On 4th and 7 at the Eagles 46-yard line with 10:40 to play in the game, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin made the decision to punt it back to the Philadelphia Eagles, despite being down two touchdowns. I’m sure he thought that pinning the Birds deep would result in a quick three and out and then good field position for his offense but instead...his team didn’t get the ball back at all.
21 plays.
88 yards.
10:29 of game time.
The Eagles went on a drive that, as a fan of a Big Ten team that used to Run The Damn Ball, made me stand up and applaud for five minutes.