While there were a lot of crucial moments throughout yesterday’s game that fundamentally shaped the outcome, the penultimate came with 2:11 to go in the fourth quarter. The Seattle Seahawks were facing a third and 16 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. A stop there would have given them the ball back with two minutes to play and all of their timeouts, and the offense had scored on three of their four previous drives.
And then the defense allowed Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson to scramble his way forward for a 15-yard gain, nearly picking up the first down all by himself.