It’s remarkable sometimes how a game can hinge on just a single moment, any moment, even when you least expect it. The Pittsburgh Steelers head their moment Monday against the Cleveland Browns in the middle of the fourth quarter.
Trailing by three, the defense was facing a second-and-9 for Cleveland from the 20-yard line, the Browns having already picked up one first down. Then with 7:09 to play, OLB Alex Highsmith turned on the jets and beat LT Jedrick Wills Jr. around the left edge, knocking the ball out of QB Deshaun Watson’s outstretched throwing hand.
From there, the Steelers’ other outside linebacker, T.