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00:00This Vikings defense, if they want to see more passes, if they want to face more plays that they can drop some of these coverages and blitz games, they've got to do a better job on early downs against the run.
00:10Back to the ground, Gainwell, this time they do do a good job against the run, Jonathan Grenard there to drop him for a loss.
00:18The Steelers, the first three games of this season, second worst in the NFL under three yards per carry, but they're over five today.
00:26Okay. Mike Tomlin's team starting to smell three and one.
00:36This is a really good sign of things to come for Pittsburgh.
00:39It's 4.20 to go. Hayward in there as a fullback. Johnson will take the fake.
00:44Rogers sets up and throws incomplete. Wanted to reward Skoranek for all the dirty work he's done today.
00:51Incomplete, though, and third and goal with 4.17 on the clock.
00:55This will be a big stand of a field goal if Minnesota could pull it off here and keep it a two-score game.
01:06Yes, Skoranek, it runs a nice route, and I think Rogers just knows he missed one.
01:11Listen, we showed the casual Aaron Rogers on the tush-push, just give the old casual first down.
01:16But I'll tell you what, at his age, man, this guy, he wants to compete. He wants to win.
01:23He still has got that fire going, man. He wants to finish this thing right.
01:26Pressure coming after him as he zips it to Gainwell.
01:28Stopped by Smith. It's fourth down and goal.
01:32Doesn't seem like you gain a whole lot by kicking a field goal here. Don't you need to go for it?
01:36Yeah, I think you go for it. You don't want to make a two-possession game a two-possession game.
01:40Granted, right, everyone at home is like, well, it's a touchdown and a field goal.
01:43But right now it's about, with just over four minutes, how many times do you think Minnesota can possess the ball in order to come back from behind?
01:54They're going to kick, but you go for it. Worst-case scenario, you've got the Vikings backed up with their own two.
02:03Yeah, I think you can see the offense, Rogers, everyone, they're fighting to stay on the field.
02:07I don't know if they can make up their mind. They originally kept the field goal unit off.
02:13Then they called them on, and now I think maybe Aaron Rodgers and the offense won this battle with Mike Tomlin because they're staying on the field.
02:21Yeah, just worst-case scenario here. You're still up two scores, but you've got the Vikings backed into their own end zone.
02:28So the offense will go for it after the Vikings use their second timeout.
02:324-14 left to go, and Rodgers and the Steelers trying to put this one on ice.
02:41Here we go, fourth and goal from inside the five.
02:45Metcalf, one-on-one to the top.
02:47It's a handoff, and Kenneth Gainwell will fight for the goal line and get stopped short.
02:53So the Vikings' defense comes up with a stop.
02:594-09 left to go.
03:01Stays a ten-point game.
03:03The Vikings will have it at their own one.
03:07Interesting. Try to run it in from there.
03:08Yeah, so I like the idea of going for it, right?
03:10Rodgers was pushing, he's fighting for it.
03:13I think you're putting the ball in Rodgers' hand there.
03:15Give him an opportunity to go scramble, drill.
03:17He's been one of the best over his career at that, down in the red zone.
03:20Just a simple handoff, as well as you've been running the ball.
03:25It just doesn't give you a lot of second options if you don't get the perfect look.
03:32Trying to reach, gets marked down.
03:34But like you said, this is worst-case scenario now,
03:36and I don't think if you're Pittsburgh, you mind.
03:38You've got a two-score lead, and they've got to go 99 to get their first touchdown.
03:43So I think you're in good shape.
03:44Just outside of four minutes, one timeout, trying to get some breathing room.
03:50Mason will do just that.
03:53Five yards to the six.
03:54This is where you would love one of those big play superstar receivers to break one off.
03:59And Jefferson and Addison, Jefferson had a huge first half,
04:02only one catch in the second half,
04:04and in Addison's first game of the season, three catches total.
04:10Addison to the near side, Jefferson to the top.
04:14Three-forty left.
04:17Steelers bringing pressure.
04:19Wentz finds Jefferson.
04:21First down to the 17.
04:23Now they've got to go.
04:24We've got a Steelers player now down, so that's going to stop the clock.
04:29If you get into second or third and long, a field goal doesn't kill you.
04:33First and ten.
04:34It's blown coverage, and it's Addison.
04:36Addison, he's down the sideline.
04:39He will take it inside the five.
04:42Peyton Wilson saves a touchdown.
04:45And that tackle not just saves a touchdown, but it's going to kill, I don't know, 20 seconds.
04:50It's an unbelievable effort there by Wilson.
04:53Remember, their starting corner, Brandon Echols, he just went out the previous play to injury.
04:59Now, all of a sudden, there's just a blown coverage.
05:03But look at this effort by Wilson to at least make him run another play.
05:07At least run another two plays.
05:09Wow, what a huge play by Peyton Wilson, one of the fastest linebackers in the NFL.
05:15Tracks down Jordan Addison.
05:18And then Patrick Queen with a tackle on the first play here at the goal line.
05:22They've got to get going here again.
05:23They want to score on the plus side of that two-minute warning, if at all possible.
05:30So they've got to get going here.
05:35Second and goal, 2-20.
05:37Wentz, end zone, broken up and incomplete.
05:41James Pierre getting his chance with the injuries.
05:45And the touchdown-saving tackle has killed off 45 seconds and added three plays.
05:51I'll tell you what, man, it's those hidden effort plays in a game that you just never know when they're going to come.
06:01Really impressive by the young linebacker.
06:03And now, this sets up a really critical moment.
06:06I think you have to go for this here in two downs.
06:10You can't guarantee that you're going to get this close to score a touchdown,
06:13even if you do somehow get the ball back and get another possession.
06:17Third down, an issue all day for the Vikings.
06:21Broke it up again.
06:24One Thornhill this time.
06:27Fourth down and goal.
06:29Offense does stay on the field.
06:31In the last two plays, it just looks like Carson Wentz is just staring down where he wants to go with the ball.
06:47Reoffensive play call.
06:48They have your gotta-have-it moments, your best plays.
06:51When you need him the most, then this needs to be your best call.
06:58Last 0 for the Vikings.
06:59Three to snap it.
07:02Fourth down and goal.
07:04Wentz rolls.
07:06Wentz will dump it off for Jalen Naylor.
07:08And the Vikings do find the end zone.
07:10It's a touchdown.
07:11And it's a one-score game with two minutes left.
07:17Well, I'll tell you what.
07:18They needed their best play.
07:20They got it because this play design by Kevin O'Connell was awesome.
07:24Jalen Naylor, he started all the way on the backside and ran behind the line of scrimmage
07:30and became the frontside flat outlet for Wentz.
07:34And look, he starts over here, and he's going to just find his way back to the frontside of this play action
07:40and just come right out the frontside right in front of Carson Wentz.
07:44For his first touchdown of the season, and two touchdowns in this fourth quarter for the Vikings
07:48from down 24-6 to within three with 2.08 left.
08:00Still, though, Peyton Wilson's tackle shaves off a minute of game time.
08:08Here we go.
08:09Try it again.
08:13Dove on!
08:14By Roman Wilson.
08:17So 2.07.
08:18They'll have the timeout and the two-minute warning.
08:21And we'll have a chance to get the ball back here, although with not a whole lot of time.
08:26You just got to keep playing.
08:27You just never know.
08:28I mean, you see crazy things happen all the time in the league.
08:32Nice job there by Roman Wilson, the little sidewinder spinner.
08:37Can't tell you how stressful that play is.
08:39I've lined up on my fair share of hands teams over the years, Joe.
08:42And I'll tell you what.
08:44I'll go across the middle all day, every day.
08:47The anxiety of standing there as that ball's coming at you is pretty incredible.
08:51You have no idea what the ball's going to do.
08:53Oh, especially nowadays.
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09:27run what and what an effort all day by kenneth gainwell i mean he looked like he was going to
09:31lose three yards just continues to run through contact and then okay for a minute there i think
09:37everyone on the pittsburgh steelers deep uh sideline is like stay in bounds stay in bounds
09:42but now brings up third and short in my mind this is four down territory so take a look i mean he's
09:49dead to rights in the backfield wilson's got him he just can't bring him down couple bad angles and
09:56turned short i feel like you should have a shirt that you wear all the time that says four down
10:03territory well i mean this is always this is a no-brainer right i mean if you don't you've got
10:08two but the way they've run the ball you've got two downs they're going jumbo personnel
10:13number 74 spencer anderson he's played a lot in this second half as the jumbo tight end
10:18you've got two downs to get a yard and minnesota doesn't get the ball back
10:23all right so they've used their last time out a minute 52
10:26pittsburgh trying to seal the deal
10:29and now time out their last
10:36the vikings keeping their hopes alive in this game we're saying at the start of the last drive
10:46you need a big play you need one of those guys addison or jefferson to hit it and they did with
10:51addison what happened though for the steelers yeah so they're in quarters coverage on this side and
10:55this is cover two over here if whatever reason chuck clark and darius slay they both just sit flat
11:01footed there's no one else even on their side of the field outside of you know just a little check
11:07down there by nailer so i'm not exactly sure why in that situation you're not playing top down
11:14everything in front of me and they throw it short just rally tackle and keep the clock moving
11:19third and one
11:25gainwell not gonna get it dallas turner stops him fourth down and about a foot
11:38so they can run it down to about a minute ten here
11:43yeah and remember that no one has any more timeouts so pittsburgh can't even take their time here to think about it
11:50play clock's running so they they just they got to make a decision and stick with it
11:55one play to ice it or for the minnesota defense one play to give them a shot
12:00yeah this is not this to me i'm not even bringing my i'm not even considering it
12:10hustling up to the line hustle up there you got to get half a yard
12:12this feels like no snap no play well the play clock is
12:17yeah it's taking a delay game that is
12:19to you this is a no-brainer it's a no-brainer
12:23it's a no-brainer minnesota you get a half a yard
12:27and the minnesota vikings never possess the ball
12:31ever again on a day where you're averaging five yards a carry
12:35i know you can't let the third and short play when they don't get any yards
12:38you can't let that spooky you've been good all day
12:42with kenneth gainwell running the ball behind this offensive line and the big tackles and
12:46man you're gonna choose to give the ball back to justin jefferson and jordan addison
12:52i don't i don't i just i don't get it now listen they can still win the game
12:56but it doesn't mean the outcome doesn't mean the decisions
12:59are correct we saw the other night on national television
13:03dan campbell keep his offense on the field and it worked
13:06waitman just pounds this one through the back of the end zone
13:12so the vikings down three with a minute one get the ball back here
13:20great and you gained 19 yards of field position right the ball
13:24let's say 20 yards the ball was at the 40 before the
13:27delay of game so the ball on fourth and one was at the 40
13:30they needed to get to the 39 and now the vikings possess the ball with over a
13:35minute down by three at the 20
13:37carson wentz in his second start he's a quarterback of the team that he grew up
13:43rooting for
13:44he's got two dangerous weapons to the top here in jefferson and addison
13:50need to get to about the 40 yard line to get to within will reichard's range
13:55first play of the drive whence given time to the sideline it is a juggle did he keep his
14:03feet in james pierre's
14:05tell you what that was an unbelievable play by pierre to undercut that route
14:17just doesn't get it quite
14:19i don't think i'm not sure to win yeah let
14:28you got to get an egg all right this will tell us when does he actually possess the ball
14:33it's hard to see it's less evident on that replay that he didn't possess it the whole time
14:42can't tell there either and again the call on the field is that this is a good pick
14:49haven't seen anything yet to overrule that i think i mean from everything we've seen he has
14:54full possession of that ball
14:55i see nothing to suggest he double catches that ball
15:01because depending on when they say he gets it that left foot's on the ground
15:07again in real time i was wondering and there let's see oh there you go that's the angle
15:18right there that's the good angle by the time he does second catch it that left foot was on
15:23the right foot was already off the ground so they can marry those two images together and
15:28that last angle that we just got showed it pretty clear how many times have the vikings been
15:35resuscitated today
15:40mike pereira what do you think
15:42yeah we actually thought incomplete right off the bat with the line speed
15:46you could see there was a clear bobble and and that the back foot seemed to be up so
15:51although it was i was like you is it and we never got really a good look at the ball and some of the replays
15:56is it is it and then the great shot that says no he did not have control
16:00all right so after all that it's just an incomplete pass 58 seconds
16:05second and ten extra man comes it's picked up so he's got time
16:09flagged down and it's an incomplete pass
16:12this is gonna go on pittsburgh
16:14intended receiver xavier scott
16:17they're gonna get defensive holding scott was grabbed off the line
16:22holding defense number six five yard penalty automatic
16:27fourth down by patrick queen yeah he's lined up here you'll see him he's walking down he's gonna match up
16:32right here in the slot and
16:34i think he's lucky he does grab him i i think if he doesn't grab him he's gonna run
16:38right by him and
16:40lucky that wasn't a big completion i don't think minnesota needs to force the ball here
16:45outside the numbers on the last two plays
16:48the steelers defense really left the middle of the field
16:52pretty much wide open you got 54 seconds a chunk play here is more important than trying to get out of bounds
16:58well again last week reichert hit from 62
17:01we need to get to the 44 for that here's pressure
17:04pressure went's able to stay on his feet with another flag and now he's sacked by herbig
17:09that might have been a free play
17:12i think pittsburgh was lined up off sides
17:15defense number 90
17:17that is back-to-back penalties on the steelers
17:2248 seconds
17:29it'll be first and five at the 30
17:32yeah but five yard penalties when you're really just worried about bleeding the clock
17:35actually doesn't kill you right so they've given up 10 yards on the last two plays but
17:40you've ticked off a lot of time off the clock so
17:43not not that big of a deal if you're pittsburgh
17:47you've only got to go though 26 yards to get to where reichert hit last week
17:51again inside but just to give you an idea not that far
17:54once again given time here's xavier scott with a first down and out of bounds 43 seconds
18:01you imagine how excited this crowd's going to be if that kicker comes on the field to try to send this thing to overtime this is what reicher did last week the controlled conditions
18:14and minnesota had plenty to spare
18:17they're just hoping for a chance to repeat that
18:21the folks here saying we get our first we've waited eternity
18:25to get our first game in ireland we could get extra football
18:30this is so good 43 seconds first and 10
18:33this is where that pass rush
18:35t.j watt now lined up on the right tackle not the left like usual
18:40wenz is pressured wenz throws it away herbig is on him
18:46shouldn't that be grounding
18:51hawkinson in the general yeah they're not
18:53not close enough they're gonna get him for grounding
18:57see herbig he just comes on the loop inside
19:02wenz doesn't even see him
19:05he just can't take sacks
19:13and this will be a 10 second runoff with it
19:15the penalty also includes a 10 second runoff
19:21seven sack of the day for pittsburgh the biggest one yet
19:26so now they they can't think out of bounds
19:28they've got to think chunk play
19:34try to pick up some of this yardage if you get too focused throwing the ball
19:37outside it just makes the field way too small
19:39it was herbig who had the strip sack
19:43it led to the game-winning touchdown last week
19:47putting minnesota again on the brink
19:49getting the play clock reset to 30 seconds second and 26
19:59they got to get all the way out to the 49 yard line just to get a first down here
20:04he'll go underneath hawkinson
20:07toppled at the 36 under 20 seconds no timeouts
20:16spike it and they'll have one play to get a first down
20:19so it is fourth down and 13 coming here with 14 seconds no timeouts
20:30first order of business you got to get a first down
20:35yeah you gotta get first down and you gotta get out of bounds
20:38at 14 seconds
20:41needing this many yards you just you don't have enough time to complete anything in bounds and run so
20:47this ball has to be thrown at or pass the first down marker and you gotta get out of bounds this
20:55this is you got two to snap it you're gonna have to be perfect here and they got to delay a game
21:01it was as if they weren't thinking at all about the play clock the flag is already down
21:05it's not a timeout right so so often after the quarterback spikes the ball that the urgency in the huddle
21:22everyone gets back in the huddle and they take their time they almost treat it like they called timeout
21:27that play clock it's gonna snap right back and they just keep going backwards
21:3214 seconds fourth and 18. so everything if you're pittsburgh everything underneath short inside the numbers
21:46when stepping up over the middle it's broken up
21:52deshaun elliott knocks it away and seals the deal for the steelers
22:00who will get their first win overseas they've done their best through the years to
22:05stake claim to ireland make
22:07the steelers ireland's team and sealing that with a win here in dublin today
22:11yeah whether this ball was completed or not it was going to be the final play of the game
22:18even if somehow he fits that in there to addison there's no way they're going to get up there and
22:23have enough time to clock that ball so
22:27just a really good effort there i mean it kind of the decision of tomlin it worked out in this case he
22:33trusted his defense put him out there but after a couple penalties it was the pass rush really the
22:39story of the entire day they forced the intentional grounding and that pretty much all but did it
22:45well the defense had five takeaways last week to get them the win in new england they have seven sacks
22:51today to lead the way in this one pittsburgh improves to three and one while the vikings
22:57suffered their first loss in europe in their franchise's history here in their fifth game and they fall to
23:03two and two on the year
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