{"id":3557,"date":"2024-10-07T17:11:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=3557"},"modified":"2024-10-07T17:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T17:11:51","slug":"mistakes-cost-steelers-in-last-second-loss-to-cowboys-20-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hectorkott.com\/?p=3557","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes cost Steelers in last-second loss to Cowboys, 20-17"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 The Pittsburgh Steelers feel like they beat themselves Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The offense held a late lead, but the defense couldn\u2019t make it stand as Jalen Tolbert caught a four-yard touchdown from Dak Prescott on fourth-and-goal in the final 30 seconds to help Dallas defeat Pittsburgh 20-17.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt came down to one play,\u201d Steelers DT Cam Heyward said. \u201cThey were on the right side of it.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt talks to reporters following an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, early Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in Pittsburgh. The Cowboys won 20-17. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pat Freiermuth caught a 6-yard touchdown from Justin Fields in the final five minutes to give Pittsburgh a brief 17-13 lead, but the advantage was short-lived.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u2019s No. 2-ranked defense forced three turnovers and blocked a field goal, but allowed 445 yards and couldn\u2019t keep Tolbert out of the end zone on the final play of the Cowboys\u2019 last drive, as he capped a 15-play, 70-yard series. Pittsburgh has lost two straight after a 3-0 start.<\/p>\n

Dallas converted a pair of third downs on the winning drive to set up first-and-goal from the 4-yard line. Rico Dowdle fumbled at the 1-yard line on second down, and Prescott jumped on the loose ball. Tolbert then beat DeShon Elliott to the pylon two plays later for the winning touchdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to stop them on that one play,\u201d Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick said.<\/p>\n

Fields finished 15 of 27 for 131 yards with touchdowns to Freiermuth and Connor Heyward.<\/p>\n

Dallas held Fields and the Steeler offense to just 226 yards of total offense despite playing without top pass rushers DeMarcus Lawrence (foot) and Micah Parsons (ankle), an All-Pro who missed a game because of injury for the first time in his career. Marshawn Kneeland, who started because of the injuries, also left in the first quarter with a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Still, Pittsburgh only managed a first-half field goal and 89 yards of total offense, as Dallas held a 6-3 lead at the break. Pittsburgh scored fewer than 10 first-half points for the fourth time in five games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know how important fast starts are,\u201d Heyward said. \u201cYou want to finish strong, you want to play a complete game, but we didn\u2019t do that. We fell short.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fifth-highest crowd for a Steelers game had to wait for the Sunday night showdown between two of the NFL\u2019s marquee franchises because of a nearly 90-minute weather delay. Thunderstorms made their way through downtown Pittsburgh shortly before the opening kickoff.<\/p>\n

Neither team scored a first-half touchdown, but Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt became the second-fastest player in league history to reach 100 sacks on the final play of the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh took a 10-6 lead with a touchdown on the first possession of the second half. Fields briefly left the game after Tyrus Wheat was called for roughing the passer. But Kyle Allen sparked the drive with a 19-yard completion to Freiermuth on second-and-5 from midfield. Fields capped the six-play, 72-yard drive with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Heyward.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys took a 13-10 lead early in the fourth quarter following a mammoth 13-play, 90-yard drive that spanned 8:32. Dallas converted four third downs and Dowdle capped the series with a sliding 22-yard reception from Prescott near the front pylon.<\/p>\n

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Pittsburgh capitalized on a Prescott interception and took a 17-13 lead in the final five minutes.<\/p>\n

The Steelers converted a fourth-and-1 and later had a first-and-goal from the 6. Fields gave Pittsburgh the lead with a six-yard shovel pass to Freiermuth, but the defense couldn\u2019t keep the advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to bounce back quickly,\u201d Freiermuth said. \u201cObviously, we lost two in a row, but we have to go to Vegas next week and put it all together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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