The Pittsburgh Steelers are on the road in one of the most hostile stadiums in the league. Lumen Field, the home of the Seattle Seahawks, is known for its deafening crowd noise and will present serious challenges to the Mason Rudolph-led Steelers offense. Both teams are 8-7 entering the day. The winning team will have a great shot at the playoffs while the losing team will be heavily reliant on other teams to get in with one week remaining in the season.
Rudolph will be starting his second game in a row for the Steelers even though QB Kenny Pickett is mostly healthy and available to play. Another win for Rudolph will create some uncomfortable decisions in Pittsburgh for the final week of the season. The Steelers enter this game without ILB Elandon Roberts, S Minkah Fitzpatrick, and S Trenton Thompson. They will once again be without their top three inside linebackers and their top four safeties, and will be reliant on Myles Jack, Eric Rowe, and Patrick Peterson to maintain their level of play from last week.
The Seahawks will be missing a few notable players on their roster as well. OT Jason Peters, S Jamal Adams, LB Frank Clark, and DE Mario Edward are all unavailable and a few more key players are questionable dealing with injuries.
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Steelers Inactive:
QB Kenny Pickett
S Minkah Fitzpatrick
S Trenton Thompson
CB Darius Rush
OT Dylan Cook
ILB Elandon Roberts
DL DeMarvin Leal
Seahawks Inactive:
DE Mario Edwards
T Jason Peters
LB Jordyn Brooks
RB Kenny McIntosh
OG McClendon Curtis
OT Raiqwon O’Neal
CB Kelvin Joseph
The Seahawks won the coin toss and elected to defer. The Steelers and Mason Rudolph will start with the ball.
START OF GAME
The opening kickoff resulted in a touchback.
1st and 10, Najee Harris up the middle for 4 yards. 2nd and 6, Harris up the middle again for one yard. 3rd and 5 with the crowd roaring at Lumen Field, Rudolph went through his reads and found Diontae Johnson who turned away from his first defender and gained 13 yards.
1st and 10, Jaylen Warren spun out of contact and stiff armed for extra yards.
1st and 10, Rudolph to George Pickens for 5 yards. 2nd and 5, play action and nothing there so Rudolph threw it away. 3rd and 5, on the Seahawks’ end of the field, Rudolph escaped pressure and hit Pickens along the sideline, but he was out of bounds. 4th and 5, Tomlin has the offense out on the field, but called timeout. Offense back on the field, Rudolph in shotgun, targeted Pickens deep along the left sideline and Riq Woolen knocked it away.
Geno Smith and the Seahawks take over from the 41 and the Steelers give up their field position advantage early.
1st and 10, incomplete intended for Metcalf with Heyward and Benton getting involved at the line of scrimmage. 2nd and 10, Kenneth Walker off left tackle for 1 yard. 3rd and 9, complete to Noah Fant for 8 yards. The punt went into the end zone for a touchback.
1st and 10, Rudolph complete to Johnson for a big gain, but he somehow pitched it back to the defender for a fumble as he was going out of bounds. If they rule he was out of bounds it will be a 43-yard gain from Rudolph to Johnson. It is under review, but the ruling on the field is a turnover. It was overturned.
1st and 10, Harris up the middle for 6 yards. 2nd and 4, Harris again for 3 yards off left taklce. 3rd and 1, Rudolph sneak with enough to convert.
1st and 10, Rudolph threw the ball away with nothing there. 2nd and 10, Warren up the middle for 9 yards. 3rd and 1, Rudolph sneak for no gain. 4th and inches, Rudolph sneak again to convert.
1st and 10, Harris toss right for 8 yards. The Steelers are now right around field goal range for Chris Boswell. 2nd and 2, Harris up the middle for 5 yards.
1st and 10, complete to Johnson for 10 yards, but a flag on the field. Illegal motion on Pat Freiermuth. 1st and 15, Harris up the middle for 6 yards. 2nd and 9, Rudolph to Pickens for 10 yards.
1st and 10, Warren up the middle for 2 yards. 2nd and 8, Warren found a crease and burst upfield for the 18-yard touchdown. 7-0 Steelers.
1st and 10, Eric Rowe nearly intercepted the pass, but couldn’t quite haul it in. 2nd and 10, Walker gained 7 yards on a checkdown pass. 3rd and 3, complete to Noah Fant for 7 yards.
1st and 10, Zach Charbonnet up the middle for 4 yards.
END OF 1ST QUARTER: 7-0 STEELERS
2nd and 6, T.J. Watt nearly sacked Smith, but he stepped away from the sack and found DK Metcalf downfield for 33 yards.
1st and 10, Kenneth Walker III rushed arund the left end for 11 yards. The next play, Walker off left tackle for 13 yards and a touchdown. 7-7 even.
The kickoff resulted in a touchback.
1st and 10, the snap wasn’t great, but Rudolph fielded it and got the ball to Warren who took it for 23 yards. What an effort by Warren.
1st and 10, Rudolph complete to Pickens for 37 yards. He fumbled, but it went out of bounds.
1st and 10, Harris tackled behind the line of scrimmage. 2nd and 11, Warren around the left end for 3 yards tackled by Devin Bush. 3rd and 8 in the red zone, the crowd noise getting the best of the offense and they call a timeout with Rudolph having trouble with the call. 3rd and 8, Rudolph sacked. Boswell and the field goal unit nail the 39-yard field goal. 10-7 Steelers.
The kickoff resulted in a touchback.
1st and 10, screen to Walker for 11 yards. Seemed like a hold on Watt, but nothing called.
1st and 10, Smith complete to Fant over the middle for 21 yards.
1st and 10, Walker for 7 yards up the middle. 2nd and 3, false start. 2nd and 8, Walker up the middle for 9 yards.
1st and 10, Metcalf over the middle for 21 yards wide open.
1st and 10 from the 11, Smith aired one out in the end zone. Miles Killebrew and Joey Porter Jr. both took knees after the play with some minor injury. 2nd and 10, Walker had plenty of room, but got tripped up by Armon Watts. 3rd and 6, false start. 3rd and 11, Smith found Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the back of the end zone for a touchdown. 14-10 Seahawks.
The kickoff resulted in a touchback.
1st and 10, Harris up the middle for 4 yards. 2nd and 6, Rudolph scrambled for 2 yards with nothing downfield. 3rd and 4, complete to Freiermuth who slipped away from his defender for a 25-yard gain. Another wild snap, but a great job by Rudolph.
1st and 10, Harris around the left end for 23 yards with some hard fought yards after contact.
1st and 10, Harris up the middle for 5.
TWO MINUTE WARNING
2nd and 5, Harris up the middle for 1 yard. He had to fight hard to not get tackled for a loss. 3rd and 4, complete to Johnson on a short out for 5 yards.
1st and goal, Warren up the middle for 1 yard. 2nd and 9, Harris fighting very hard and diving for a touchdown. Harris is running like a man possessed today. The touchdown was confirmed. 17-14 Steelers.
The kickoff resulted in a touchback. They have one timeout and 1:36 to try to get some points on the board.
1st and 10, Smith targeted Lockett and Chandon Sullivan broke up the pass. 2nd and 10, Smith checkdown to Charbonnet for 4 yards. A great close and tackle by Eric Rowe. 3rd and 6, Watt tracked down a scrambling Smith from behind to limit the gain to 5 yards. Timeout number 3 called by the Steelers. The punt rolled into the end zone for a touchback.
Two inbounds passes and they ran out of time.
END OF 1ST HALF: 17-14 STEELERS
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