The Pittsburgh Steelers mounted their biggest fourth-quarter comeback in over 30 years on Sunday by overcoming a 16-3 deficit to defeat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. One of the biggest plays of the game came when former Buccaneer Jamel Dean picked off Jalon Daniels and returned the interception inside the five yard-line. Unfortunately for Pittsburgh, they were unable to punch the ball in the end zone.
The first play on the ensuing drive was a play action pass intended for Darnell Washington that was broken
up. The second play was a run by Jaylen Warren that put the ball to the one yard-line. Then on 3rd-and-goal, Aaron Rodgers threw a jump ball to DK Metcalf that was broken up, which lead to the Steelers kicking a field goal.
Many were critical of the play-calling from Mike McCarthy, but the Steelers’ head coach defended his choice of plays on Monday.
“I get the post evaluation, but those are solid plays,” McCarthy said.
The Steelers were able to overcome not getting into the end zone late in the fourth quarter. Despite the Bucs getting into field goal range and sending the game into overtime, the Steelers drove 12 plays and Rodgers connected with Germie Bernard for the game-winning score.
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