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‘We’d Have Been Hacked Off If He Didn’t Do It’: Mike Tomlin Downplays Godwin Igwebuike’s Heads-Up Play

The play made by Pittsburgh Steelers kick returner Godwin Igwebuike with 2:19 left in the second quarter of the Week 18 finale against the Baltimore Ravens is drawing quite a bit of praise, due to the heads-up nature in which he went out of bounds and laid down before reaching back inbounds to gain possession of the ball, leading to a penalty on the Ravens.

While he is receiving a ton of praise from the local and national media, as well as the fan base for the high-IQ play, Steelers’ head coach Mike Tomlin, during his weekly press conference ahead of Wild Card matchup against the Buffalo Bills, brushed off the play a bit.