Prior to the start of the game yesterday, I wrote about the fact that the Pittsburgh Steelers offense this season had been quite poor getting off to fast starts to games. On 12 opening drives, they had scored just twice for a total of 10 points, punting seven times and turning the ball over twice, including once on downs, in addition to a missed field goal.
But one area in which the Steelers have absolutely excelled in 2015 has been in closing out halves. Between the two-minute warnings, nobody has rivaled Pittsburgh this year. As pointed out by Dom Rinelli, entering yesterday’s game, they had scored 79 points in the final two minutes of halves, including nine touchdowns and six field goals.