb threw consecutive incompletions on second and third down and the Eagles settled for a David Akers' 22-yard field goal.

"It was ugly early on, and a couple of turnovers put our defense in some bad situations," Miller said. "They only got three points, and it seemed like the Eagles were playing on the high side of the field the first quarter."

The Steelers, 3-1 in the preseason, turned the ball over yet again the next time they had the ball, when Parker ran standing up into a crowded middle of the line of scrimmage on second-and-goal from the 1 and Quintin Mikell recovered the fumble forced by Takeo Spikes. But Roethlisberger finally got going after that by leading Pittsburgh scores on three consecutive possessions to end the half.

Jeff Reed kicked two field goals, of 37 and 40 yards, to make it 13-3 at halftime. The Steelers felt it could have been 30-3.

"Willie fumbled that ball on the goal line, and we get that ball and score, the game's probably a whole different outcome," Hines Ward said.

Many starters for both teams played most or all the first half, something that won't happen when each team finishes up exhibition play Thursday night. Eagles coach Andy Reid said his starters won't play at all against the Jets.

"We know we have a lot to work to do," the Eagles' Darren Howard said.

For the Steelers, a game at Carolina in which their regulars will be on the field only a series or two will end a very long preseason under new coach Mike Tomlin that included five games and lasted seven weeks.

"We're close, but we've got a couple of weeks until it really starts to matter and it's close enough that we can keep moving forward," Roethlisberger said.

McNabb, so efficient the week before in driving the Eagles' starters to 10 points on four possessions in a 27-10 victory over Carolina, was lifted before halftime after going 5-of-11 for 60 yards and being sacked twice. Correll Buckhalter ran for 43 yards on 10 carries.

"These two games were critical for us, we wanted to get that timing down," McNabb said. "There were some good things we did but there's work that needs to be done."

Picking up the blitz may be one of them as the Eagles missed injured Pro Bowl right guard Shawn Andrews, who is out with an ankle injury.

"I think they've got a few problems picking up the pressure we bring, and we get after them pretty good. He definitely can sense it (the blitz) coming and he's got to get it out of there, or he's going to get sacked," the Steelers' Casey Hampton said of McNabb. "If you let him sit back there, he'll pick you apart. The whole thing is to get him antsy and try to bring as much pressure as possible."

Pittsburgh pushed the lead to 20-6 when Charlie Batch's 30-yard completion to Nate Washington led to Kevan Barlow's 1-yard TD run in the third period. The Eagles, 1-2 in the preseason, didn't get into the end zone until rookie Kevin Kolb, McNabb's backup, hit Lee Vickers on a 4-yard scoring pass with about four minutes remaining in the game. The Steelers' Jovon Johnson scored on a 77-yard return of a fumble by Kevin Curtis in the final two minutes.

Notes

Holmes played despite injuring a hamstring in practice Friday. …… The teams played in the preseason for the fifth consecutive year. The Steelers have won three of the five. …… Eagles S Sean Considine left in the first half with a concussion. …… Four of Roethlisberger's completions went for 20 yards or longer.