How the Steelers Butchered Clock Management in Crunch Time

For everything that happened with the Steelers over the first 55 minutes of football between the Steelers and Chiefs, an opportune turnover presented the Steelers with a ray of hope in the final five minutes. Kansas City’s offense looked unstoppable all afternoon, but a fumble recovered by Anthony Chickillo gave the Steelers the ball with 5:03 left on the clock down by a 42-30 margin. At this point in the game, field goals do no good. A 12-point deficit requires two touchdowns to win the game. The Steelers had been successful earlier in the game working out of a no-huddle offense so the need for urgency in this situation – to get two scores in the last five minutes – should have put them right in their comfort zone of the no huddle.