The Pittsburgh Steelers’ first drive of the fourth quarter, during which they have been at their best all season, lasted all of 14 seconds. It consisted of one play, on which quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was sacked and stripped of the ball, recovered by the Kansas City Chiefs and returned to the seven-yard line.
They wildly botched the ensuing drive after making a quarterback change, but netted a field goal for their efforts following two consecutive botched snaps from Chad Henne. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was prepared to make a similar change, down 30 with under 10 minutes to play, but quarterback Roethlisberger wasn’t done.