2015 Steelers @ Chargers

very hot on the field the official temperature 93 degrees at kickoff we've had record heat here in san diego over the last few days [Music] steelers won the toss they're going to receive so you see the principals who will be out there when we get going [Music] josh lambeau is the rookie kicker for the chargers tree archer back deep to receive oh mess of terrible towels it feels like western pa instead of southern california archer all the way back no return good kick by lambeau so here comes mike vick been around a long time so many of the guys on both sides grew up playing video games idolizing this guy here he is his fourth stop wasn't in a training camp signed august 25th so johnny's only been here seven weeks as a skewer got to get the ball to le'veon bell that's the easy thing for pittsburgh to do you're going to see bootlegs play action passes and don't be surprised if you see the zone read that michael vick brought to the nfl opening drive starting from the 20. le'veon bell is always patient good job by san diego to get on the other side of the line of scrimmage here you taught you helping make the tackle with manti teo loss of two so the group up front this is the same group that started every game but of course cody wallace is in for marquis bouncy who was injured in the pre-season at center handling the ball heath miller their terrific tight end d'angelo williams may see a little more action with bell antonio brown sensational john talked about before in the receiving pool officially a loss of one on first down second down vic flush throws heath miller first down for heath gate at 25 just shy of the 45. that's what michael vick does he loves play-action passes off of a strong running game pressure off the left side vic eludes it to his left and makes a beautiful throw to heath miller antonio brown clears it out deep and heath miller continues to be one of the best unheralded tight ends in football officially a gain of 26 vic goes to the top of the screen here john a little wildcat look direct snap delay beyond bell who puts it in the belly of d'angelo williams he makes a cut back and gains a couple of yards wildcat you're going to see those types of plays with vic but i like the fact that michael's had a full week to get oriented in this pittsburgh offense watch him read it off the wristband formations shifts motions protections calling plays clearly getting everyone organized is a real challenge he's been on the west coast offense for 10 years this is foreign territory learning todd haley's stuff [Applause] right back to that same look the wildcat with bell across midfield and to the 48-yard line john when you get a thursday game extra time to prepare you can put in wrinkles like that and run some wildcats you can do anything you want with le'veon bell le'veon bell jumps into the wildcat todd haley very creative and you have to give him credit for adjusting the steeler offense dramatically given the injury to ben roethlisberger marcus wheaton top of the screen brown in the slot third and three and vic taking a deep shot towards brown well covered and incomplete step for step jason barrett is there the steelers get a 25-yard gain which they hadn't had in two games but can't do anything with it well this san diego's secondary has been injured it's good to see verret number 22 last year's number one pick on the field stepping up and making those kinds of plays huge stop for the charger defense first year punter jordan berry to kick it jacoby jones finally healthy for the chargers back deep to make the fair catch just outside the 15-yard line it's only 33 it's all net and philip rivers will get on the field and take over for the chargers in a moment that's where san diego began once the heart of san diego still a vibrant celebration of california's past [Applause] first time for rivers and the chargers begin at their own 60. [Applause] protected underneath welcome back antonio gates in a nearly 10 i love it been out for four weeks he's active throwing the ball right away get him in this game antonio gates one of the great stories in pro football history no football background he's looking for his 100th touchdown reception tonight i hope he gets it [Applause] a snap first down rivers gates again first down again gains of 12 after a gain of 10. using a lot of empty backfield sets and trying to get antonio gates against these steeler linebackers and safeties tom brady had great success in the opening game with these no back formations and philip rivers is all over that board [Applause] passes along personal messages to so many players along the way right out of his hands quickly swinging that wood head to the 40. woodhead midfield danny woodhead number 40 and down to the 32-yard line with a flag at the back end oh if it stands up a big game 31. you better be real careful blitz and phillip rivers [Applause] perhaps a trip downfield on the back end of this play pete morelli is our referee personal foul grabbing the face mask number 31 defense 15-yard penalty automatic first down they're gonna cockroap for the face mask and it'll take it inside the red zone well you see the blitz coming right up the middle two linebackers rivers sees it safety off the edge he kicks the ball on the edge and danny woodhead coming off a career game last week against cleveland follows this up with a huge play you see the face mask first down so cockrell who had a couple of takeaways in that baltimore game you're gonna find him keep the steelers on their skates you see that blitz and rivers able to handle it as well as anybody in the league the start of the season a good power running by melvin gordon john the first round pick 15th overall out of wisconsin has him down to 12. i love him at wisconsin he's in a totally different offense he's in a single back set running a lot of draws and trap plays this is a pass first offense he struggled to find his rhythm but he's going to be a great pro down out of the pistol [Applause] he had an edge about him coming in here he was not happy being suspended for four games and he has a lot to prove and man has he proven it ruffles phillip rivers saw it the whole way he audibles to this pattern and he gets gates on a corner route against will allen another blitz by pittsburgh and ak dearly 73 times gates and pay dirt with phillip rivers what a combination it's been antonio gates ninth player nfl history to catch 100 touchdowns josh lambeau for the extra point [Applause] and it's good [Music] four game with the suspension for violating the leagues performance enhancing drug policy dying to get back on the field comes back with a milestone touchdown catch number 100 [Music] nine players have caught 100 touchdowns antonio gates becomes the second tight end on that list as we showed you at the top jerry rice 97 away with 197. look at the gap moss t.o chris carter marvin harrison gonzalez the other tight end and now it's brown off the foot of lambo and they have done it as you mentioned john 73 times more than any quarterback to tight end rivers to gates that one in the record books that first pittsburgh drive they have that 25-yard gain to heath miller ran a couple of wildcat plays only picked up one first down their second drive like the first begins at their own 20. d'angelo williams in there to start this drop as todd haley told us last night using him a little bit more williams gains five yards here's lisa salters well mike as you know d'angelo williams lost his mother to breast cancer last year and he said he went to the nfl earlier this season and asked if there was a way that he could wear pink throughout the season not just in the month of october he wasn't able to do that but what he did do is he decided to streak his hair pink he said breast cancer awareness is not just about october for me it's not just a month it's a lifestyle it's about getting women to recognize to get tested he said if i can help save lives it would mean that my mother didn't go in vain and certainly made an impact vic gets hit there and that is through the fumble on the field now ruled incomplete pete morelli the referee threw his bean bag which would indicate a fumble but then the official on the far side ruled incomplete melvin ingram came in and made the big hit melvin ingram number 54 all over the field last week against cleveland punishes michael vick they are going to test vic tonight with blitzes defensive coordinator john pagano knows vic has a history of taking a lot of sex and he's going to find out how much vic knows about this protection system by blitzing them let's see clearly incomplete vic's hand was on the ball as well coming forward and they need to take a timeout here with the play clock running down the communication is going to be interesting to watch here throughout john we hit it on hit on it earlier only seven weeks in camp and antonio brown the great receiver for the steelers the conversation that todd haley had right away after the roethlisberger injury how many throws have you had with mike vick he said so there's a whole getting used to it a very short period of time there's no ltas in the spring no training camp so you missed that extra time you missed the left-handed spin i mean you got to get the jugs machine straightened out so you can catch enough passes and get that left-handed spin but michael vick when he gets in the huddle as a quarterback you need to call the play as you see it right and right now vic is learning a whole new language formations motions ships this is uncommon for him he had like you said very little preparation and background in this style of football he was sitting home and he was shocked that he was sitting at home and no one called him in april may to get a backup or a veteran backup and then once the steelers have the injury to bruce grankowski they weren't comfortable with landry jones their backup moving to that number two role they went to vic who gives it to bell and le'veon bell on third and five gets about eight carries eric weddle has that first down marker they like bell deep in this eye formation they're gonna toss the ball present the illusion that he's running an outside play but watch the patience he has his setup his blocks and he takes eric weddle with him for the first down 215 pounds he's down to mike that's that's unbelievable he was 240 at michigan state down to 225 last year that speed there tightens up that frame even more now heath miller over the block again heath miller threw a great block and bell is going to be limited in the game to a couple of yards and taito with the tackle we talk about antonio gates and the great receiving numbers that he has heath miller is a huge part of this steeler running game and i know this doesn't show up on the stats but they put him off the ball in these bunch formations and he knocks people down repeatedly what a pro football player he is he can do it all that's back-to-back plays he's throwing key blocks he had the block to springville for the first down run a moment ago second to nine right back to bell similar look and john they see some of his patience as he runs for only a couple of yards san diego gave him nowhere to go that's a charger defense that's given up pretty decent number of points here 27 and a half per game up front reyes moore and legion the four linebackers already called the ingram in a touchy on the side mateo now taking over the signal calling on the defense maturing into that role that eric weddle had he's the one who keeps everyone organized in the back when the steelers go three wide patrick robinson joins the group as the nickel they're there right now and sammy coats is that third receiver bottom of your street third and six vic runs away from ingram and emmanuel tries to stay in bounds but is pushed out by daryl stuckey as they went with a sixth db and it will be fourth down just melvin ingram they use him creatively in third down situations they use him as a linebacker off the ball and he has the speed the x running back from south carolina to go get you and you have to be impressed with verret down the field against antonio brown mike one-on-one coverage with no help nice work they'll be officially credited as a sack 42 on the kick fair caught by jacoby jones at the 24 yard line each pittsburgh drive one first down phillips river's first drive is touchdown drive two in a minute [Music] think of san diego you think all the time at the beach enjoy the sun kick back now it's been some hard work that philip rivers has put in here consecutive starts by quarterbacks in nfl history brett favre set the standard of 297 peyton manning's run into the 208 last night with that great come from behind drive in the fourth quarter eli manning got it to 172 and fourth on the all-time list is rivers tonight it is start 149 for phillip setting a franchise record four consecutive starts and john's been with a lot of different guys up front protecting him no doubt i mean three new starters in that offensive line tonight but i love this offense it's recognizable nfl concepts five and seven step drops san diego attacks you vertically not just horizontally like you see a lot today but so much of it is because of rivers [Applause] or his 12th year in the league his rookie running back gordon gains a yard sean spence who's in again for ryan chazier is inactive at linebacker with the tackle the san diego offensive line makes it hard to do a lot of the things you want to do no huddle offense audibling at the line of scrimmage hairston wiggins new players playing critical positions on that left side they're going to have their hands full with the experienced rivers and deciphering these audibles play action on second down rivers has time and complete darius green on that sideline with a flag down number 75 offense 10 yard penalty remains second down that's the left tackle chris harrison he's one of those players you talked about that left side of the offensive line that changed king dunlop out with a concussion so the guys just see a left tackle left guard center towards the bottom harrison wiggins and robinson they were new last week this is their second consecutive start together as a unit and you've already heard from gordon woodhead up at the top keenan allen's off to a terrific start 33 catches on the season and the two tight end look with gates and green who have the catch there that's called back for the hole green and gates are not your normal everyday tight end they're more like big wide outs than tight ends penalty makes it second in 19. [Applause] off in time and against the four-man rush take it down to gordon and he is wrapped up will allen veteran willow 12 years in the league already for will allen pulled him down by the leg former buccaneer mike that's one of my old draft picks let's hope he's okay troy polo model the longtime steeler obviously retired and will allen has taken his place and that is not a good sign cortez allen the corner out with the knee so the veteran will allen comes hopping over to the sideline robert golden 21 checks in at safety this third and 18. check down danny woodhead long way to go not going to get there laurence timmons who's played a little outside linebacker settled in it inside linebacker answers the bell most days of the steelers makes the tackle that's the font to it mike he's had a lot of production sacking the quarterback he leads the steelers but the effort that this big man plays with is uncommon every down he chases the ball at full speed 95 degrees tonight it'll be interesting to see how the heat takes its toll antonio brown is back mike cyprus has struggled with the punt so far this year it's a beauty brown from the 20. it's gonna be a hole they got antoine blake 41 as he was tied up with the coverage man and it's going to push him back after a nice 54-yard kick from the veteran cyphers during the return holding number 41 of the receiving team 10 yard penalty first down and timeout pittsburgh will start inside its own 20. see if bell can get the steelers down the field there's big ben talked to mr roethlisberger before two weeks ago yesterday he was injured in st louis in that game he jogged off the practice field thursday that was news in pittsburgh here he was throwing a little bit before the game he's never worn a brace on his knee so he's trying to get comfortable with that he didn't do a heck of a lot he really would love he's dying to play on sunday against arizona that's bruce aryan's coach team bruce was such a great connection with ben when he was the offensive coordinator with the steelers that's going to be a big ask for that maybe in a couple of weeks against kansas city the game after that is cincinnati mike tomlin telling us last night we're not there yet we're not asking the doctors for a daily update next week we get back to pittsburgh we'll hone in on the timetable that was originally four to six weeks and we're two weeks through that here tonight so roethlisberger healthy trying to aid michael vick and what he sees le'veon bell sees a whole bunch of bolts chargers with a stop at a loss of two yards screen pass high percentage throws and san diego was waiting on that one number 37 a dive safety man is going to make the play here you're going to see the screen come across the formation a lot of bolts flying to the football good pursuit tail linebacking poor here four of the chargers deangelo williams in second and 12. it'll be a run with deangelo williams up the middle he'll get to the 18-yard line so it'll be a gain of about seven yards take a look at this third down coming up a lot of perimeter defensive backs on the field left guard ramon foster almost stands up staring at michael vick so the center number 70 cody wallace can make all the declarations what 73 is going to stand up turn around and let michael vick tell him when to snap the ball every down they taps the center it's let's go time vic on the crossroads complete there's brown with a lot of space antonio brown into charging territories he'll be marked out of bounds at the 43-yard line big gain on third down that would be upsetting if i were the coach of the chargers you blow a coverage on a simple shallow cross to antonio brown you see the brush off barrett got picked on the play levels of defense if you're on the same level there's a good chance you get picked off and that's a nicely executed crossing route by antonio brown 39 yarder and it was right near the top of the yardage category again receiving as we wrap up week five deangelo williams the back [Applause] puts his head down and he gains three yards john le'veon bell was on the field so much last year for san diego for pittsburgh you wonder do you want to keep them out there all the time of course you do but with what deangelo williams showed when bell was suspended the first couple of games todd haley wants to make sure he gets both involved in the offense how would you like to have d'angelo williams all-time leading rusher of the carolina panthers as a backup i give pittsburgh credit michael vick as a backup first round pick darius hayward bay top 10 pick they've got a lot of former number one picks paying huge dividends hayward bay's the motion man tells the lone back they protect it looking towards brown and it is nearly intercepted as the flag is down as well those are the two flags down there's a little bit of the communication with the quarterback and the receiver and that scramble holding number 26 offense 10 yard penalty remains second down that's a bad play by michael vick they're lucky that was not intercepted in return for a touchdown vic late with this throw he telegraphed it and that ball should have been intercepted there's barrett doing an excellent job he knows he should have had that pick see brown was kind of turning and moved up field a little bit and wicked thrown so often to see roethlisberger get out of the pocket extend plays and make plays not happening there mantio injured came out on that play second and 17 bell on the street it's the 41-yard will be a line of nine as we wind down this first quarter and denzel perryman number 52 is going to have his hands full payout was wearing that green dot to get the communication from the sidelines it'll be interesting to see who's wearing that communication device now for the chargers tough spot for perryman who's out of the game now in this sub package a couple of members of the athletic training staff team doctor looking at tayo seated on the san diego bench third and eight need to get to the 33. four in the pattern for vic and the throw is incomplete looking for brown and one more time jason veretz all over he's a heck of a player he's just had some injury problems last year he missed time this year he missed time but when he's on the field he's a big time player that's an excellent job against one of the top receivers in football barrett been impressive in this first quarter first round pick couple years ago out of tcu so another drive with a first down and kick it away for pittsburgh jordan berry sends a tumblr down jacoby joe's caught it at the 10. he said wait a minute chamarco thomas tried to catch it along with me and that's going to be a flag that's going to be a big mistake that'll give you 15. [Applause] pete morelli referee fair catch interference number 29 the kicking team 15-yard penalty automatic first down [Applause] we're going to be back in the 10 now it's at the 25. i don't have to mention that he's from syracuse do i no i won't next week monday night football we're back on the east coast and we'll have the giants and the eagles what a rally for the giants against san francisco irritating fourth quarter last night philly got the offense rolling against the sinks so both teams come in feeling good off the victory we'll see eli will see marco will see chip kelly all the eagles tom coughlin the giants philadelphia next stop monday night football 8 15 eastern countdown begins at 6 eastern time conversation continuing here with not just mike vick landry jones to the quarterbacks also the official says will allen is walked to the steeler locker room we hear that will allen is out for the game left ankle injury will allen out for the steelers that's a secondary doesn't need that john especially when rivers wants to spread them and throw it all over the ballpark they have a lot of unknowns out there in their secondary number 41 antoine blake number 31 ross cockrell not a lot of experience in pro football in this steeler [Applause] secondary hey third drive for the chargers as we wrap up this first quarter [Applause] rivers will just spit it out quickly to gordon who is wrapped up and antoine blake held on long enough for the rest of his guys to come and make the stop nothing gained there after a quarter rivers to gates the story 7-0 san diego espn celebrating the legacy of monday night football [Music] every time we come here why don't we live here what are we missing out about i don't know it's great we're complaining because it's 90 degrees and sunny we're not complaining it sounded like it mike no no no sometimes there are reasons sometimes they're excuses that's all like to rico john gruden lisa salters jerry austin our super bowl referee up here in the booth on the hand to gordon it is three yards on the run for melvin we have a flag down [Applause] five penalties in the first quarter for pittsburgh holding number 79 offense 10 yard penalty still second down john we talk about gordon going 15th overall in the 2015 draft terrific running back out of wisconsin chargers moved up to get him those measurables terrific the 4-5 speed we saw what he did that day against nebraska 408 yards ladainian tomlinson charger great had the record for the most running yards in a game fbs record and gordon broke that record and he had it for all of one week and then samashi piran of oklahoma ran for 427 against kansas the very next week but still great productivity second in the heisman demarcus mariota second 21 areas out of the backfield it shows some of that still fighting for yard's job you have to do much of that at wisconsin well if he can become a big part of the passing game with his running ability he's got a chance to be an excellent pro just a little check down over the ball and good decisive north south running from gordon this is a whole new ball game i really don't think they have the components to feature melvin gordon right now they don't have a blocking tight end they don't have a true fullback this time will come [Applause] gordon out rivers eight of eight thus far rivers protected throws it downfield incomplete dontrell inman the second year receiver out of virginia speeding and streaking across the field beyond the play we have some pushing and shoving gates was involved that breaks up now much rivers in the pocket he throws the ball down the field 45 yards with people draped around his body his pocket fundamentals are amazing penalties have killed san diego in the last two possessions mike mitchell the steelers is so lucky he just only gets back to the 20 six on the take back pittsburgh has not had good field position cyphers helping that 46 yards of net on that last kick [Music] well we come to town on monday night we celebrate local football go peewee football get some mira mason the mira mesa chargers eight of them have been playing on this team for about five years now chance to see these guys start to live their dream little bolts on their helmets as well and they are at the game tonight enjoying the game and they got to play director on monday night football huh look at these guys [Music] john mark stewart our mvp back in the replay area teaching these guys how to go back and show the highlights of your power running they're even punching some graphics what is he typing chargers are the best chargers are the best not bad huh great experience love young kids and a great experience monday night football to get the type in all that stuff love it dan loeffy is the coach the mira mesa charger peewee u11 under 11 team hanging out with us here on monday night football tonight great to have you guys with us [Applause] so many great players have come out of this san diego area over the years from 21. bell's got nowhere to go to fight back to just lose two yards on that one so it'll be second down and 12. they're gonna have to throw the ball on first down to loosen up this charger defense san diego came in here struggling against the run so far they've done a nice job crowding the line of scrimmage with eric weddle both of these safeties have been impacts around the football vic's going to have to throw the ball but here they go on the wildcat again anti-tayo is back in the game john we watched his injury via replay didn't think we'd see him back in if he got bent backwards again in his belt the wildcats snap to the 25-yard line it'll be third and six coming up we mentioned earlier that prior drive former notre damert second round pick in 2013 was injured there he is 50 as he was tackling deangelo williams john has had a history of ankle problems well he's missed 21 games in two years that's a huge sigh of relief getting ko back on the field they're signal calling that was eric weddle's job and almost always in the nfl it's a linebacker who takes the remote control radio headset play call from the sideline and delivers it that's a pass delivered by vince but marcus wheaton can't hang on it's incomplete and you can see todd haley punching his fist and his teeth a little frustration they're not tied in right now well it's timing mike you throw a timing route to the outside it has to be a three-step drop throw it off the plant the footwork the depth of the route everything has to be exact and the timing of this steeler pass offense is way off and it probably should be vic's only been here for seven weeks four possessions four punks this is a jordan berry kick and a long one here comes jacoby jones from the 19. shamarco thomas tries to make up for that penalty earlier with the tackle but as you see in screen another flag down seems like every special teams play we have a penalty mike a lot of flags out there they're still throwing them [Applause] 56-yard kick by barry see where it ends up the stuff on antonio brown all the routes he's used to running all the pre-snap communication with ben roethlisberger been non-existent so far all right conference over there two fouls on the play by the receiving team illegal block in the back number 41 that penalty will be defined personal foul blocking while out of bounds number 41 that penalty be accepted 15 yards first down in timeout pushing back inside the 20 a lot of fields for philip rivers got off to a hot start only missed one [Music] [Laughter] i like that i like things a little harder than that though a little more juice a little rock and roll but it is good i like that is that a flute uh pamphlet zomfield was the master of the pan flute back in the day chargers taking over inside their own tent here's gordon hard run couple of yards for melvin gordon robert golden made the tackle golden very little defensive snaps thus far this year it's hard to get this running game going they don't have a natural fullback you're gonna see gordon off to the right side right here and there's just not much there he's not used to running one-back runs every play all the wisconsin stuff fullback leading the way [Applause] rivers updates four or five guys on the field and then flag was thrown and gordon went to the wrong spot full start 75 offense five yard penalty remains second down chris harrison again his flag mike it's this offensive line harrison's a backup that's his second penalty of the night we've already seen another penalty called three penalties on the offensive line and it's killing them they're putting themselves way behind in a down a distance and you got to be perfect when you got to go 90 yards every single series you see that stat there dj fluke is 76 the right guard is the only first rounder taken in terms of offensive lineman in 29 years for the charges rivers out of his own enzo fires in traffic allen was looking for the flag on cockroach and did not get it cameron haywood brought the plush pressure for the steelers i like cockrell it's going to be a hook route by keenan allen the chargers leading receiver cockrell showed up and wanted antonio brown on the practice field every day and he really got in good favor with mike tomlin and keith butler the defensive coordinator a young kid with a lot of confidence doing some good things the contact there did not draw the flag it's third and 13. dealers bring four it's a woodhead shutdown steelers rally to the ball and stop a fiat shot and it's a good job by bug dupreeh started pass rushing runs back to make the tackle bud dupree mike when he went to the combine and worked out he worked himself into a first round draft choice vertical leap 40 yard dash at 275 pounds he has prototype sizing flag down for the block in the back is brown takes it into charge of territory but with two markers throw well jordan todd in number 30 with an obvious block in the back and this is ridiculous all of the penalties on special teams that's four already three on pittsburgh mike tomlin can't be happy watch todd in the numbers dirty push block in the back number 30 of the receiving team 10 yard penalty first down and timeout there'll be roster changes if these penalties on special themes continue does that guy doesn't need much room [Music] san diego you're inside qualcomm stadium and coverage tonight from spydercam is brought to you by directv [Music] got to open it up on early downs if i'm pittsburgh four drives four punts for the steelers is their best starting position of the night nick underneath antonio brown gain of a yard the tackle it appears every time pittsburgh throws antonio brown is the primary target and san diego knows it another shallow cross this time it's zone coverage and san diego chargers are waiting on antonio brown nice work by teo [Applause] john eight first down snaps to the steelers that one gained two officially they're only averaging a yard a play on first down so they need to get a little bit going earlier in these drives le'veon bell on the run he'll get a first down as he is tripped up by verret at the 34-yard line they love to run this counter play start one way come back the other and use de castro pulling and heath miller at the point of attack and let le'veon bell do the rest he loves that counter play and he is electrifying with the ball he can run it he can catch it his production in the last eight regular season games is amazing to me hey roosevelt mix in there fullback has only played 20 snaps of offense so far makes the first year man out of kent state [Applause] 34 he leads again bell runs off that little priest to get to the 38-yard line le'veon bell you mentioned johnny comes in a couple of years ago from michigan state it's his third season antonio brown from an hour away from michigan state in central michigan boy have they had a great impact bell since 2014 updated now he leads the nfl in yards last year in this total yards catching it and running it from scrimmage antonio brown same impact leading the nfl receiving yards over the last two years they really are the killer bees with ben and belle and brown and trying to fill in that roethlisberger component with vic for these couple of games third straight carry three great moves on that run and that's all le'veon bell right there first down pittsburgh i mean le'veon bell this counter play they change the formation repeatedly and just let it come to life watch the hesitation right there in the hole he bounces up to the outside no i'm going to cut it back and what's the impact and the fight in le'veon bell to get the first down not only that mike you can line him up at wide receiver he can run any route you can draw up this is the most complete personal back in the game are we in your office now you got a click or two sorry about that a little excited you got enough toys here huh bell again see that crease press the hole popped it outside beautiful jump cut inside spectacular runner le'veon bell first down steelers we talked to mike timer last night he says we're going to ring the bell tonight and that's four straight runs and i'd be surprised if bell comes off the field he never gets tired this is a zone play they're running to their left an offensive line coach mike munchek one of the best scheme coaches in football is doing his part as well nobody got the sense you know what enough we tried all this stuff go to bell go to belgium throw a fullback in there and just pound it let our best guy be at his best fifth straight carry san diego figured it out ingram with a terrific play melvin ingram the first round out of south carolina well to me mike vick needs to see this eric weddle is almost offside he's a safety man weddle's in the box it's about as congested a look as you can get that's where you need the cornerback to audible to antonio brown obviously not but you've got to take advantage of looks like that if if bell can command that kind of a look you have to take advantage of it and throw it charger injury on the far side patrick robinson they're nickel they shake it up so the charger trading staff over there to look at him as they do that will step out 609 left steelers on the move with bell trying to tie the game john we're just talking and break ben roethlisberger that may have been a different scenario on that play oh it would have been ralph burger would have seen this loaded box and he sees one-on-one coverage he would have looked out to antonio brown and given him one of those pittsburgh steeler hand signals that nobody sees or hears they miss the nonverbal communication in the audible to rogers burger wildcat again bell got hit in the face by williams as he was coming by that slowed it down and donald butler finished it off so another big loss back-to-back losses on running plays bell's a great back but you have to do more than just run belt every time they get into this wildcat formation san diego is crowding the box with as many chargers as they have here's williams as he's coming by it changes the mesh point when you elbow the guy in the face mask bell has lost five and four of these back-to-back carries setting up third and 19. steelers trying to stay in field goal range which has been shaky for them they get it to bell one more time and bell takes it to the 29-yard line and now the shaky part of the steelers season which is kicking field goals i think you know the tail sean sweesham was injured in the hall of fame game garrett hartley was injured in pre-season game three josh scobee missed two field goals at the end in key spots last week so he was released we introduced you to chris boswell the fourth kicker mike tomlins had but we're not even to the middle of october i've been through this myself mike that's why we drafted janikowski in the first round for crying out loud they need this to go through the uprights first nfl field goal attempt from 47. chris boswell here's the cheers of the steeler fans mike tyler loves that never thought they'd get so excited by a 47-yard field goal tonight on espn so boswell's debut it's a good field goal now his first chance to kick off and we want to check the depth of the kickoffs and that was all the way back to kobe jones had his foot on the white line he's upset that pete morelli puts a touch back phillip rivers a lot of offensive linemen there were some familiar names like mcneil and dealman early on but then once those guys started getting hurt john 2011. a lot of hello my name is stickers were needed for rivers there were guys in like a turnstile it was like an amusement park ride that wiggins is in here now here are the numbers since 2011 68 games 29 different offensive linemen have started for the chargers that's the most of any team in the nfl going back to the start of 2011. yeah they've only drafted one man in the first round in 29 years and that's dj fluker the right guard they have not drafted a lot of high profile alignment either and chris harrison's left tackle hurt his ankle so barksdale has moved from right tackle to left tackle as that run for gordon gains only a couple of yards so this offensive line that was intact from last week to this now has a significant change with the left left tackle being hurt you have to throw barksdale over there who's been by trade a right tackle with the rams in the last couple of years it's hard the stance is different you're blocking different people the calls are different this is hard on barksdale and it's really hard on phillip rivers how would you like to drop back the pass with a bunch of men you don't know yeah they've had to move the whole left side around wiggins the left guard has moved to right tackle chris watt the center to start the season is playing left guard this is exactly what it's been like for years for rivers and he's in trouble the call of the day is dragged down jarvis jones out of georgia with a set well keith butler the defensive coordinator let's see what barksdale knows about being a left tackle by bringing a blitz you're going to see the blitz come at the top of the screen parksdale is late getting out there rivers has to step up right into the push and that's the first sack for jarvis jones keith butler how would you like to succeed dick lebeau those are some huge shoes to fill but butler's experience really showed last night when we sat down and talked with him mike he's been around here for a long time as the linebacker coach he lebeau were really good friends now he replaces him third and 15. look at the push right into rivers he can't get his whole arm in that it's like a punch but it is caught like gates now and hit the ground so it's incomplete gates got right to it but could not secure the catch but the whole reason that was a pop fly is because of the push in his face he can't set his feet gates tries to come back and make a reception paul clearly hit the ground i think and then push back down to the ground by his chest but watch rivers you have to be able to set your feet a little bit to get the ball down the field in this vertical pass offense when your center gets planted in your lap no chance cypher's kick is 54. here's brown from the 30. another penalty on the block number 88 darius hayward bay is holding i can see these penalties from the beach mike it's unbelievable look at hayward bay grabs during the return holding number 88 of the receiving team 10-yard penalty first down got a back-up quarterback he likes some field position but four special teams penalties is ridiculous got a hold of brandon oliver there's every punt so vic back on the field defense getting the job done for mike tomlin four three and outs in a row for the san diego offense i was on the field talking to mike before the game and he wanted to wish a happy birthday to his daughter jada who's at home watching tonight before she went to bed at halftime the jd dad's thinking of you wish you a happy birthday mike really got used to not being in a camp not in the otas being around his daughters being around his family doing a lot of the dad things but then the call came and he was wondering why he wasn't getting the call to show up in anybody's camp and be a veteran back up now this opportunity trying to save a few here to roethlisberger's back play pass checking it down to bell good job in space by mantio that's great by teo that was one of the concerns i had for the chargers pass defense was their underneath coverage tackling le'veon bell in one-on-one situations but watch teow read this check down and make a beautiful one-on-one tackle against a premier back in space hard to do we're watching tape separately in our homes and i texted you this week about teo and in space couple guys have beaten him it was a heck of a play against as good back as you find in the league he's got seven tackles mantis so far we hit the two minute warning here in san diego [Music] we've had a trade involving michael vick the san diego chargers and atlanta falcons swap the number one pick of the draft with the first selection in the 2001 nfl draft the atlanta falcons select michael vick yeah i always started throughout the entire process that i was going to be in charge but you know the trade was made hopefully everything would go good for them [Music] have an interesting story with vicky go back to 2001 after refreshing memory mike riley was the coach the late john butler was the gm here they dissected vic and decided this is where we wanted to go that was the time john where he went negotiated before the team was on the clock back on thursday wednesday of that week to try to get him all signed in the fold and then as it was going on they just didn't feel like the deal was going to get done so they make the deal with atlanta vic goes down there has the success we know about the issues with the dog fighting the incarceration resurfaces in philadelphia then with the jets and now here he is as a backup at 35 in pittsburgh but he was almost a charger we mentioned that to him last night he said yeah really felt that was gonna happen now he's back trying to beat them a decade and a half later this is second to nine in that two-minute drill now it's bell great move and another one le'veon bell moving down field at midfield and it's a charger territory bumped out at the 41-yard line this guy's unbelievable i mean pittsburgh is not trying to get into an up-tempo two-minute drill they're trying to go to the locker room by running the ball watch le'veon bell in the one-on-one situations you kidding me how many guys can put their foot in the ground and burst across the field like le'veon bell what a beautiful job with that stiff arm on the sideline and now pittsburgh is in business 29 snaps 18 of them have involved bell you see he has totaled 105 yards on those 18 touches he gets a break d'angelo williams in and 49 to go on the run it's williams and he gets inside the 40-38 clock continuing to run and stop now at 143 as the steelers will take a timeout one to go and after we hit the half we sent it to chris berman toyota halftime is coming up boomer's got a lot on the plate there here he'll take us back his final drive charles woodson had some big moments brady still terrific adam and mort with the insider update there is a lot going on both usc southern california and south carolina head coaching news and unfortunate news on jamal charles one of our favorites john uh with the knee injury yesterday with the latest on that coming up on the toyota halftime this awful let's hope for the best with jamal charles and mike vick in the two-minute drill they have not asked him to do much let's see if they let him air a couple out bill is back in it's the 32nd play the steelers have run tonight on second and seven vic looking for bell and that pass is incomplete bell made a great move to get open he completely faked out melvin ingram but the pass was incomplete we'll have third down coming up you sense the struggles that todd haley has calling the right play does michael vick like the play does he have a full understanding of the play does he know how to audible out of the play if he gets a bad look it's hard business when you've had a relationship with your starting quarterback for seven weeks gotta hurry [Applause] off in time no flag thrown vic cannot get out of the rush and it's a sack by corey legit and likely out of field goal range with it back at the 41 yard line legit's first sack he's led the chargers the last two season he's an excellent inside pass rusher here they put him against cody wallace a back up center you bring a blitz to get him a one on one and he delivers and that's huge because it knocks pittsburgh out of field goal range i do believe you're back at the 41 from here it would be 58 yards this young kicker very unlikely chris boswell looked good on the first one san diego taking the time out to preserve their opportunity try to get it down the field vic and passing it's not been a strength second lowest derek anderson at the lowest career completion percentage the guys who've thrown it a thousand times only once over the 60 threshold that was come back season philly in 2010 they sacked a lot once every 11 times he goes back to pass that's right up there for the guys who've thrown it as often as he has so we know he has not been about passing over the years as that punt is fair caught at the seven by jacoby jones with a minute 26 left interesting to see what san diego does with 126 left phillip rivers thrives in the two-minute drill he has a lot of back-up linemen four men playing positions they weren't supposed to play when the training camp started john you go back to the start of this game he had the opening drive five plays in 84 yards for the touchdowns and since then four straight three and outs penalties and still the reconfigured offensive line will try to start the drive with a woodhead run it won't go anywhere and the clock will continue to run with a minute 20 to go gotta be alert for a screen pass if you're pittsburgh i expect san diego to be thinking high percentage throws in this field position offensive coordinator frank reich sends the play in gates underneath the tackle the 13-yard line by sean spence steelers sitting on their final timeout let's see who will take this one pittsburgh took it like tom will try to force him to punt you have antonio brown who knows maybe you'll get a punt without a flag and give yourself a chance for a play or two here before the end of the half i think he wants to unleash his pass rush he's got james harrison 37 year old pass rusher out there against joe barksdale remember king dunlap is supposed to be the left tackle he's out tonight the backup chris harrison is hurt so this is the third string left tackle joe barksdale mike tomlin would love to see rivers drop back to pass and give his pass rushers a chance to create an impact play [Applause] cameron hayward has played so many snaps this year really emerging as a leader on his defense in his fifth year number 97 walk the guard back to the quarterback rivers last passing down here he's doing it again rivers steps in and completes on the cross it is keenan allen who's got a first down and san diego takes a timeout with 49 seconds to go first time we've called the name of keenan allen allen's caught a lot of passes had a huge game against detroit in the season opener and when philip rivers gets hot man does he get hot he hit 20 in a row to end the lions day here but they are really struggling to pass protect and run the football and penalties have hurt him let's see if he can drop back to pass and air one out [Applause] very much in rivers effusive bubbly personality the task he has right now you got to make sure everybody's on the same page with a lot of specific notes being delivered to guys make sure you're doing this hey we need you here for this [Applause] 21. woodhead got the block woodhead cannot get to the sideline he's down at the 38-yard line sean spence the tackle i really like danny woodhead mike darin sproles left and this offense wasn't the same woodhead has given him that element out of the backfield gate of 16 28 seconds a timeout left rivers the out is complete knee down ball held on to by floyd and malcolm has a first down in steeler territory at the 48-yard line anticipation he throws this ball way before malcolm floyd is even out of his break that's years of practice beautiful thing another 15 yards to give lambeau a legitimate shot he was kicking him from mid-50s in warm-ups the san diego plays kicker [Applause] 23 seconds left middle of the field still available there's the cross it's allen keenan allen fighting for the first down cockroach trying to rip the ball he's down at the 40. and you have to use it here with 12 seconds yeah you got to take that timeout it would be hard to get it spike it and then be in a situation in a fourth down i like danny woodhead he is the smallest back in the league but he plays big and i'm sensitive about that my son's a young running back i love seeing these backs come in here and pick up blitzes watch danny woodhead against these inside linebacker blitzes he comes across the formation for lawrence timmons i give the kid a lot of credit nobody wanted him undrafted not invited to the combine he's made a lot of plays in the passing game for new england now san diego and he's a crowd favorite here second and one the balls of the 40s 14 seconds left out of timeouts from here a field goal is 58 yards if you'd like to get a little bit more rivers working the bunch formation to the top with gates at the bottom and they get a quick one to the bunch and out of bounds it's thrown ahead to woodhead he's made a great catch but he lost two yards that was red and smelled out by the veteran james harrison james harrison walked out on the slot and almost dared philip rivers to throw that predictable quick screen to stop the clock do you think any of those wide receivers want to block james harrison i know i don't [Applause] so you go backwards now and a field goal attempt from here would be 60 and everything still applies with the no timeouts and needing to get out of bounds try to work floyd and gates on this right side [Applause] in a minute now on the combo to the left they'll just bench in here it's fourth down with seven seconds left that pass rush came from golden they bring pressure from the secondary john to put the heat on they do a great job bringing these blitzes we talked about it in the pre-game warm-up here's golden filling in for will allen flying off the corner they roll coverage to the side of the blitz strange blitzes strange coverages credit to steelers staff with that call we're going to try it a 60-yard field goal attempt for lambeau made one from 58 warming up cyprus to hold here at the end of the hat wide left no good and the steelers are going to get snapped from midfield now with two seconds left so two seconds left pittsburgh has a one shot to the end zone and michael vick has plenty of arm to get it there [Applause] we've seen some crazy things happen on this play on monday night football mike that would have been by three a chargers record for longest field goals naked hit a 57-yarder franchise record eric weddle 19th career interceptions he knows what's coming it's going to be the hail mary hard play to officiate i used to tell our offensive players they never call pass interference on the last play of the first half so be aggressive playing the ball steelers line up with two to the left one to the right they do not san diego put in a malcolm floyd at 6'5 to play that free bet back at the goal line to knock the ball down vick will step up he'll launch it downfield full sprint and it is intercepted the goal line they went for hayward bay and the pick off comes easiest one jimmy wilson will get as we hit the hat rivers to gates the only touchdown of the first half san diego gets the ball to start the second half seven three charges as we said toyota chris all right michael thanks [Music] for steeler nation it is life without big ben act two trying to bounce back to the overtime loss to baltimore mike pick has not had many shining moments in that first half just 7 of 13 le'veon bell a career-high first half total of 89 rushing yards the only score came on the chargers opening drive it was the 100th in the career of antonio gates the ninth player in nfl history to catch and we get set from the third quarter here at san diego 7-3 chargers on top mike tarico john gruden we will hear from lisa salters in a second john when you talk about the numbers in the first half you see the 30 yards for the steelers in terms of advantage but the big numbers by your side two of eight on third downs six penalties for 70 yards chargers haven't kept it very much just 11 minutes and 50 seconds of time possession of the first half so things have to change both ways in the very big second half yeah san diego had a beautiful opening drive but since then there have been a lot of penalties and they've paid for it pittsburgh's just one dimensional they can't throw the ball in our draftkings third quarter reset shows us that job we'll take a look at it opening drive he sees the db coming off the slot he pulls the ball out of melvin gordon's chest and he throws a quick screen to danny woodhead for a huge play and it's another blitz by the steelers and phillip rivers audibles he gets his tight end antonio gates in a one-on-one situation against will allen it's a beautiful thing chris boswell's third quarter kick jacoby jones will catch desperate to bring one out as he's returned from an ankle injury cuts it to the left and gets across the 20-yard line for san diego phillip rivers to bring this offense back out that struggled with those three and outs really after the opening drive john could not get much done got down there for the 60-yard field goal attempt to end the half high completion percentage for what else is new for rivers great quarterback again penalties have been terrible and field position for san diego horrific this year they've got no return game from their special teams at all they're just five punt yards total in return in the first four games [Applause] they have not added to that in the first half of this one gordon begins the second half of the run to the right only gains a couple of yards and john you talked about this earlier hugely important game for these teams because they have undefeated teams denver in the west cincinnati in the north ahead of them you lose tonight you're three back after five weeks and all you can probably play for is a wild card set okay stay with him [Applause] second and seven still the reworked offensive line to start this third quarter there's gates complete across the 35 in the first down to the 37 antonio caught four balls in that first half so many subtle things that philip rivers does he's gonna look to the flat and he moved the coverage with his eyes and got antonio gates wide open watch him look to the right he freezes the flat defender and antonio gates with the first down hey make him punch punch buffalo [Applause] [Music] and the tackle made by antoine blake coming in at the 41-yard line melvin gordon two carries here to start the third quarter these plays are different the ball handling is different the depth is different shamarco thomas john in at safety one of the five db's for the steelers as that is the pull down tackle by moats arthur moats brings down gordon about a yard shot in the first down left third down not often you see melvin gordon get back to back carries and in a hurry up situation look for gordon again you go right to it gordon to the left gets the first down the ball comes out [Applause] and it's pittsburgh ball they jumped the ball quickly trying to catch pittsburgh on the field is a fumble and down by contact pittsburgh's ball first down yep that ball was hit out you can see sarah thomas first female official work regular season games in the nfl the line judge came in was right on that call as jarvis jones knocked it out and shamarco thomas comes up with a recovery [Applause] so it will be steeler ball at the 48-yard line [Music] not shot sharp in the first half john for mike vick they get it in good field position here to start the second no it has been a struggle and it all started with melvin ingram smashing michael vick early and then barrett up to the challenge in one on one against antonio brown he misses a timing pattern timing is not good then he's fooled by coverage been a struggle and in this first down situation after a sudden change i think it's a great time to take a shot [Applause] taking over the chargers 48. [Applause] of about three yards here's lisa salters yeah mike i was talking to mike tomlin about his his team struggles in that first half he said the problem was we just didn't convert when we got down into that what he called that field goal fringe area he said we had too many what he called red zone like punts he said that just took points off the board for us and we got to get over that hump that's what this team needs to do in trying to bridge the gap to roethlisberger's return bell carrying 15 times so far closing it on 100 yards he needs eight more able to take what could have been the negative yardage play and gain about three some of the four or five yard runs he makes are impressive that time corey legit shot a gap has a chance for a tackle for loss le'veon bell keeps pittsburgh in a third and manageable situation it's been all antonio brown on third down tonight [Applause] keep an eye on brown jason barrett number 22 has shadowed him all night third and fourth and they go right to bell chargers string it out and erase it corey legit contract extension of the off-season makes the play the fourth fourth down you set the edge you can't let the ball get outside you're going to see a deep exchange delay beyond belt good work at the point of attack by reyes number 91 and that was a strange play call on third down at five mike they're showing no confidence in mike vick throwing football chargers had a long way to run across the field there assistant coaches were trying to get them to come over quickly and not get caught with 12 on the field jordan berry's kick will be down inside the five ross ventrone got a hand on it at the four so a nice job by the first year kicker jordan berry it'll be 96 yards for phillip rivers and the chargers offense after the good work by special teams [Music] mission basilica san diego de alcala it's the oldest spanish mission in california founded in present-day san diego back in 1769 it's still active today so much history around this city share some of that with you here quiet offensive game both teams hand strung by personnel chargers start from their own four third drive starting inside their own tent rivers from the end zone gates right here the first down there [Applause] talk about pocket fundamentals not many quarterbacks can move in the pocket like phillip rivers and it's these awkward deliveries that are impressive talking fundamental two hands on the football two hands on the ball moving keeping your feet alive no fear in the pocket [Applause] just caught six he's coming down the block there is gordon who fumbles for the second time this year on that last drive is tackled by cameron hayward we enjoyed talking to the late ironhid hayward sun last night i love hayward you know he got paid he got a big contract and if you're a young defensive lineman you get paid if you have a lot of playing time hayward never comes off the field in any situation for this steeler defense he and stefan tuite have seen a lot of action this season for the first four games they're both rushing rivers pressure off the edge because dupree gets there and comes up with the sack the rookie first rounder out of kentucky it's tough on phillip rivers wiggins has had a penalty tonight now he's beaten badly by the rookie out of kentucky speed off the corner bud dupree melvin gordon needs to help that's a rookie mistake by gordon he needs to know i have to chip and give my back up right tackle some help that's why you talk about those fundamentals two hands on the ball there the three chopped on the arm you're sloppy in the pocket that balls out third and twelve wood head is the back river's just finding space to throw flag down and he just gets rid of it the san diego offensive line is in real trouble closing number 65 offense penalty will be defined fourth down that's why he's had injuries he's been in and out of the lineups you see it on the left side of the screen he's tackling cameron hayward pittsburgh should get it in good field position cyphers has hit some deep punts but they have not had a great hang time this one good hang time not as deep antonio brown catches the 47 yarder at the 41 well covered he is thrown down aggressively by kevel connor 4-7 on the hang time with that kick still good field position for pittsburgh they're on 41. 23rd coverage tonight from spydercam is brought to you by directv pittsburgh has got to take advantage of his field position like six of their eight drives have crossed midfield they have three points to show for it and great field position again drive start from the 42 a couple of tight ends to the left le'veon bell sitting on 95 yards vic looking for space and he's brought down as he tried to climb the pocket could not get the protection you can see right tackle marcus gilbert get deep to the inside quickly michael vick is beat off the spot a tauchu from georgia tech freaking havoc in the steeler backfield in matthews the ex-indianapolis colt with a big sec there ricardo matthews gets his fourth career sack for his first four years with the colts last couple here in san diego [Music] folks field to this roster with pm tom telesco who came from indianapolis heath miller on the tight end screen trying to get away from butler and he'll get most of the sack yardage back to set up third and 10. heath miller pass protects a lot and sometimes they tell heath miller to act like you're past protecting and will throw you a screen that positive play puts pittsburgh in third down and 10. keep an eye on number 97 a tauchu [Applause] hard man to block third down struggles pressure comes dell picks it up vic throws and it's almost intercepted jimmy wilson had a read on that ball darius hayward bay the intended receiver it's another three and out just too much going on on michael vick fix plate right now if i'm mike tomlin i might think about landry jones at least he's been in this program for a period of years this ball should be intercepted again it's the second time michael vick has thrown the ball right to a san diego charger [Applause] once he couldn't get it jones is the backup he has not appeared in nfl regular season game jordan berry for the seventh time tonight with a punt that's not his best kobe jones couldn't get to it and pays for it then throwing down to another one at the five 53 yards nothing but netting 95 this time for rivers to dealer both offenses not good um with current day usc is steve sarkeesian relieved of his duties as head coach and football program as they go through their issues go back to the days of sc's rise and then what happened after the championships tomorrow night ninth possession for the charges they have not started beyond their own 26. this one at their own five no place for gordon to go try to go out that back and get tackled at the seven whole line is in real trouble phillip rivers no chance two different centers tackles changing positions the center gets walked right into philip rivers lap [Music] right tackle wiggins beat by dupreeh tough to play quarterback tough to be a back when you just can't block no time to throw no time to take advantage of will out on the safety being out underneath road to green tight end to the 15-yard line it'll be a first down for san diego john's fourth year player out of louisiana lafayette did a nice job in the four-game absence of gates he sure did he's an excellent receiver and a vertical threat the man can run and antonio gates chomping at the bit jump into the no huddle for the 16 rivers quickly to keenan allen 21 to the 22-yard line for allen we got off to a great start this year 33 catches his first four that equal gates best start in a four-game stretch for the chargers to begin a season you see how quickly rivers is getting rid of the football [Applause] out of that pistol now and again he's got offensive line of the block for him and keenan allen gets it across the 40 to the 42-yard line and it's san diego's second first down gate of 20 there credit joe barksdale moving from right tackle to left tackle he starts inside he sells the cut off block and then he leads the screen on the edge beautiful thing and keenan allen you said it mike a lot of production early this hey season tiger kylie timer loves to be in complete control of that offense a couple of words tell everybody what to do and he just dumps that one because he saw everybody was covered helps pete morelli by saying i'm throwing for allen right there not grounded nice job by the steeler defense they know phillip rivers has to throw the ball quickly to help his offensive line that time they were waiting on that quick screen and his second and long screen down with danny woodhead in the backfield [Applause] for the first half down to the 43-yard line 14 on that sharky's looking good on this drop yards after the catch and antoine blake number 41 has to wrap up in this one-on-one situation akina allen continues to stay hot for this charger offense looks out of four and a half left in the third river's thinking deep thinking deep it was covered trying to get it to gordon but it was incomplete as he was covered phillip rivers loves that route he lights up like a christmas tree when he even talks about it deep square in offensive coordinator frank reich will call that concept three or four times a game and on second and ten steelers continue to show blitz frank wright terrific college career with maryland backed up jim kelly for so long buffalo authored some of the best comebacks in college in pro history gordon beautiful play by timmins credit sod made the tackle behind the line of scrimmage lost of a couple timmins dupree they run to the ball you see timmons number 94 the captain of this pittsburgh steelers defense he sheds a block they have a lot of depth at the outside linebacker position harrison at the top of the screen dupree at the bottom they're always fresh and they live for third and right [Applause] right right the third down noise all the steeler fans waving terrible towels in addition to trying to get loud rivers middle of the field is intercepted antoine blake blake's got space lake may go blake 30. one man down here for the chargers cut back blake in for the touchdown that's that pittsburgh steeler zone blitz and they rotate to the side of the blitz and they got phillip rivers just like they got joe flacco last week rivers did not like the route run by his primary receiver but the blitz is going to come at the bottom of the screen and coverage is going to rotate to the side of the blitz and malcolm floyd at the bottom of the screen he's got to come across flat if anything lose ground but don't gain ground out of that break antoine blake redeems himself after missing a tackle he's unheralded pittsburgh steeler corners have been magnificent blake number 41. next jacksonville jaguar came here as a special teams player what a play it was very fair with the ball there along the way too gets the touchdown and to add injury to the situation for san diego already through the offensive line joe barksdale was injured on the return good to see him get up barksdale started at right tackle move to left tackle with the injury to chris hairston but the steeler defense comes up with the score as i said before that third down john when you're at home you're expecting to have a quiet crowd to communicate in the rivers knew this coming in but so loud with the steeler fans making noise and they were up waving all their terrible towers as that play was going on and the return for the touchdown loud at our hotel these steelers fans are unbelievable they say they travel as well as any team in the league but man they love san diego just like you do mike gaslamp district was full of black and gold last night chris boswell for the extra point these have not been routine for pittsburgh sneaks that through the steelers take the lead on the 70-yard pick six by antoine blink stadium brings back memories i know for you pal hey super bowl 37 mark ortega you're one of your uh staff members there's with us that's my sub mike right there look at you man you you look great there mike terrific look i look so miserable i know you're going to come work with me at some point there who is this crazy guy they keep saying san diego is going to move i hope they stay at this stadium because this is my favorite stadium of all love coming back here though i sure do get the goosebumps driving in it seems like yesterday it really does it was an incredible day the big victory of the super bowl over the raiders team really coached before that at prior year going to tampa bay and getting those guys together and mike tomlin big part of that it's great to talk to mike about that big part of it we generated a lot of turnovers and he was a big reason why and that's a signature mike tomlin moment right there interception and score with the ball chris boswell with the kickoff and nothing for jacoby jones to do is touch back so not only do you have the super bowl but your 100th game on monday night football is tonight hey really here in san diego look at the things you've done hey man that was a great 900 game 100 games for you brought in those great memories mike thanks for giving me my moment and son sharon were you the sheriff at mississippi manning love that still undefeated that's right blender that's philly next week the shakes chip kelly makes and our tribute to frank gifford frank gifford that was a great moment happy 100 pounds thank you more to do plenty more to do right speaking of more to do the chargers offense has to get going phillip rivers was not happy without them floyd that route that they ran there felt he turned it up field a little bit their conversation on the sideline and off the field after that pick six now playing from behind his green to the 28 yard line gates on the bench as this drive gets going pittsburgh steelers famous for this zone blitz scheme they ran under dick lebeau bill cower and mike tomlin has added a lot of sheets to this steeler defense he's more involved and you see a lot of different kind of zone coverages and zone blitzes mike mitchell saw something from the back and he went to tell everybody i gotta beat on this be ready for it [Applause] second and two rivers get the first down with gordon hit hard there at the 33-yard line how about these two inside linebackers and you're playing zone defense you drop a yard outside the hash mark you key the quarterback and if he checks that ball down you go get the back and that time lawrence arrived [Applause] jd walton is in at left guard for the chargers gordon on the screen got away from the tackle thereby tickets gets down the field to midfield gate of 17 first down melvin gordon in san diego you're seeing quick screens different kinds of slow screens trying to slow this pass rush down they slip gordon out of the backfield good work down the field by the charger lineman and keenan allen sustains the block as well [Applause] adversity every quarterback every football team is faced with it do you respond or don't you respond gonna be a thrilling finish moving the ball well on the last drive before the interception [Applause] first and ten from midfield rivers middle of strike green for 24 to the 26. tackled by mitchell who's slow to get up you got to get your hands on green if he gets a free release he could turn that speed on and really be a force down the field both starting safeties for the steelers banged up allen's out mitchell's hurt if green gets a free release he can put a lot of pressure on your free safety with that vertical speed and philip rivers is showing he can respond we're talking about injuries the chargers are down to six offensive linemen steeler athletic training staff taking a look at mike mitchell who's had a very good season played in oakland played in carolina before here will ellen is already out mike their other safety so pittsburgh is really depleted in the middle of their defense thomas has played only four snaps of defense in the first four games there he is the third year player out of syracuse and robert golden who had played only 28 snaps of defense has also been in at safety as well san diego has tyree farwell 78 in a tackle he's their last available lineman and antonio gates is in the slot [Applause] there's a few moving pieces in this one right now [Applause] first and ten chargers trying to get back on top gordon with the rug i like what head coach excuse me mike mike mccoy did coming right back to the rookie after the fumble [Applause] here comes dj fluker back in there's more as you said piece is coming and going in any football game we've had this year [Applause] gates the touchdown earlier 100th of his career the only san diego points groom's gonna let the quarter go looks like a golfer is shot i'm throwing my glove off coming back to the t for the next one ten seven steelers by three after three espn celebrating the legacy of monday night football [Music] qualcomm stadium san diego mike tarico john gruden lisa salters was set for the fourth quarter it's a 10-7 pittsburgh lead mentioned mike tomlin more involved in this steelers defense this year when you have the dick level coordinator change mike mccoy has been involved in the offense right throughout here in san diego he replaced north turner after norf was here for six years he came off the success with peyton manning in denver but i've been in carolina before that so you've got a bit of a hodgepodge of this offense some of the stuff rivers like some of the concepts that mccoy has used over the years and they found a real happy medium it's all based on what rivers likes if you don't like it it ain't getting in the game plan and getting called i can assure you that his fingerprints philip rivers are all over this offense steelers safety mike mitchell back in the game went out a few plays ago the quarter begins with second and six rivers looking gatesway incomplete robert golden who's been in a lot for the injured willow and tonight antonio gates been gone for four games he's been in and out here comes green back into the game stevie johnson their normal slot receiver inactive tonight with an injury a lot of new linemen third and six they're one for nine tonight empty backfield steelers bring five rivers got rid of it quick he could not connect with inman that it will be fourth down c-21 robert golden once again applying to pressure [Applause] credit the steeler back up safeties for what they've done tonight good disguise he came clean right off the corner forced rivers to throw to his hot receiver and there's nothing doing josh lambeau who beat out nick novak in the kicking heads ahead in the preseason from 40 yards out hit the game-winner last week against cleveland after the reprieve of an offside penalty on the browse knocks one through from 40 and we are even at 10 11 seconds into the fourth [Applause] of course john we mentioned a moment ago you winning the super bowl here in san diego san diego seeing super bowls is a lot of conversation about southern california in the nfl i think you know all about it he's in the news a lot los angeles a couple hours north of course so much history the rams were there for so long this franchise started there in 1960 kemp was the quarterback sid lucky the coach al davis was up in la for 13 years raiders won a title there and 1994 the last time we saw football dean spanos is the chairman of the chargers his dad owned this team the family's all part of it and dean was front and center with ownership from the raiders and the rams as the nfl owners met in new york this past wednesday essentially here's the deal those three teams are struggling to get stadium deals done at two different sites in l.a sounds likely two teams are going to be and as roger goodell phrased it the entertainment capital of the world here coming up sooner than later what's going on here in san diego on the municipal end do they have anything together for a last-ditch effort to save the chargers gets across the 20 to the 22-yard line john i've been coming here since doing the holiday bowl in the mid 90s and we've been talking about will there ever be a new stadium here this one looks okay on the outside but its infrastructure is really among the worst in the league they've got to come up with a solution and it could end up being in la although the folks here in san diego don't want to hear that well as an alumni of the afc west i would certainly hate to see the chargers leave there's so much tradition there have been so many great san diego chargers i wish him the best and mr spanos he'll figure it out next step will be presentation by the municipalities in question st louis oakland san diego to the ownership committee maybe relocation votes for filing for relocation coming in late december or january to get the process going so that's the update with that on the chargers le'veon bell with the carry on first down for five and bell right at 100 yards closing in on it the fishing is going to be at 99 for the second [Applause] second and six vic on the boot and matt spade could not hang on that pass was incomplete as john they roll that one to the left to take advantage of the left he might fix that's what mike vick has been known for throughout his career have a strong running game and run the bootlegs especially to his left spate should have caught that football critical down for this charger defense would not be surprised if they cut loose a blitz antonio brown been awful quiet he's normally good for five catches and a lot of yards every week he's got two catches and we're in the fourth quarter time out taken by the chargers we'll step out as well they've had one too few on the field serving authentic mexican cuisine in old town you mentioned earlier michael vick no yards rushing tonight no scrambles strange over 6 000 yards rushing if i'm san diego do not forget to control the pocket michael vick known to take off in these third down and long situations teams have combined three conversions out of 20 third downs tonight unless all the punting 36 big firing left side that was almost intercepted marcus wheaton was the intended receiver and patrick robinson injured earlier came back on the field and had the ball right in his hands it's a timing hook route and the ball poorly thrown more protection but that ball misses badly to the inside and that's three times san diego chargers that failed to intercept michael vick see six punts inside the 20 this week or this night by very best in the nfl this year that was not his best at the 35. jacoby jones trying to pick up some blocks all the way across the field and roosevelt nix who's a fullback now made the tackle played defenses four years at kent nice state on special teams there let's go connor number 53 on special teams with this block that's what you want to see legal physical quality special teams work by connor tonight and this is about the best starting field position phillip rivers has had all night antonio gates still on the [Applause] sidelines [Applause] [Music] see what they can do with their best field position of the night inside handoff hanging on to gordon and bringing him down is arthur moats flag you see on the play another holding call on this charger line holding number 76 offense 10-yard penalty remains first down he's had a lot of ankle problems this san diego offensive line the heaviest group in football when they're all healthy big reason to that is because dj fluker might be the biggest offensive lineman i've ever seen spy 339 is what he's listed at [Applause] first and 20 after the flag rivers shot puts it out of there to allen lost the football as he was fighting for extra yardage but it goes out of bounds so retain possession with the chargers you see the difference between rivers and vic throwing the ball the time spent in the same system the anticipation of location is amazing at times passes number 31 defense automatic first down the ball will be placed at the spot of the foul so that first in 20 situation gained them 11 there but the pass interference gives them the automatic first down man you're keen and allen you're working hard to get one foot of separation and that ball is slow and the only place you can throw it mike it's a one-hand catch too as cockroach was pulling allen's arm seems to be some confusion about moving the chains or not man i got straight now just have to move them up a yard because the drive started for 40. automatic first down at the 41. hey [Applause] not as many steeler bodies on that side in the gate of nine see what phillip rivers does he uses his snap count to survey the defense and if he sees six six pittsburgh steelers in the box he audibles to these running plays and danny woodhead appreciates it he won for the first down woodhead working his way to the line at the 49. let's see if he's got it he does first down got to keep an eye on the steeler defensive tackles look out there you see hayward 97 he is exhausted stefan two at 91. these are 300 pound men that do not come off the field it's the fourth quarter late do they have enough gas left to impact this game [Applause] first rushing first down for the charges [Applause] and take it four five or six yards yet another flag is thrown in the backfield eliminating indication of holy number 66 offense 10-yard penalty remains first down j.d walton [Applause] unbelievable i think hayward got held again take a look at jd walt number 66 normally a center pressed into service at left guard he tackles hayward hayward forces a lot of penalties with his activity inside he's in there because wiggins kicked out to right tackle the right tackle barksdale had to go over to the left side because of the injury earlier on to chris harris pressure coming rivers does have time in the middle is cut by floyd that time they're on the same page inside the 30 to the 27-yard line and malcolm floyd let rivers down on the interception they got together on the sideline they said head m-80 we're gonna need you down the field what another beautiful throw by philip rivers and great pickup by this san diego offensive line who's getting it done no matter how many injuries they have floyd was a question mark coming off concussion last week got through the protocol gain of 32. would head to the right nothing there timmons waiting loss of a yard rivers every snap in dialogue with his teammates trying to get him in the perfect play and pittsburgh doing everything they can to disguise their alignments what a chess match between rivers and the steeler defense as we head home in the fourth look at to it got to be exhausted again it was 93 kickoff temperatures in the upper 70s and seasonably humid here [Applause] just like backyard football country kid from alabama just taking care of everything here hands off gordon get off a yard good play by sean spence coming in spence is in because ryan chazier their first round pick of last year is missing another game with his right shoulder injury that's the first time i've seen san diego in an eye formation tonight just not what they're known for and on third down along antonio gates has checked back into the game got to avoid the sack must maintain field position to at least get a field goal here clapping for the snap he's got it over the middle gates put his shoulder down he got the first down at the 16. phillip rivers has done his preparation he sees the overload blitz he changes the route he changes the protection they pick it up and he gets san diego in the perfect play and antonio gates hurts pittsburgh badly underneath is that what he's doing the second time changing the protection yeah look at the urgency he has he knows he's running out of time i love watching him play quarterbacks [Applause] [Applause] first intense san diego pittsburgh brings it rivers went up and couldn't bring in the acrobatic play with william gay in coverage rivers with the blitz throws that ball fading away you'd like to see him step up and try to get something on this throw but the pocket caving in quickly [Applause] nice play by william gay great look from pylon cams those two guys get up off the ground to go after it here in the fourth tanks are emptying both ways all out blitz rivers underneath with a flag down gates running through the tackle of spence to the tent if it holds looks like an offside on pittsburgh one of a disguise by the steeler defense [Applause] off size number 48 defense five yard penalty still second gates down quite ready for four quarters of action i don't think it's fair to him to be in great football shape when you haven't been here for a month mike i don't know how he does it happened so often players come back off suspension couldn't be around the facility those four weeks second and five after the flag gates lone receiver to the left rivers looking that way going that way gates again [Applause] touchdown san diego you're suspended for four games you have no contact with the chargers you come back in your first game on monday night football you get your 100th touchdown and then just for good measure you score number 101. again it's all phillip rivers it's a blitz by the pittsburgh steelers he decoded the blitz credit phillip rivers you talk about responding to adversity he throws a pick six he comes back he decodes pittsburgh's blitz what a great quarterback 205 total yards for san diego 10 for pittsburgh in this half lambo for the extra point knocks it through the chargers retake the lead 17-10 it wasn't simple but it's san diego 101. 101st touchdown for antonio gates [Applause] 17 10. what a job phillip rivers did on that drive capping it off with another touchdown pass to antonio gates in his return he has two tonight and they'll be up to pittsburgh with 802 to get something going the steeler team that has run nine plays with 10 net yards no first downs of this half got on the board by the 70 yard interception return three archer tries to give him some field position knicks with another good block he's been excellent on special teams returning to the 27 yard line mike mccoy told us my quarterback is special phil rivers showed it on that drive and that score watch phillip rivers you got to set the protection as a quarterback you got to know who's blocked and you got to know who's not blocked and phillip rivers did a great job knowing exactly where to go in that blitz he sets the protection he knew he had an unblocked pittsburgh steeler coming off his left side he hung right in there he trusted his hot receiver and he got the ball out of his hand perfect time doing all world tight end 74 touchdown receptions antonio gates is caught for phillip rivers alone how long will this combination last going strong most quarterback tied in in history that's 74 but we set it up at the beginning john rivers against the blitz second best in the nfl so far 11 of 15 tonight vic wants to take a shot downfield oh he's got a man marcus flag is down and wheaton's in for the touchdown mike vick says quit criticizing me [Applause] [Music] interested to see what this call is holding defense number 24. the penalty will be deployed results of the play is a touchdown bang bang the steelers respond 72 yards vic to wheaton double move we talked about brown earlier mike he can run any route you dream up they move the pocket they get antonio brown excuse me marcus wheaton on a double move that's an amazing job by wheaton hasn't had a ball thrown to him all night and brandon flowers got nose trouble he bought that comeback and he paid for it important extra point to tie the game first time kicker knocks it through as chris boswell as the extra point vic took a shot at tauchu was coming in hit him hard after the gates rivers connection seconds later it's vic to wheat feels good for vic to get the steelers back even with san diego making a touchdown pass last thursday against baltimore at his first start for the steelers with a sweet 72 yarder to marcus wheaton get it even at 17 a piece halfway through the fourth good depth on the kicks tonight by lambo pittsburgh roswell make your partner john excuse me mike marcus wheaton runs a beautiful double move i thought it was antonio brown what a sweet stop and start takeoff by wheaton and he has the speed to finish it but what i love the most mike is dick standing in there under fire you don't take many hits like this michael vick showcasing his mental toughness and physical toughness been a long night got to give him credit for hanging in there beautiful throw his first 17 passes did not gain much not many deep shots downfield right back in the hands of rivers and these two units that were gassed after a long drive very short rest and back out there harrison hit rivers as he threw it complete for the gain of five hayward got him in the middle harrison off the edge cameron hayward has caused penalties he's hit quarterbacks he stops the run and i can't say enough about his stamina for a big man in this heat i haven't seen him on the sideline tonight second and five rivers over the top toss gordon great spin move was the shoulder gain of 14 in the first down look at how slow all these bodies are getting up off the ground both these two units are spent right now hayward can't hardly get up [Applause] and uh the officials who are very much aware of players who might be injured or shaken up stop the game to make sure cameron hayward here comes off and one of the reasons he plays so much mike is they just don't have a lot of depth at that position you see cam thomas the x san diego charger has just checked into the game but they don't have any big people like cam hayward and stefan to it let's hope he's okay but what a beautiful run after the catch by gordon [Applause] both of those players have been off the field very little tonight six of 60 snaps they've been on the sideline good hard run again by the rookie gordon [Applause] get him seven coming in both tuat and hayward had played over 80 of the snaps for pittsburgh and there they are tonight you see what happens mike when they're not in the game it's a little easier to run the football james harrison was waiting there along with vince williams to make the tackle on gordon set up third down and now we'll see gates come back in for san diego i think they just use gates when they need a first down or a touchdown right i mean from the first play tonight where he caught the football he's been a factor in the passing game just as he's been for 13 years well it's smart smart use and understanding you're not going to have a guy who can go the distance in his first week back empty no backs in the game rivers didn't want it let's see sort of wave it off there we have a timeout called somewhere this was by pittsburgh timeout steelers [Applause] no backs two tight ends three receivers on the field that personnel grouping caused some confusion and maybe it gets cam hayward some rest where he can come back in next monday night philadelphia be our destination we'll see the giants and the eagles and eagle offense looked so much better especially in the second half against new orleans yesterday they needed that for their confidence and the giants that big rally down the field after san francisco scored to get the game winning beautiful touchdown pass eli manning through we'll see that next monday night in philadelphia nfc east rivals at 8 15 you see eli manning stats yesterday i mean we couldn't do that seven on seven that was hard to do against routes versus air i think he completed almost 85 percent of his passes we're over 400 yards larry donnelly great catch the end of the game so the giants and eagles renew their decades-old rivalry next monday night each team down to two timeouts it's third and two steelers bring four rivers uses the pick play and green gets the first down as keenan allen got in the way of the defender if you like the forward pass you like watching san diego play dummy snap count he's going to signal down here at the bottom of the screen keenan allen little rub play and if you have your defenders on the same level oftentimes they get brushed off we've seen that a couple times tonight great audible by rivers five and a half ago [Music] that's the same quick screen they tried to get barksdale out to do it again that time cockrell says not today you read the quick game get out of your back battle and go make the tackle beautiful play by cockrell who's been a real pleasant surprise for these steelers both of these teams played overtime games last week in a tie game inside of five minutes in the fourth this week it was back there two safeties deep rivers goes underneath the gates yard shot of the first down will be 31. these are difficult situations they don't have a blocking tight end they don't have a lead fullback so they're going to use an up tempo to play and now there's confusion on the sidelines san diego ran three big players out for short yardage rivers wanted to keep his guys out there keeps pittsburgh's spread and he gets the first down on the carry with gordon phillips say now keep your play over there keep your players on the sideline i'm calling these shots rivers directing traffic [Applause] look at those numbers so one-sided here offensively the one pass from vick 72 yards to marcus wheaton tie this up [Applause] at the 38 rivers through the hands of gordon who got plastered by timmins timmons he plays zone coverage and you're an inside linebacker usually you drop a yard outside that hash mark you key the quarterback and when you see the quarterback check the ball down he'd go make something happen timmons finally got to the pro bowl last year man did he deserve it great player [Applause] second intent here comes the blitz it's picked up underneath malcolm floyd on the run and it's blake stopping him along with cockrell again heath butler defensive coordinator brings the overload blitz again he has no fear keith butler bringing a lot of perimeter zone blitzes tonight third and eight this is going to be the 44th play san diego has run here in the second half the steelers have run 44 all game you bring woodhead back help save the day on the blitz thought he had the crusher but timmons gets in the way of the 48th pass attempt by rivers tonight that could be a game-saving play by timmons i think keenan allen is going to run for a long ways on this crossing route good release by allen there's a chance for allen to score all right big field goal attempt here 54 yards for josh lambo rookie out of texas a m he was an mls keeper with dallas came out of the soccer world 54 for the lead on the way and good what a gutty call by mike mccoy rookie kicker hits a 54 yarder late [Applause] [Music] that's impressive strong stuff from the rookie mike mccoy who couldn't watch the game-winning field goal that lambeau kicked last week and rivers who got him far enough down the field sees lambo make it from 54 [Music] and a 44-yard drive with take it off the clock mike vick's been here seven weeks didn't get many reps mike the first six weeks five and a half weeks running the service squad plays he told us last night he's fully capable of handling the two-minute drill he's had plenty of work at it he's confident if need be to execute a two-minute drill to win the football game how hard is that we haven't been around for very long with these guys to run a two-minute trip very hard it's very hard on the receivers because they're not used to hearing michael vick direct a two-minute drill and seeing his signals gonna be interesting to see how todd haley approaches this will the calls come from the sideline or will they let michael vick take it and run with it if times is of the essence got plenty of time right now well we had confusion there one of the officials are trying to reset the plate block he got out of the way before the ball was kicked by lambo and it's a touch back so vic will get it from the 20. and michael vick heads to this steeler huddle with confidence renewed confidence after the bomb to marcus wheaton if you're san diego you have to keep reminding yourself this man can run control the pocket his scrambling in these situations is a well-known fact timeouts 238. le'veon bell trying to get some big chunks of yardage early on through the armed tackle of tao gain of seven yards remember pittsburgh has chris boswell who's in his first nfl game as a kicker steelers are on their fourth kicker nine games into the pre and regular season now 10 here tonight and will it come down on his shoulders in his very first nfl game to send us to overtime he's got a long ways to go to get there this one's off before the two it's le'veon bell trying to bounce outside he's got a first down pittsburgh will have it at the 31 on the other side of the two photo finish here in san diego he charges on top dick trying to drive his healers thank you inside the two no challenges anything that needs to be looked at in replay happens from upstairs the 31-yard line first down and vip with todd loading up downfield for hayward bay under thrown and incomplete trying to take the shot he got hit again and he grimaces as he gets up marcus wheaton ran another sweet route and that's what you need to see from the charger defense fourth quarter pass rush ingram a tauchu that time man tie tail on a delayed blitz punishes vic le'veon bell a great receiving back could be the target here in an obvious passing situation antonio brown goes to the top jason barrett covering him we haven't called brown at all in this half vic goes the other way underneath hayward bay fighting for that first house yard shy third and one coming up clock turns we get to 100 seconds antonio brown not targeted at all here in the second half two receptions in the first half after not being looked at very much in the baltimore game last week well flowers is the man they're working on jason verret has gone everywhere with antonio brown had done an excellent job steelers uh being methodical here they're gonna need to hustle soon it's third and one they didn't convert third and short last week this time they do hayward bay up high for the grab at the 45-yard line pittsburgh should take a time out here and they do with 104 to go and they have one remaining what a throw by michael vick [Applause] running to his left linebackers beating down on him he makes a beautiful throw and brandon flowers is in trouble at right corner beating badly on a touchdown play by wheaton that time hayward bay goes to work on flowers first two receptions for haywood bay now chris boswell's thinking they're getting close to me having a chance for a game tying field goal he made one for 47 before inconsistent and certainly nervy when i was watching him on the field before the game understandable first nfl game it's on national tv you're the fourth kicker picking for the steelers this year still have to get closer deep drop pick underneath throw caught by brown tackle to the 40 for rhett going everywhere with him 55. made a beautiful tackle wherever antonio brown goes so goes jason ferret long routes down the field receivers coming back it's taking a lot of time 40 seconds remain as vick takes the shot towards brown and not even close uncatchable and for rhett blanketing again well there's back-to-back targets for antonio brown and jason verrett healthy again has been up to the challenge all night bump and run coverage he uses the sideline to his advantage it's great coverage got to get another completion to get in field goal position ingram at the bottom of the screen been awful quiet the former first rounder needs [Applause] to get off on the rock third and six vic rolling left looking he's finally gonna run and michael vick with a big run inside the 20 to the 16 yard line mike vick had not run the ball tonight every start in his career he's always had a rushing attempt didn't have one until there they will spike the ball with 17 seconds left as they have it at this 17-yard line that's what he does that's what we said at the beginning of this drive you have to control the pocket mike vick can kill you in these two-minute situations when you least expect it he did it to me mike i still have the scars to prove it and you said it he had not run when was the last time you had a mike vic game where he had had no rushing attempts and we look back at his starts in his nfl career he had never gone without one now the play clocks here at [Applause] 10. get the playoff in time vic with a shot towards the end zone and hayward bay goes up incomplete with flowers covering and 12 seconds left it's third and ten steelers have one timeout so they've got everything in the field available to them with a chance to kill the clock now be real careful here if you're mike vick mark davis bryant their deep threat still not with this club they've been using hayward bay as their down the field size receiver [Applause] got to be careful with your decision making here [Applause] you're in perfect field goal position heath miller alone to the top of the screen final 10 seconds vic goes that way miller at the one is not in but the flag is down with six seconds left a flag comes down likely for that high hard hit what an interesting position we're going to be in here with five seconds at the half yard line the hit came from a die in the secondary up high personal foul necessary roughness a hit on the defenseless player half the distance to the goal first down pittsburgh got to run a quarterback sneak and take a timeout immediately [Applause] defensive penalty you see that high hit defensive penalty so the clock stops at five do they have a choice here can you run a quick one to try to get the game-winning score it's got to be something it doesn't go very wide san diego wants to take a timeout and they will they lined up in the wildcat formation you have to run this play within five seconds i don't know if i want to run a shotgun snap at the one inch line you have a chance to sneak the ball with mike vick and take a time out if you don't make it or do you put your money where your mouth is you have the best back in football you have an inch to go looks like ben roethlisberger straightened everybody out you know in this situation with roethlisberger tommu would have supreme confidence of rolling it throwing it and having that second left on the clock and he told us that's one of the reasons he was going for two early in the year he knows that guy would make the right choices down there inside of two one yard but you're right john you've got bell as good a complete back as we have in the nfl do you put it in his hands to win and trust that he can get down on a timeout called in four seconds to kick the game-tying field goal keep an eye on heath miller on a quick bang bang play action pass heath miller number 83 at the top of the screen wildcat big at the bottom of the screen it's belt belt seeking space belt trying to go over the top he fights to the goal line he's in for the touchdown at the gun the steelers win mike tomlin rang the bell at crunch time with a wild cat off tackle run right behind his profile tight end heath miller and le'veon bell did it all himself this play will have to be reviewed it's a scoring play here at the end of the game but a stunning finish with bell at the wildcat and he was running out of time they wouldn't have gotten a timeout call he stretches to the pile oh that ball is back as his knee comes down we're gonna have to take another look at that angle again to see if he broke the plane or not he was on the arm of the defender so that should keep him clean as that knee comes down watch he's on the arm of i believe butler right there's the plane broken in time as this guy comes down to the arm the previous play well the arm comes down to the thigh i should say wow they will have to line up and kick the extra point as well and certainly a long review of this to make sure it's all correct but the steelers on the final play of the game look like they have scored the game-winning touchdown all right right back with the answer to the review [Applause] well there you see all the principles philip rivers let's such a great drive downfield the review is done here's pete morelli the referee with the answer after reviewing the play the ruling on the field stands touchdown interesting that they said stan's not confirmed that angle looked pretty clear in any case the terrible towels waving all over this stadium as the steeler fans who've waited a long time to see their team play down here in southern california are going to see them drive 80 yards in 12 plays the final 256 against a three-point game so they will go through the act of kicking this if it was a two-point game you would have taken a knee because the defense can score on the conversion loss for the chargers an exhilarating victory for mike pick and the steelers what a gutty call by the steelers i mean there's five seconds left you have a timeout left the back is seven yards deep on a direct snap this game is over if le'veon bell doesn't fight for that extra inch that ball crosses the plane thankfully for the steelers or they're losing this football game they'll have no chance to kick it and ben roethlisberger said we just need mike to get us a couple just guess a couple keep it going till i'm back sees his team get to three and two mike tomlin got his team within two games of the afc north undefeated bengals lisa salters with the winning quarterback thank you mike michael tell me what you were thinking what was going through your mind before that ball was snapped i mean first of all i just want to thank god for this opportunity um before the ball was snapped you know i just wanted to make sure that we got the got it in um you know we knew it was going to be tough we knew it wasn't going to be easy but we was able to pull it out you didn't have much success for most of the game what changed once it got down to the fourth quarter it was just tough sledding all the way through we knew he was coming into the lines then it was going to be a tough tough challenge but you know just got to hang in there sometimes and you know that it's not a it's not an easy team to walk in and beat so you know we knew it was gonna come down to the last drive i knew i wasn't you know playing as great but you know it's not how you start it's how you finish thank you congratulations michael happy birthday jada come on in here late come on in here le'veon i asked michael the same question just tell me what was going through your mind right before the ball would snap i gotta get it in you know i mean you did not have any time i know i didn't you know and i was thinking you know we still had a timeout left so i'm thinking okay even if i get stopped you know maybe around like four seconds off get a timeout at the worst you know we'll kick a field goal but you know i want to end the game right there and i'm glad i did thank you congratulations on the win thank you so much mike back to you i don't know if he had that extra second to call the timeout that would have been a tight one cam hayward there for the hug michael mc that birthday wish for his daughter that's where he was he was home waiting for the call get back in the nfl threw a big touchdown pass steelers had a defensive score and bell at the bell pittsburgh 24 san diego 20. gmc post game is coming up on sportscenter with scott van pelt but the gruden grinder we will reveal it when we come back to san diego in a minute

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Published: Sat Dec 01 2018