Following Sunday’s game, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was asked why he passed over the chance to attempt a field goal on 4th and 1 from his own 22 that would have put his team up by eight points, instead attempting to convert the first down, which would have ended the game then and there.
He cited the Dallas Cowboys’ aggressive field goal blocking unit, which had already successfully blocked one extra point and had been getting good pressure up the middle throughout the evening—even on Chris Boswell’s franchise-record 59-yard field goal at the end of the first half.