The Pittsburgh Steelers held off the Minnesota Vikings, who put up 15 fourth-quarter points to make things interesting in the Week 4 matchup in Dublin. However, the Steelers held on to win 24-21 to get to 3-1 going into the bye week.
The defensive play of the game came on an 81-yard pass-and-catch from Carson Wentz to Jordan Addison. A busted coverage sprung Addison open, and it looked like the star receiver was going to have an easy touchdown. Unfortunately for him, Payton Wilson had other ideas.
Despite Addison having a head start on Wilson, the NC State product chased down the Minnesota wideout and tripped him up at the one-yard line, topping 22 miles per hour in the process, which is the fastest a linebacker has run in the Next Gen Stats era (since 2016).
Wilson was asked about the play, to which he traced his ability to make the play back to his father.
“My father is a hard-working person,” Wilson said via Nick Farabaugh. “I watched him get up at 3 AM every day. He told me when I play, to play it the right way. Hustle is included in that. He pushed me to limits I didn’t even know I had.”
Wilson finished the game with a team-leading 13 tackles and two tackles for loss.
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