After electing to kick a 29-yard field goal to make it a 13-6 game with 1:54 left in the fourth quarter, it appeared that Denver Broncos’ head coach Sean Payton was going to try an onside kick in the one-score game with just one timeout left.
Instead, Payton surprised everyone, electing to go for the usual kickoff under the new rules, giving the ball to the Pittsburgh Steelers on a touchback, which then allowed the Steelers to force the Broncos to burn their final timeout and not get the ball back until just 18 seconds were left in the game.