The first touchdown to Holmes was called back due to a flag on Heath Miller saying he picked a defender. The DB contained Miller to one path and the other DB ran right into Miller. What a horrendous call.
This game is pissing me off. It’s coming down to the 4th quarter again and the Steelers fall apart. Holmes makes a great run after the catch to set up for 1st and goal. Mendenhall takes the ball and attempts to LEAP over someone for an extra yard with the goal line a good 6 yards away. Of course the ball comes out and the Vikings drive down the field. It’s 3rd down and the Vikings have an illegal shift for a 5 yard penalty but the Steelers defense stops the play 7 yards short of a first down. So with a 4th and 7 and a punt Tomlin takes the penalty and makes them repeat. Can you guess what happens? Sidney Rice makes a very nice catch with Polamalu knocking him out. The Vikings get in the red zone and I’m super pissed until the defense steps up. Keisel strips the ball from Favre, sacking him and Lamar Woodley scoops it up and run. The most impressive part was our defense swarmed and blocked everyone trying to tackle Woodley leading him to a 90 yard TD!! We should have scored on that drive anyways.
Our special teams let Harvin run a kickoff back for a touchdown. I saw some holds but the worst part was Jeff Reed had an easy tackle and he puts his hand on him and that’s it! He lets him go. That pisses me off so much so now the Vikings are within 3 again.
Favre had an impressive run back to the redzone but they were killing themselves with penalties. He tried a quick screen Chester Taylor who missed the ball and tipped into the hands of waiting Fox for the interception. He ran it all the way back to the house for a pick six! That made it a ten point game with one minute to go, effectively ending the game. Once again the Pittsburg defense steps up huge and they blocked all the way down the field for Fox. What a great ending to a great game!
