On Monday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers used two huge plays by the defense to power past the Cleveland Browns for a 26-22 win. It wasn’t a pretty win by any means but the NFL doesn’t award style points. After the game, head coach Mike Tomlin was asked about the team’s route to victory with a big play to start the game and a big play to finish it and Tomlin was blunt in his response.
“We’re not gonna apologize for winning,” Tomlin said.
On the Steelers first defensive play of the game, linebacker Alex Highsmith hauled in an interception off a deflected pass and took it in for the score. Then, on the Browns final offensive drive, Highsmith got a strip sack of Cleveland quarterback Deshaun Watson and fellow EDGE T.J. Watt scooped it up and sealed the victory.
But let’s not undersell how important the long touchdown by wide receiver George Pickens was or the two 50+ yard field goals by kicker Chris Boswell. This game might have been a mess at times and it might have come down to the wire but this victory was earned and hardly the effort of just two plays.
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