The Pittsburgh Steelers defense had a Jekyll-and-Hyde game, and it cost them in the end. After holding the Seattle Seahawks to seven points in the first half, they allowed three consecutive touchdowns in the second. Then their inability to stop Russell Wilson on the final drive sealed the defeat.
Even with the defense able to force two fumbles, the first by T.J. Watt and then Mike Hilton influencing a botched handoff that kept the Steelers alive late in the game, the defense had 5:34 to get the ball back to the offense and could not.