Photo by Bill Reilly San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers (17) changes the play at the line of scrimmage and specifically calls out tight end David Johnson (88).
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Offensive Line- The Steelers came out wanting to run the ball and Bell averaged 5.3 yards per carry on the night. Those value judgments are subjective, and dependent upon the outcome.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he never hesitated in going for the win instead of kicking the tying field goal.
This time, the problem was twofold: 18 seconds were incorrectly run off the clock late in the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 24-20 victory at San Diego on Monday – and not one of the game officials noticed the gaffe and corrected it.
And for three quarters, they played like it, too: an interception in the end zone, a fumble returned for a touchdown, a long touchdown pass wiped out by a penalty. The Steelers sent out Mike Vick, who was making his second start in place of injured Ben Roethlisberger. In the two games Vick has started, Brown has eight combined receptions for 87 yards. The ensuing kickoff was received by the Steelers in the end zone for a touchback, a play which should have prevented the clock from starting. No one on the field noticed.
The Steelers did a great job of stopping the Chargers rushing attack, or lack thereof.
Tomlin, 43, has reached two Super Bowls and captured one since he took the helm in 2007 and remains secure in his position and confident in his fearless philosophy.
Signora said that while the official game time is kept on the stadium scoreboard, it is the responsibility of the officiating crew to make sure the time is accurate.
Ultimately that wasn’t the case as Bell had to fight for the extra inch, not giving any time for the Steelers to run a final play. Let me make a few plays. We were talking about it all week. Eighteen seconds running off the clock isn’t part of the game anymore, because this isn’t just a game anymore. He finished with nine receptions for a game-high 92 yards. Pittsburgh could have split the difference.
The Chargers seemed to have Monday night’s game under control after rookie Josh Lambo kicked a go-ahead, 54-yard field goal with 2:56 left.
“I just think Mike Vick looks over and sees me doubled and he thinks, ‘Oh, I can’t go there” or, pre-snap, they might show someone else single-covered so he might go to the more positive matchup, the easier throw when a guy’s one on one”. And it had yet to work.
“We have to play to win and that’s what we did”, Tomlin told reporters.
I would not say that’s comparable.
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“So when they called it out, we were sitting there saying, ‘OK, we’re going to find out if it’s real or not'”.
