PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers ended the New York Giants’ winning streak with a familiar formula Sunday.

Ben Roethlisberger passed for 289 yards and two touchdowns, Le’Veon Bell rolled up 182 yards of total offense and Pittsburgh’s resurgent defense harassed Eli Manning into a flurry of mistakes in a dominant 24-14 win.

The result emphatically ended New York’s six-game winning streak and sent a message that Pittsburgh’s midseason funk appears firmly in the rearview mirror.

“I just think we’re finding our rhythm,” Coach Mike Tomlin said after his team allowed just 234 yards and picked off Manning twice.

“I think we’re gaining continuity with the mix of guys who are playing. The young guys are growing up.”

It’s a pivotal development for the Steelers (7-5), who have won three straight, each one a step up in class.

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Two weeks ago it was a simple slump-buster in Cleveland.

On Thanksgiving, it was a decisive victory at Indianapolis, albeit against a backup quarterback.

This time it was one of the league’s hottest teams, though New York (8-4) hardly looked like it at times while spoiling first-year coach Ben McAdoo’s homecoming.

McAdoo grew up an hour east of Heinz Field in Homer City, Pennsylvania. The team he faced Sunday looked a bit like the one he idolized as a kid.

The Steelers dominated the line at times, and prevented Manning and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. from ever really getting comfortable.

“We are who we are right now,” McAdoo said. “We need to go back to work. You can’t just flip a switch and have things change.”

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The Steelers have reinvented themselves on the fly following a four-game slide that took all the shine off their 4-1 start.

Rather than try to overwhelm opponents with big plays, they have put the ball in Bell’s hands and let him lead the way.

Bell touched the ball 35 times – 29 rushes and six receptions – and went over 100 yards rushing for the third straight game by churning for 118.

He did so against a defense that hadn’t allowed an opponent to reach 100 since Adrian Peterson in Week 16 last season.

“I just wanted to make sure that I kept running hard,” Bell said. “Then in the fourth quarter, holes got a little bigger.”

Antonio Brown caught six passes for 54 yards, including an acrobatic grab in the back of the end zone that put the Steelers up 11-0.

“It’s that time of year that we have to be our best self, offense, defense, special teams,” Roethlisberger said.

“Everybody needs to just do their job and I thought they did that.”


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