The Steelers dominated this game in every statistical category except one, and their failing in that one area is why the outcome was as close as it was.
15, 2017: DIVISIONAL ROUND – STEELERS 18, CHIEFS 16 Then with 78 seconds left and the Steelers needing a touchdown to win, Roethlisberger drove the Steelers 75 yards by completing 8-of-10 with the only two incompletions being spikes to stop the clock, and then Brown capped the day with that 4-yard Immaculate Extension touchdown as time expired. Bell, who finished the game with 122 yards rushing on 20 carries, scored one touchdown on a 7-yard run and another on a 7-yard reception in those final 14 minutes. Then came the fourth quarter, and at different times over the next 14 minutes, Le'Veon Bell, Ben Roethlisberger, and Antonio Brown did things that would send the Ravens back to Baltimore with coal in their stockings. A 20-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Grimble gave the Steelers a 7-0 lead, but by the time Justin Tucker kicked a red zone field goal with 14 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter the Ravens had built a 20-10 lead. It was a rare Christmas spent at Heinz Field, and it turned into a tremendous holiday treat for fans who chose to spend the day with 66,276 of their closest friends. With five seconds left, Coach Mike Tomlin went for the victory instead of overtime by putting the ball in Le'Veon Bell's hands. Vick might have been just a shadow of his former self by 2015, but he made two big plays on this possession: a 24-yard run to convert a third-and-6 and give the Steelers a first down at the Chargers 17-yard line, and then a 16-yard strike to Heath Miller to move the ball to the 1-yard line. Then it all came down to the game's final possession, with the Steelers needing to drive 80 yards in the final three minutes. The Steelers would get hammered in the battle of statistics in San Diego, but they kept themselves in the game with a couple of big plays – a 70-yard pick-six by Antwon Blake and a 72-yard touchdown pass from Mike Vick to Markus Wheaton. A three-point loss in overtime to the Ravens on a Thursday night in Pittsburgh had dropped the Steelers to 2-2, which made this visit to San Diego somewhat critical if they were going to keep their heads above water as they awaited Roethlisberger's return. Louis meant the Steelers were going to be without their franchise quarterback for a few weeks, and so the team went into "manufacturing wins" mode.
A knee injury to Ben Roethlisberger during a Week 3 win in St.