In his first big game of his career he delivered when the Steelers needed him most. The rookie made field goals of 39, 30, 34, and 35 yards. It was hard for me to pick just one player of the game as both Boswell and Shazier were key to this Steelers victory.įirst for Boswell, he made all four field goals he attempted on the night scoring 12 of the Steelers 18 points. Player of the Game: Chris Boswell and Ryan Shazier However the Steelers may be doing so without their star receiver Antonio Brown as he was diagnosed with a concussion after the game. The win sends the Steelers to Denver to take on the Broncos next week in the AFC divisional round of the playoffs. This set up Chris Boswell for this 35 yard game winning field goal with 18 seconds remaining in the contest. However, Burfict flew in and put his shoulder into Brown’s head giving him a concussion and giving the Bengals a 15 yard personal foul penalty. Roethlisberger threw a deep pass over the middle to Antonio Brown that fell incomplete. Then Burfict committed the ultimate mistake for the Bengals. Roethlisberger completed short pass after short pass and drove the Steelers down to the their own 41 yard line. And, Roethlisberger came back out to lead his team down the field. However, karma came back to bite the Bengals as on the next play Hill fumbled the ball and set the Steelers up with three time outs and 1:36 left on the clock.
Burfict followed this up by running into the locker room and acting like the game was over. On the next Steelers drive, the game looked to be sealed as Landry Jones‘s first pass was intercepted by Burfict with 1:43 to go. Roethlisberger suffered a right shoulder injury and had to be carted off the field.īengals fans were heard cheering as Roethlisberger got carted off the field and even threw trash at the Steelers quarterback on the way to the locker room.ĪJ Green : 5 catches, 71 yards & the go-ahead 25-yard TD catch with 1:50 left (1st career TD catch in the playoffs) /oNU1hQp92r Ben Roethlisberger was sacked by Vontaze Burfict to stall the drive and force the Steelers to punt. Once tensions settled the Steelers were forced to punt, and suffered what looked to be a crushing blow. After the hit the Bengals emotions got the best of them as running back Jeremy Hill ran out onto the field going after Steelers defenders. Roethlisberger threw the ball up for Bryant in the back corner of the endzone and he caught it, followed it with a somersault, and was able to hang on to the ball for the score.Īfter this the game started to get ugly, the Bengals drove 55 yards before Ryan Shazier put a crushing hit on running back Giovani Bernard causing a fumble and a Steelers recovery. After a 60 yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Antonio Brown put the Steelers at the Bengal 10 yard line, Martavis Bryant made what could be the catch of the year. This led to the Steelers and “The Wizard of Boz’s”, as he was called by Bob Pompeani of KDKA, third field goal of the day.Īfter another Bengals punt, The Steelers were backed deep on their own 18 yard line. The first drive of the second half looked promising for the Bengals as they drove six plays for 42 yards, however a fumble forced by Jarvis Jones and recovered by Cam Thomas set the Steelers up at their own 36 yard line.
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