You just had that sick feeling as the final minutes rolled off the clock in the Steelers Week 9 match-up against the Colts at Heinz Field on Sunday.
There was legendary kicker Adam Vinatieri warming up on the sidelines shortly after Steven Nelson was called for pass interference on a deep pass on third and long that was clearly uncatchable. Just moments later, the Steelers, who were in decent shape in the timeout department, were quickly down to one right before the two-minute warning after the challenge by head coach Mike Tomlin on the aforementioned pass interference call was unsuccessful and a second challenge moments later when he thought Colts receiver Zach Pascal pushed off on a catch down to the Pittsburgh 31—a challenge that couldn’t have been more questionable, considering the NFL clearly doesn’t want to overturn anything involving pass interference despite going to great lengths this past offseason to make such plays subject to review—was also denied by the referee.