Current Events > Steelers comeback falls short as reciver celebrates while clock is running down

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https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2021/12/10/chase-claypools-late-celebration-tantrum-cost-steelers-a-chance-at-a-historic-win/

Steelers receiver Chase Claypool was not at his best when it came to situational awareness in Pittsburghs 36-28 loss to the Vikings on Thursday night. Claypool was benched for a time by head coach Mike Tomlin after an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (which Tomlin tersely confirmed after the game), and then, on the Steelers final drive in a furious comeback from a 28-0 deficit, Claypool cost his team precious seconds when they were most needed. With 42 second left in the game, and the Steelers out of timeouts, Claypool caught a short pass from Ben Roethlisberger and moved for a nine-yard gain. The catch was for a first down, which Claypool decided to celebrate when time was of the essence. You can see guard Trai Turner trying to rip the ball away from Claypool so that the Steelers could run another play, but between the delay and the difficulty in getting lined up as Claypool decided that this was a great time to yell at his teammate, the clock ticked down to 25 seconds, and Roethlisberger had to spike the ball to stop the clock.

Well never know how the game would have ended had Claypool had his wits about him in the moment, but it was an unnecessary way to end an amazing near-comeback. Had the Steelers been able to pull this off, it would have been the biggest regular-season comeback in NFL history.

https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1469166225402044417

Go Pits! lol

Maybe next time, eh?

That's my team for ya.

The most popular guy on the team

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

That's my team for ya.

Thx 4 that FYI

and now You Know! (Bill Nye voice)

same

i still can't believe freiermuth didn't catch that last ball.

but yeah, claypool really needs to get his head in the game. i think this one in particular might be him still playing college rules in his head. (remember when Burriss spiked a live ball?) i want to like the kid, but he's not making it easy to right now.