Peyton and the Broncos defeat Steelers in Season Opener

The Pittsburgh Steelers played a great game tonight, with the only negative to come out of this match-up, was it's result. A "L," starts the season off on the wrong foot at 0-1.

The officiating crew for the first Sunday Night Football game of the 2012 regular season was noticeable, however the blunders didn't help either team, because both the Steelers and the Broncos could have won the game in the final five minutes.

Tonight was Peyton Manning's first game in nearly a year and a half, and he looked good for his age. His accuracy is still present, and mobility didn't seem to be a factor. All in all, Peyton played the better game between him and Ben Roethlisberger, who finished the Steelers chance of winning when his pass was picked off by Tracy Porter, who took it 43 yards yards to put the game-sealing TD up on the scoreboard.

The final stats Ben Roethlisberger posted was 22 of 40 for 245 yards and two TDs.

The Steelers will definately bounce back in week 2.