Ben Roethlisberger watching the end of the nail-biting Sunday night game that sealed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ playoff berth was entirely epic. After eking out an impressive overtime victory over the arch rival Baltimore Ravens on the road earlier in the afternoon, all eyes were on the AFC West showdown in primetime.
If you’re like everybody else, you were on the literal edge of your seat Sunday Night watching the Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders do battle as the game went into overtime.
Because the Indianapolis Colts blew it vs. the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Steelers would get into the postseason if the Los Angeles Chargers vs. the Las Vegas Raiders game did not end in a tie. Well, it almost happened and Big Ben was watching.
His reaction was caught on film:
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Thanks to Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson’s 47-yard field goal as time expired, the Steelers clinched a postseason berth for a second-straight year. Now that the Steelers are officially in the postseason, they will have their work cut out for them when they travel to Kansas City to take on the second-seeded Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday night.
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In Week 16, the Chiefs rolled to a dominating 36-10 victory over Pittsburgh. The Steelers did not help themselves by having three turnovers in the game against the Chiefs, and they failed to score in the first half.
