Steelers vs. Buccaneers Week 3: Time Authentic Maurkice Pouncey Jersey , TV Schedule and game information Seemingly, off-field drama and poor defense might derail the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season before it’s barely begun if they can’t turn it around in Week 3. With the undefeated Buccaneers among the league’s more-surprising teams during the first few weeks of the season, the Steelers will need to play much better than they’ve done in Weeks 1 and 2 if they hope to get their first win of 2018 in Tampa. As much as Antonio Brown has been garnering all the headlines this week, the real story should’ve been the play of the defense last Sunday — and the prospect of playing the NFL’s highest-rated quarterback is an daunting one.Ryan Fitzpatrick leads the league with 819 yards passing and a 151.5 quarterback rating, while completing 78.7 percent of his passes and throwing eight touchdowns to only one interception. But as dominant as the Buccaneers have been on offense, their defense has been feckless. Pittsburgh might have given up a disgusting 63 points through two weeks, but Tampa Bay has allowed 61 points, and only one team in the NFL has given up more yards on defense than the Buccaneers’ average of 443.5 yards per game. If the Steelers’ defense can play a half-decent game Youth Artie Burns Jersey , a win should be quite likely — but we could have said the same about the last two games as well. Week 3:Game: Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1-1) @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0)Date: Monday, September 24Kickoff: 8.15 p.m. ETVenue: Raymond James StadiumWeather: Live weather updateWatch:TV Channel:ESPN, broadcast locally on KDKA-TV-2 with Joe Tessitore, Jason Witten and Booger McFarland as commentators and Lisa Salters the sideline reporter. Check the national broadcast map to see if the game is on in your area.Online: NFL.com Game Pass on delay in the U.S and live for international viewers or live in the U.S via a subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket. The NFL Game Center will update the action on a play-by-play basis.Radio: Steeler Nation Radio with Bill Hillgrove and Tunch Ilkin as commentators and Craig Wolfley as the sideline reporter. Broadcast live on WDVE 102.5 FM and WBGG 970 AM in the Pittsburgh area and via their local affiliates. Listen online via Steelers.com and with the Steelers Official Mobile App. Alternatively, you can listen to a radio broadcast on SiriusXM.You can also follow Behind the Steel Curtain on Twitter to catch all of the highlights as they happen, and be sure to check back with us after the game for our post-match roundup.Injuries:As of Thursday, David DeCastro and Marcus Gilbert look to be the biggest question marks for the game after both offensive starters sat out practice. DeCastro is possibly the biggest question mark for Monday as he deals with a fractured hand. Joe Haden is showing positive signs as he recovers from a hamstring injury, and he seems to have a good chance of playing against the Buccaneers — assuming he has no setbacks over the weekend. Upcoming schedule: 10The Steelers have now played 10 consecutive games coming out of the bye week where they did not score a touchdown in the first quarter. In those 10 seasons http://www.steelersauthorizedshops.com/authentic-antonio-brown-jersey , the Steelers have scored a total of six points on two field goals in two separate games. It should also be noted that the Steelers went on to win seven out of those 10 games. Although they start slow, the Steelers still have a very solid record coming out to bye under Coach Tomlin, improving to 8-4 after the win against Cleveland.81-47Over the last 10 seasons, the Steelers outscored their opponents 81 –47 in the second quarter of each game coming off a bye during the regular season. So even though they have started slow, the Steelers, as a whole, have “picked it up” before the half following their bye week. Outscoring the Browns 14–0 in the second quarter on Sunday definitely helped to increase this total.489Of a possible 493 defensive snaps this season, Sean Davis has logged 489. Other than missing four snaps against the Bengals in Week 6 Stephon Tuitt Jersey , Davis has played every snap on defense in every other game. Against the Browns, Davis was the only player to play every snap on the defensive side of the ball. After him, Terrell Edmunds and Joe Hayden played 62/64 snaps. In all, 19 different players logged snaps this past Sunday on defense.4-17Jaylen Samuels was given his first regular-season rushing attempts of his career against the Browns. He logged 4 carries for 17 yards on seven plays. It is the first time since Week 2 (Stevan Ridley with 3 carries for 18 yards) where a Pittsburgh Steelers’ running back other than James Conner has hit double-digits yards this season. 8 and 9By both James Conner and Antonio Brown finding the end zone twice on Sunday against the Browns, they extended their team lead for rushing and receiving TDs. After seven games, Antonio Brown is leading the Steelers in receiving touchdowns with eight, while James Conner has nine rushing scores. Brown’s total is currently leading the NFL in receiving touchdowns. 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