The Pittsburgh Steelers made a strong comeback.
The team around quarterback Ben Roethlisberger celebrated a 28:24 victory against the Indianapolis Colts. For a long time, it didn’t look like Pittsburgh had any reason to be happy.
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After two touchdown runs by Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, a strong 42-yard touchdown pass from Philip Rivers to Zach Pascal and a field goal – with only one Steelers touchdown from James Conner – the home side were shortly after Break with 7:24 behind. But then Big Ben and Co. turned on.
First Roethlisberger threw a 37-yard touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson, then he found Eric Ebron and JuJu Smith-Schuster in the end zone. After the last three bankruptcies in a row, the Steelers, who had all won the first eleven games of the season, could look forward to another victory.
With the success, the team also secured victory in the AFC North. (NFL results and schedule)
The game was bitter for the Colts. With the bankruptcy, they are only in second place in the AFC South and are dependent on outside help in the fight for the playoffs.
Chiefs win AFC
Meanwhile, the Kansas City Chiefs had reason to celebrate. With a more than painful 17:14 win against the Atlanta Falcons, the team around playmaker Patrick Mahomes secured first place in the AFC. This means that the Super Bowl champion does not have to compete in the first playoff round and also has home rights during the entire postseason.
The Chiefs were very lucky. Nine seconds before the end, Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo started with a field goal to equalize and the associated overtime, but his kick went wrong.
Meanwhile, Travis Kelce set a record. The Chiefs tight end caught seven balls for 98 yards and with 1,426 yards in the season surpassed the previous record of 49ers tight end George Kittle. Never before has a tight end caught more balls in one season and there is still a game to go.
Jaguars have number one pick
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Browns surprisingly suffered a defeat. In the fight for the playoffs, the New York Jets went bankrupt 16:23. Behind the Ravens and the already qualified Steelers, the Browns are only third in the AFC North.
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But the win wasn’t necessarily an advantage for the Jets either. Because now it is certain that the Jacksonville Jaguars, who lost to the Chicago Bears at 17:41 in the evening, will be able to select number one in the upcoming draft. Quarterback Trevor Lawrence is likely to wear the jersey of the Jaguars in the future. (SERVICE: NFL table)
Brown’s rival Baltimore Ravens won the evening 27:13 against the New York Giants and is in the playoffs with a win against Cincinnati next week.
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