A lot of people here are losing their minds, and some are even losing their ability to understand the rules of football in general. In a game the Steelers won by 15 points, there seems to be a point of contention on whether the Steelers should have run the ball with 11sec on the game clock holding a TO. I've argued ad nauseum in 2 other threads why it shouldn't have hurt this team's ability to run 2 more plays after a run, but I will state another game situation where the exact play was called, with zero timeouts and a game on the line.
October 1st 2015. A game against the Chargers in San Diego, came down to a single play, on the one yard line, down by 3 with Vick at QB. San Diego was outplaying the Steelers all day with Vick at QB. A pick 6 by Blake helped make that game close as well as a late 72yd catch and run by Wheaton put the Steelers in position to win late. They could have kicked a FG and force OT, but the way they were playing on offense, the percentages were higher to gain 1 yard to win (70-80%), then to go overtime on the road when you aren't performing well on offense (40-50%).
The Steelers rolled the dice and ran left with Bell, who was hit in the backfield, spun off of it, and extended for the TD and the walkoff win.
This was a gutsy decision, made on the last play of the game, giving the Steelers the best percentage chance to win it. Had the Steelers failed to make that 1 yard, Tomlin, and Haley would have both been ostracized for their decisions. On this day, it was the right one, both by the percentages, and in the win column.
October 1st 2015. A game against the Chargers in San Diego, came down to a single play, on the one yard line, down by 3 with Vick at QB. San Diego was outplaying the Steelers all day with Vick at QB. A pick 6 by Blake helped make that game close as well as a late 72yd catch and run by Wheaton put the Steelers in position to win late. They could have kicked a FG and force OT, but the way they were playing on offense, the percentages were higher to gain 1 yard to win (70-80%), then to go overtime on the road when you aren't performing well on offense (40-50%).
The Steelers rolled the dice and ran left with Bell, who was hit in the backfield, spun off of it, and extended for the TD and the walkoff win.
This was a gutsy decision, made on the last play of the game, giving the Steelers the best percentage chance to win it. Had the Steelers failed to make that 1 yard, Tomlin, and Haley would have both been ostracized for their decisions. On this day, it was the right one, both by the percentages, and in the win column.
