Less than five minutes into the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin elected to punt the ball away facing a 4th-and-7 from the Eagles’ 46-yard line. The Steelers never saw the football again on offense and lost 27-13.
Per the Surrender Index, that punt was one of the most cowardly punts of the last 25 years. But as Alex Kozora wrote, do you expect an offense to grind out an 11-minute drive to close out a game? That’s an incredible feat.
But the Steelers defense was on the field for a 13-play touchdown drive their last time out.