The Pittsburgh Steelers fell behind 29-0 Thursday night against the Minnesota Vikings but staged an epic comeback that gave them a chance to potentially tie the game late.
Trailing 36-28 with 36 seconds to play, Claypool pulled in a nine-yard reception from Ben Roethlisberger on a fourth down to extend the drive. The Steelers had no timeouts and instead of hurrying to get lined up, Claypool did his regular celebratory point which wound up costing the Steelers probably another five seconds and in all likelihood another play.
Claypool had been benched by Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin in the first half after receiving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Clearly the message didn’t seem to be received by Claypool.
Chase Claypool cost the Steelers AT LEAST 5 seconds posing & pointing
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) December 10, 2021
that would have given the Steelers 1 more play… 1 more shot to tie it up
so dumb, so clueless pic.twitter.com/cy7wSkv4XE
Football is the ultimate team game but with the contest on the line it’s clear that Claypool was only thinking about himself. He then only made things worse by throwing a teammate under the bus after the game.
I don’t know when Claypool started acting like a space cadet but the act needs to stop. This act on top of the the fact he has 38 more penalty yards than any other receiver in football this season speak to someone who needs to quickly get things under control.
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