On Saturday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers will play the Philadelphia Eagles in the regular season finale.
They are the only undefeated team in the AFC.
And yet, it was J.R. Sweezy, who has played for the Pittsburgh Penguins since 2009, who took the biggest beating from the crowd.
Sweeezy got a hard-hitting hit in the fourth quarter, and was carted off the field with a head injury.
That was just the beginning.
J.j.
Watt’s return to the field was postponed indefinitely, and the rest of the Steelers’ offseason workouts were postponed.
Watt, who missed all of training camp because of a concussion, was expected to play Sunday against the Colts.
He has been out of the lineup since the season opener.
On the field, the Steelers were in good shape.
They had the league’s third-best defense (125.8 points per game) and had the second-best offense (30.5 points per contest).
They had four players with at least 10 sacks, tied for fourth-most in the NFL.
The only player not to record at least five sacks was left tackle Alejandro Villanueva.
They also had two players with 10 quarterback hurries, and seven players with 30 tackles for loss.
The Steelers were also in good position to win this game.
The Eagles scored just 18 points all night, and held them to 20 points or less in three straight games.
The Cowboys were the only team to score at least 23 points in a game against Pittsburgh, and their lone touchdown came with 2:36 left in the third quarter.
The Patriots, on the other hand, scored 23 points.
New England held Pittsburgh to just 17 points in the second half, and it held them without a touchdown all night.
The Jets, meanwhile, had the NFL’s most points in regulation in the first half of the season (32).
The Eagles and Steelers were both tied for the league lead in field goals made.
It was a game that the Steelers and Patriots both lost in regulation.
In the fourth quarters, the Patriots had a chance to tie the game, but the Steelers answered with a field goal on the Eagles’ final possession.
Pittsburgh’s Ryan Shazier tied it with 1:03 remaining.
It would be the final score of the game.
The game featured four scoring plays.
The first was a 21-yard run by Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
After running back DeAngelo Williams caught the ball, he was beaten by safety Ryan Clark.
On second-and-goal from the 6-yard line, Williams fumbled the ball and was tackled by Pittsburgh safety Matt Elam.
The ball was recovered by cornerback Tramon Williams, who returned it 49 yards for a touchdown.
On third-and -goal from midfield, tight end Austin Hooper caught a pass in the flat, and Williams beat the Pittsburgh defensive line to the end zone.
On fourth-and to the 10-yard-line, Hooper threw a high pass to Hooper for a first down.
Hooper then caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Rodgers and ran it into the endzone for a 14, with 4:15 remaining.
The next play, however, was a costly turnover for the Patriots.
They called a timeout on fourth-down from the 1.
They tried to punt the ball away from the Eagles, but linebacker Justin Durant stepped up to block Hooper, who had just gotten upfield on a short pass.
The play ended with Hooper with a knee injury, and he left the game with an injury report.
On fifth-and_goal from their own 32-yardline, Watt scored from 6 yards out to give the Steelers a 17-10 lead.
On sixth-and__from the 3, the Eagles punted.
On seventh-and___from the 16, Hopper took the kick for a second down.
On eighth-and __from the 4, Hoops picked off Brady Quinn from the 4.
On ninth-and____from the 5, Hoosiers kicker Dan Carpenter made the kick.
On 10th-and_from the 10, Hoopi ran the ball into the left end zone for a 13-yard score.
On 11th-of_the_season, the Cowboys had a field-goal opportunity.
Instead of making the kick, the kick was downed at the Pittsburgh 28.
On 12th-yard, Hoopers booted the kick to make it 27-24.
On 13th-down, Hoppi kicked a 37-yard field goal.
On 14th-from_the 10, the ball was knocked out of bounds at the Steelers 22.
The clock wound down and the Steelers got the ball back at the Philadelphia 29.
On 15th-to_the 14, Hopps missed a 48-yard attempt, and his attempt sailed wide right. On 16