Pickett said he had 10 minutes to get ready…

Yup. I keep reading people claiming that the interception gave the Jets momentum. Their offense established plenty of momentum on the touchdown drive to bring them within three.

 

Even if it's only 30 seconds off the clock, They would have had a longer field to work with and one less time out. That 30 seconds could easily have been the difference, considering they scored the go ahead touchdown with 16 seconds to go.

 

Well if it wasn't the final nail in the coffin it certainly was one of them. The air got sucked out of the stadium/team on that throw. I am not being hard on Pickett. It was a rookie mistake, and that is going to happen. To me that throw cost them the game. We can agree to disagree.

 

Although He could have taken a sack , and the clock would still be running....So....Really it doesn't matter.... that is in the past.....We, and He(Pickett).....must look forward.

 

Watch the end again. The Jets took their time on that last drive. They wanted to make sure the Steelers didn't have enough time remaining to respond. I don't think they even used all of their time-outs.

But hey, at least you are sort of admitting you were wrong about them being able to run off another minute, so that's progress.

 

We can, but something as vague as sucking the air out of the stadium doesn't really mean much.

I have no problem saying it was a costly mistake. My issue is with people saying it cost them the game. To me, that puts far too much blame on that one play when it was the defense that couldn't hold a 10-point lead in a game with the offense actually winning the time of possession battle. That edge ended up just a few seconds, but it was much more than that unit the defense fell apart in the fourth quarter.

 

Steelers would’ve played for 3 like they always do and still lost imo.

Horribly timed Renegade didn’t help the crowd. Renegade on kickoffs is a waste especially with 13 minutes left in the game. That last drive they had a long 3rd at the 50 and no Renegade…

 

I've only been to Heinz once but, I thought they played Renegade between the 3rd and 4th quarters? No?

 

No. Usually it’s sometime in the 4th quarter when we need a stop.

 

Ah, good to know.

 

I don't know whats vague about it. The Steelers looked like they we driving toward a late field goal. Instead they ended up with a momentum changing turnover. I would say the wind was taken away from the Steelers' sails if that is a better analogy.

As for the Jets drive, the timeline completely changes if the Steelers do not turn it over when they did. Speculating on what would have happened if Pickett hadn't made that throw is pointless. There is really no way to know what would have happened.

 

I guess it depends on tv timeouts as well. I’ve been to games when it hasn’t been played at all. Then sometimes in big games they play it twice like Patriots or playoffs. I guess it is kind of pathetic if it’s needed twice for the Jets but they should’ve played it on the Jets last drive.

 

We know a lot, including that the Jets would have still had three minutes against the same defense that couldn’t get a stop in the fourth quarter.

 

Even if that is the case, the sequence of plays would be completely different. A different play call vs a different coverage and Wilson could have thrown a pick. Impossible to know what would have happened.

 

There was a snipit on this in the local news lately

Renegade takes 2 minutes

They need a 2 minute timeout not 30 seconds

If the clock is running with say a long series they can’t do it

 

Makes sense

 

Good luck having that dusty typewriter seeing your logical point. He doesn't admit defeat. EVER.

 

It is impossible to know for sure, but we can see what was likely. The Steelers couldn't even slow the Jets down on that last drive. Maybe the defense gets lucky, but the most likely outcome based on what we saw is that the Steelers still lose that game.

 

Next time, perhaps try contributing something to the discussion rather than just taking a swipe at another poster.

I understand his logic, but the defense had many opportunities to get that one stop it needed. They couldn't get it done. The Jets' offense stole the momentum during the drive before Pickett's interception.

 

It was a major contributor, no doubt. But the defense crapped the bed and that’s ultimately what cost us the game IMO.