TJ Watt Ends Titans' Potential Game Winning Drive
Trailing by seven with no timeouts and under a minute to play, Cam Ward took the field hoping to send the game to overtime. TJ Watt ended those aspirations quickly, sacking Ward on the first play of the drive and forcing a last-minute heave as time ran out.
| Team | Q | Time | Play | Cincinnati | Pittsburgh |
 | 1st | 2:20 | Quinshon Judkins, 21 Yd Run | 7 | 0 |
 | 2nd | 7:40 | Cole Kmet, 6 Yd Pass From Cam Ward | 7 | 7 |
| 2nd | 3:46 | DK Metcalf, 3 Yd Pass From Leonard Lawry | 14 | 7 |
| 2nd | 0:07 | Antonio Williams, 3 Yd Pass From Cam Ward | 14 | !4 |
| 3rd | 6:31 | Quinshon Judkins, 21 Yd Run | 21 | 14 |
| 3rd | 1:45 | DK Metcalf, 26 Yd Pass From Leonard Lawry | 28 | 14 |
| 4th | 8:02 | Riley Patterson, 21 Yd FG | 28 | 17 |
| 4th | 4:20 | Tyjae Spears, 97 Yd Run (2PT) | 28 | 25 |
| 4th | 3:42 | Quinshon Judkins, 21 Yd Run | 35 | 25 |
| 4th | 2:12 | Riley Patterson, 37 Yd FG | 35 | 28 |
Nashville, TN. - The Pittsburgh Steelers have made a habit of making things harder than they need to be. Sunday in Nashville was no different.
Pittsburgh survived a second-half Titans rally to escape with a 35-28 victory, moving to 8-1 on the season in a game that featured dropped touchdowns, a 97-yard run, and T.J. Watt burying Cam Ward into the turf on first down with 53 seconds remaining to effectively end Tennessee's final hopes.
The afternoon started poorly for both quarterbacks. Leonard Lawry and Ward exchanged interceptions on the game's opening possessions, and a missed Tennessee field goal kept the early chaos from tilting the momentum to either side. Both signal callers settled in from there, and the teams entered halftime knotted at 14.
Pittsburgh's defense took over in the second half, battering Ward relentlessly—he absorbed six sacks on the afternoon—as the Steelers pulled ahead 28-14 heading into the fourth quarter. Tennessee trimmed it to 28-17, and Scheelhaase had the opportunity to effectively end the game when Pittsburgh reached the Tennessee two-yard line on fourth down. Rather than kick the field goal, he kept the offense on the field.
DK Metcalf dropped the contested touchdown pass. Two plays later, Tyjae Spears shook off three Steelers defenders and sprinted 97 yards for a stunning touchdown, and Tennessee converted the two-point attempt to pull within three.
Quinshon Judkins answered with a slashing touchdown run on Pittsburgh's next drive to push the lead back to ten, and when Derrick Harmon dropped Ward for a crushing third-down sack that forced a Tennessee field goal rather than a touchdown, the Steelers appeared to have enough cushion to close it out.
Then came the final 53 seconds. Trailing by seven with 68 yards to cover and no timeouts remaining, Ward took the field with one last chance to force overtime. Watt met him on first down for a 12-yard sack that drained the better part of thirty seconds between the play and Tennessee's frantic scramble to spike the ball. Ward's next two throws fell incomplete, and Pittsburgh escaped with a victory that was as nerve racking as it was exhilarating.
Leonard Lawry | 20/27, 280 Yds, 2 TD, INT Cam Ward | 19/26, 240 Yds, 2 TD, INT; 3 Att, 39 Yds Quinshon Judkins | 20 Att, 177 Yds, 3 TD Tyjae Spears | 16 Att, 148 Yds, TD DK Metcalf, 7 Rec, 107 Yds, 2 TD Jalen McMillan | 4 Rec, 71 Yds EDGE TJ Watt | 4 Tkl, 3 TFL, Sack DT Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy | 3 Tkl, 2 TFL, 2 Sacks DT Derrick Harmon | 5 Tkl, 3 TFL, 2 Sacks MLB Mack Wilson Sr | 6 Tkl, 2 TFL, INT CB Marlon Humphrey | 9 Tkl DT T'Vondre Sweat | 2 Tkl, TFL
