This was one of the worst Sunday Night games to watch this season, as neither team was able to generate much offense.  Not that we expected much out of the Chiefs mind you; but most fantasy owners expected a lot more out of Ben Roethlisberger (201 total yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) and the Steelers’ passing game, which has been fairly hot this year.  Big Ben should rebound next week at home against the Bengals, but this game was just ugly and didn’t do any favors for fantasy owners.  Tyler Palko (167 yards, 0 TDs, 3 INTs) kept his record of not getting the Chiefs in the endzone perfect, as that’s two starts and two games without touchdowns.  Palko will most likely give way to newly acquired Kyle Orton next week, who should at least be able to lead a touchdown drive or two every game.

Antonio Brown (4-81) was the only Steelers receiver to have a decent game, taking advantage of constant double coverage the Chiefs paid to Mike Wallace (2-17).  This was by far the worst game of the year for Wallace, who has now gone eight weeks without a 100 yard receiving game; as long as teams continue to make a big effort to take away the deep play that the Steelers like so much, Wallace could have a rough go of it.

While Palko isn’t able to get the ball that far down the field or put much mustard on it, he at least knew enough to get the ball to Dwayne Bowe (7-69) as much as possible.  Bowe will likely do even better with Orton at the helm, as Orton knew how to get the ball to his best playmaker often while in Denver (see: Brandon Lloyd).  Steve Breaston (4-44) also had an ok game, and he too should benefit from having Orton under center.

Rashard Mendenhall (17 car., 57 yards; 2 rec., 10 yards) continued his trend of not doing much while on the road, and it appears with the poor blocking and only adequate running Mendy is destined to be the Steelers version of Cedric Benson, only a younger version.  Decent, sometimes above average, but hardly ever spectacular.

The Chiefs running game is officially a mess now, as Thomas Jones (13 car., 37 yards; 1 rec., 7 yards) got the most carries, while Dexter McCluster (9 car., 28 yards; 2 rec., 11 yards) and Jackie Battle (9 car., 20 yards) split what was left… which wasn’t much.  None of these guys should be in fantasy lineups.

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