IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. AMAZING THAT A 24-YEAR-OLD COULD BE THINKING LIKE THAT. BUT I THINK HE KNEW WHO HE WAS. AND HE SAID PEOPLE LIKE TONY DUNGY AND RAY RHODES WERE ALL DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD COACHES. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO DO. . THAT WAS HIS PATH. >> Al: I GIVE THE ROONEYS A LOT OF CREDIT. THEY LET THIS YOU YOUNG GUY N HE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH EXPERIENCE. SECOND AND TEN. EN THAT IS BATTED IN. UP IN THE AIR! IT WINDS UP IN THE HANDS OF SUTTON. HAYWARD BATTED IT INTO THE AIR. I TOLD YOU HE'S HAVING ONE OF BEST PLAYERS IN THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE. THIS IS HIS SIXTH BATTED PASS OF THE SEASON AND BY FAR THE BIGGEST. SHOOTS IT STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND THEN THE OTHER CAM, CAMERON SUTTON IS GOING TO COME OVER AND MAKE A DIVING PLAY ON THIS ONE. AND THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS IN THE MOST BIZARRE WAY, A BLOCK KICK, A TIPPED PASS, ARE RIGHT BACK IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME! >> Al: AND SUTTON GETS SHAKEN UP ON THE PLAY. THEY TAKE HIM OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE A PENALTY. IT'S ON STORM NORTON. >> Cris: A LITTLE HELMET TO HELMET ON THAT HICHLT HE HAD TO TOUCH HIM DOWN. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO HELMET TO HELMET HIM DOWN. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, CAMERON HAYWARD, WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT, HE HAD A PENALTY ON THE OTHER END. HE CHASED DOWN THAT PLAY. HE HE'S BEEN EVERYWHERE TONIGHT. BUT NO QUESTION THE PLAY OF THE NIGHT, HE'S THE ONE SUPERSTAR LEFT STANDING ON THIS DEFENSE. HERE COME THE HIT RIGHT THERE. HE DIDN'T MAKE -- THERE IS NO FLAG. SO IT IS 11 YARD LINE. FIRST WITHOUT A TOUCHDOWN. FIRST AND TEN AT THE 11. THEY SET THEM UP IN THE SLOT. AND ROETHLISBERGER TO THE END ZONE AND INCOMPLETE FOR CLAYPOOL. A FLAG IS CALLED ON THAT PLAY. THE OFFENSIVE BACKFIELD. >> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS, NUMBER 97, DEFENSE. HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE GOAL. AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Al: JOEY BOSA MAKES IT A FIRST DOWN AND GOAL. >> Cris: YOU SAW FRUSTRATION OUT OF HEYWARD AND NOW BOSA. COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY AND IT HURTS. >> Al: THAT'S 12 PENALTIES AGAINST THE CHARGERS TONIGHT. THE 57 YARDS. FROM THE FIVE ON FIRST AND GOAL. ROETHLISBERGER. THE PUMP FAKE. OVER THE MUDDLE. DANGEROUS. INTENDED FOR BILAGE. >> Michele: HARRIS IS BEING EVALUATED FOR CONCUSSION. WENT BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM. HE IS NOT ON THE FIELD RIGHT NOW. >> Al: YOU LOOK AT HEYWARD. SEE HIS BIG PLAY. COULD IT TIE THE GAME? >> Cris: THIRD DOWN TERRITORY HERE, RIGHT? >> Al: YEAH, PROBABLY. THAT'S CAUGHT ON THE OUTSIDE AND TAKEN IN BY -- THAT WAS A TOUCHDOWN! FOUND HIS WAY TO THE END ZONE. AND BOSWELL MAKES THE EXTRA POINT, THAT WILL MAKE IT 34-34. >> Cris: WATCH HIM COME OUT AND MAKE THIS BLOCK. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A GAME RINNING BLITZ ON THE EDGE THERE BY THE BIG OFFENSIVE TACKLE. AND PROBABLY BEST PASS PROTECTED. OUT OF PLAY BOSWELL. >> Cris: UNBELIEVABLE. >> Al: WHAT A SUNDAY NIGHT. >> Cris: WHY NOT? >> Al: WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THESE H A LITTLE REST THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS BUT NOW BACK WITH HIGH DRAMA. >> Cris: OH, MY GOODNESS. THERE IS HEYWARD, SHOT OFF THE HELMET. STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR. AND THEN FOLLOWED UP BY CAM SUTTON WITH A BRILLIANT CATCH. OH, MY GOODNESS. THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS, YOU CAN'T KILL THEM. NO MATTER WHAT, THEY WON'T GO AWAY. WE HAD EVERYTHING BUT RENEGADE COMING OUT OF HERE. >> Al: IF THEY WIN THIS ONE -- IF AFTER THE TIE LAST WEEK, YOU GO WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? THE TIE AGAINST DETROIT. BUT THIS IS A -- THEY WIN THIS ONE, A SIX GAME UNBEATEN STREAK. >> Cris: LET'S NOT UNDERESTIMATE WHAT BEN ROTH LISTBERGER IS DOING. HE WAS SICK AS A DOG A WEEK AGO. HE GOES THROUGH ALL THE PROTOCOLS. HERE HE IS WITH NO PRACTICE PUT OGING ON A SHOW. >> Michele: YEAH THIS DRAMA BEGAN A WEEK AGO. HE WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. HAD A FEVER, COUGH, SO EXHAUSTED. BUT HE HAD A BREAKTHROUGH CASE. AS DID HIS DAD BY THE WAY. BOTH GUYS ARE VACCINATED. NO ONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY TESTED POSITIVE. HE HAD TO DRIVE TO THE FACILITY EVERY DAY TO TEST. THE FIRST NEGATIVE RESULT WAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. TOOK THE NEXT ONE ADDS EARLY AS POSSIBLE SATURDAY. WAS AT HOME HELPING HOME SCHOOL THE KIDS. >> AND NOW HE'S ALREADY HAD IT AND 90-DAY VACATION TESTING. AND IS IT A CATCH OR NOT? NO, THEY SAW. SO THEY GET A BREAK THERE. COOK IS THERE. KNOCKED DOWN. SECOND DOWN AND TEN. UNCOMPLETE. >> Cris: BIG DROPS BY THE TIGHT ENDS. XOOK A VERY SURE HANDED GUY. THAT WAS HE'S YOU. HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF IT AND TURNED UP THE FIELD. AND I'LL TELL YOU, JUSTIN HERBERT NOW, HE IS GOING TO BE TESTED. >> Al: SECOND AND 10. PITTSBURGH TO ERASE A 14-PINT DEFICIT. HERBERT GOES DOWN. SMITH COMING IN. NUMBER 56. AND NOW IT FEELS LIKE HEINZ FIELD. >> THEY FINALLY GOT THE ONE-ON-ONE AGAINST NORTON ON THE OUTSIDE. THE BEST PASS RUSHER IS LEFT. A GREAT SPIN MOVE AND THERE YOU GO. >> Al: A TIME-OUT IS CALLED HERE. CHARNLERS GOT TO THE LINE. STEELERS WEREN'T READY. THEY WANTED TO RUN A PLAY AS FAST AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD. AND TOMLIN TAKES THE TIME-OUT. >> Cris: CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? YOU WILL ALL STARTED WITH THAT BLOCK PUNT. YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE ENERGY SHIFT INSUED THIS BUILDING. AND 24 POINTS NOW IN THE FOURTH QUARTER FOR THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS. >> Al: 17-10 WAS THE HALFTIME SCORE. THE LAST FOUR STEELER DRIVES ARE FIELD GOAL, TOUCHDOWN, IT TOUCHDOWN, TOUCHDOWN. >> Cris: THE CHARGERS, ONE OF THE VERY BEST TEAMS ON THIRD AND VERY LONG SITUATIONS. THE STEELERS ONE OF BEST DEFENSES IN THIS SITUATION. >> Al: STRENGTH AGAINST STRENGTH. EN THAT IS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO SPOT IT? >> Cris: JUST SHORT. >> Al: WILL THEY GO FOR IT? >> Cris: I THINK YOU HAVE TO IN THIS SITUATION. I IT THIS WAS SHORT. YOU HAVE ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS OF FOOTBALL IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH AND ONES AS WELL. AND A MONSTER OF A QUARTERBACK. AND A MONSTER OF A BALL HERE. STALEY LOVES TO GO FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN. WON A GAME EARLIER THIS SEASON ON A FOURTH AND NINE. EKELER IS THE RUNNING BACK. FOURTH AND INCHES. EKELER -- NO! RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND THEY TURN IT OVER AT THE 34-YARD LINE. >> Cris: THEY GO UNBLOCKED TO SHERBET. AND SOMETIMES IT IS JUST A PRESENCE OF A GREAT PLAYER THAT ENDS THE GAME. >> Al: AND WITH KICKER BOSWELL, YOU'RE ALREADY IN FIELD GOAL RANGE HERE. AGAIN, HARRIS BACK IN THE LOCKER ROOM. HE IS BEHIND HIM. COVERED BY CAMPBELL. SECOND DOWN AND TEN. 3:40 LEFT IN THE FOURTH. >> Cris: THERE ARE GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITIES. THAT WAS A RARE TIME THAT WE SAW A SINGLE HIGH SAFETY OUT OF THIS CHARGERS DEFENSE WHICH MADE FOR ME ONE-ON-ONE OPPORTUNITIES ON THE OUTSIDE. NOW SECOND AND TEN YOU PROBABLY DON'T GET IT AGAIN. THEY HAD A CHANCE THERE. >> Cris: SO SECOND AND TEN. 34 YARD LINE. ROETHLISBERGER. SEVEN YARD GAIN. SECOND DOWN AND THREE. AND THIS IS SUCH A HUGE PLAY. THEY NEED TO GET THE BALL BACK TO THEIR OFFENSE. THEY CAN PICK UP THIS FIRST DOWN. INSIDE FIVE MINUTES. THIRD AND THREE. THREE WIDE AND A PUNCH. ROETHLISBERGER IS GOING TO TAKE A TIME-OUT. ANALYTICS ARE A BIG PART OF EVERY DECISION THAT IS MADE. AND NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. STALEY HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE CHANCE OF WINNING THE GAME 53%. MAKES A STOP. EVEN DISTRIBUTION. A LITTLE SURPRISED THEY DIDN'T THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO TURN AROUND AND HAND THE BALL OFF. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE JUST SEEN THAT TOO MANY TIMES. THEY GET PENETRATION AND THERE THEY ARE. HE THROWS AND THAT'S INCOMPLETE. BOSA PUT THE HEAT ON. AT THE 6 YARD LINE. BALL LOOKED LIKE IT WAS UNCATCHABLE. >> Referee: NO FOUL FOR DEFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE. THE PASS WAS UNCATCHABLE. FOURTH DOWN. ROETHLISBERGER IS UNDER PRESSURE THAT TIME. SO IN COMES BOSWELL NOW. 45-YARD FIELD GOAL. >> Cris: WHEN THEY BLOW CALLS, BUT THEY GOT THAT ONE RIGHT. >> Al: THAT WAS GOOD, YEAH. FROM 45. TO GIVE THEM THE LEAD AND IT IS GOOD. SO THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD ERASING A 14-POINT DEFICIT IN THE PERIOD STARTED. 37-34. >> Cris: AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT IN YOUR EXECUTION ON SPECIAL TEAMS. AND SO FAR TONIGHT DANNY SMITH'S SQUAD HAS DONE VERY, VERY WELL. THAT WAS A BIG FIELD GOAL UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE. AND NOW THE PRESSURE SHIFTS. NOW WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. JUSTIN HERBERT, THEY BUILT A FRANCHISE AROUND HIM. THERE IS DANNY SMITH. THEY BUILT THIS FRANCHISE AROUND ONE GUY. THEY THINK THAT HE HAS THE GREATNESS OF ANYBODY YOU WANT TO NAME INCLUDING PATRICK MAHOMES. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. THIS GUY HAS ALL THOSE CHARACTERISTICS. NOW AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE TO SHOW IT. HERBERT. SIDELINE. OUT OF BOUNDS. TO THE 25 YARD LINE. A LITTLE FOURTH QUARTER RECAP. HE HAD THE BLOCKED PUNT HERE. OFFSETTING PENALTIES ON THE PRIOR. HARRIS GOES INTO THE TOUCHDOWN. AND THEY MADE THAT PAY OFF. THEN YOU HAVE EKELER GOING INTO THE END ZONE. BACK COME THE STEELERS. AND THEN THE BATTED PASS BY HEYWARD. WINDING UP IN SUTTON'S HANDS. ROETHLISBERGER WINDS UP HITTING FREIERMUTH. AND HE GOES TO WORK HERE. AND HE'S UNDER PRESSURE AGAIN. HE DOES GET IT OFF TO THE TIGHT END. THAT'S PARHAM. PICKS UP FIVE TO THE 30. TACKLE BY WORMLY. SECOND AND FIVE. >> Cris: SO FIRST DOWN ON THE PRIOR PLAY WITH ALL THAT ENERGY. THEY WENT BOOTLEG. THIS HE GOOD SCREEN HERE. BOTH OF THEM END UP WORKING. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A LOT OF PRESSURE NOW ON NORTON ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINE GOING UP AGAINST ALEX. THAT'S THE MATCHUP THEY NEED TO PLAY. 56. THE JOB THIS TIME. THE THROW. EKELER. THERE GOES EKELER AGAIN. EKELER ALMOST MID FIELD. TACKLED BY BUSH. DID THE JOB ON HIGHSMITH FIRST DOWN. >> Cris: FOR AN INSIDE LINEBACKER THIS IS THE TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENT OF ALL. A BACK COMING THROUGH THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE. SOMEBODY AS TALENTED AS AUSTIN EKELER. YOU HAVE TO TRY TO PICK HIM UP ONE-ON-ONE WHEN HE MAKES THAT MOVE. >> MIKE WILLIAMS DOWN THE SIDELINE AND HIGH STEPS IN FOR THE TOUCHDOWN. WHAT A GAME THIS IS. THAT'S 53 YARDS. MIKE WILLIAMS, BIG PLAY MIKE WHO HASN'T HAD A TOUCHDOWN IN OVER A MONTH. >> Cris: JUST A HUGE MISTAKE BY THE STEELERS. THEY HAD A SLOT BLITZ AND BOTH DEFENSIVE BACKS THAT WERE REMAINING REACTED TO THE INSIDE GUY. THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO GET AN INTERCEPTION. AND IT'S -- THEY GIVE UP A HUGE TOUCHDOWN. EXTRA POINT TO MAKE IT MORE THAN A FEEL GOAL IF IF THE STEELERS HE SUCCEED. HE GETS IT. AND L.A. IS ON TOP 41-37. >> Cris: YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SAFETY UP HERE AND A SLOT BLITZ COMING RIGHT THERE. NO PROBLEM. THEY'RE PLAYING A DEEP DEFENSE. BOTH DEFENSIVE BACKS THAT TIME SUTTON AND THE SAFETY NORWOOD ARE GOING TO REACT TRYING TO GET A TRAP INTERCEPTION COMING IN. AND THEY COMPLETELY LEAVE FREE MIKE WILLIAMS AND FOR FIRST TIME YOU REALLY FEEL FITZPATRICK'S ABSENCE IN THIS GAME. BECAUSE -- OH, THAT JUST A KILLER MISTAKE THAT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, NEVER HAPPENED WITH FITZPATRICK IN THE GAME. >> Al: THIS SUN WF THE GAME THEY SAY CAN YOU RECAP THE GAMES FOR THOSE THROUGH THE END. FOR THOSE JUST TUNING IN. TOO BAD. >> Cris: I WOULD HAVE SAID NOPE. OH, BOY. >> Al: PITTSBURGH A HUGE TWO-TIMEOUTS. THAT WILL BE THE LAST ONE. AND ASSUMING THIS RUN BACK AND TOUCHBACK WITH A TWO-MINUTE WARNING. HERE IS THE SECOND PUNT HERE. TWO-MINUTE WARNING AND ONE TIME-OUT. OKAY. BACK DOWN WE GO TO THE FIELD. >> Michele: HARRIS MADE THE RETURN. IN HIS HELMET, OF COURSE. HE GOT CHECKED FOR CONCUSSION. AND HE WAS CLEARED, AL. THERE HE WAS. HE WENT TO THE LOCKER ROOM. BACK HE COMES. AND NOW WITH HIM FINDING OUT YOU HAVE YOUR RECEIVER. FOUR MAN RUSH. UNDER PRESSURE. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE US TO THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING WITH ROETHLISBERGER GETTING SACKED. SECOND AND 18 WHEN WE COME BACK ON OTHER SUED OF THE BREAK. -- THERE IS NO BREAK. ALL THE COMMERCIALS WE NEED. THEY'RE DONE. OVER. >> Cris: ALL RIGHT. LET'S WATCH THE INSIDE MOVE HERE FOR THE SACK. WE'RE GOING TO POWER THROUGH AND COME UP WITH A MONSTER SACK WHEN THEY NEEDED IT MOST. THEY WERE PLAYING ALL KINDS OF GAMES ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH BOSA. >> Al: SO WEEK 11. ANOTHER CRAZY WEEK. JONATHAN TAYLOR AGAINST THE KEY NUMBER ONE IN POINTS. HAPPY THIS YEAR FOR HIM. TWO A WEEK. PATRIOTS, OF COURSE, ON TOP OF THE EAST. KEEP AN EYE ON THE COLTS. THEY LOST TWO OVERTIME GAMES. SEVEN, EIGHT GAMES LIKE. THAT SECOND DOWN AND 18. AND A HUGE SACK BY JOESY BOSA. AND THAT WILL MAKE IT THIRD AND A MILLION. 11 YARD SACK. IT'S GOING TO BE THIRD DOWN AND 29. >> Cris: GIVE HILL SOME CREDIT ON THIS ONE. THEY'VE BEEN MOVING BOSA INSIDE AND IT HAS TURNED THIS GAME. IT REALLY HAS. THAT'S WHERE THIS PRESSURE HAS BEEN CREATED. RIGHT TACKLE. BEN OUT OF THE END ZONE, FIRES. AND THAT IS INCOMPLETE. TRIED TO GET IT TO JOHNSON. GOOD COVERAGE. FOURTH AND 29. >> THERE IS BOSA INSIDE. WHEN YOU PUT A GUY THAT CAN RUSH THE PASSER LIKE THAT OVER A GUARD, CAN YOU GO BACK THROUGH SUPER BOWL HISTORY AND REMEMBER LESSONS ON THAT. THAT SAY TOUGH ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BIG GUYS INSIDE. THREE SACKS. TWO OF THEM BACK TO BACK. RECEIVER. FOURTH AND 29. A GREAT JUMP BALL GUY. TO THE BALL. THAT MAKES IT FOURTH AND 32. SEE IF THEY CAN PROLONG THE GAME. AND THE CHARGERS HAVE SIX DEFENSIVE BACKS. WIND UP AT LEAST 17 YARDS AWAY. THAT'S GOING TO END IT RIGHT THERE. THE CHARGERS WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE A DEFENSIVE FOUL. LET'S FACE IT, HOUSTON BEAT TENNESSEE TODAY, RIGHT? >> YOUR CHARGERS ARE FUN TO WATCH. >> Al: YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS TEAM THROUGH THE YEARS? ESPECIALLY OUT IN LOS ANGELES I SAID IT BEFORE. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT N THIS TOWN, I KNOW PRETTY WELL HERE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST WIN. YOU HAVE TO WIN AND BE VERY ENTERTAINED. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS AN UNDERMANNED STEELERS DEFENSE HERE. I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HIM WHEN I SEE IT. HE WON THIS GAME AS MUCH WITH HIS LEGS TONIGHT AS HE DID HIS ARM. >> Al: YES, HE DID. 92 RUSHING YARDS. 282 PASSING YARDS. AND A FRUSTRATED STEELER TEAM THAT MADE A TREMENDOUS COME BACK. HAD THE CHARGERS ON THE ROPES. PLAYED TO MIKE WILLIAM WAS A DAGGER. >> Cris: IT REALLY WAS. THEY BROUGHT PRESSURE. BUT THEN ALMOST ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A TRAP COVERAGE ON THE OUTSIDE. AND BOTH DEFENSIVE BACKS WERE LEFT OVER THERE. LEFT THEM WIDE OPEN. NEVER DOES THAT HAPPEN THAT YOU HAVE PITS PATRICK OUT THERE. ONE MORE KNEEL DOWN WILL END IT. AND THE CHARGERS WILL STAY RIGHT ON CAN CITY'S HEELS. THEY GO TO DENVER NEXT WEEK. DENVER TAKES ON THE BENGALS. THEY'RE HEALTHY AGAIN TODAY. THEY BEAT VEGAS. >> Cris: AND SOMETIMES AS FRAN CHIZ, YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS, RIGHT? THEY HAD A CHANCE TO GIVE THIS GAME AWAY. THEY REALLY DID. AND YET THEIR YOUNG QUARTERBACK
