Although the Pittsburgh Steelers ultimately ended the game in the victory formation, having recorded a turnover on downs on defense, the Indianapolis Colts drew criticism in the final minutes for the manner in which they handled the game clock.
Interim head coach Jeff Saturday’s team took over down seven points with 3:52 to play and all three timeouts in their pocket. That is more than enough time for any competent offense to do whatever it is that they would want to try to do to win the game.
They used up very nearly three and a half minutes only to get to the Steelers’ 26-yard line with 24 seconds remaining by the time they ran their final play on 4th and 3.