To recap the situation:
When referee Tony Corrente went into further review mode to examine the details of the catch by
“A lot of things transpired during that time period, and it starts with a review and what potentially could happen coming out of the review,” said Tomlin. “We had a couple of scenarios. There was a “touchdown, drive over” scenario. There was the scenario that actually transpired where it was ruled incomplete. But there was another scenario that was more critical, more time specific that was being discussed by us. It was presented to us by the officials during the review process – that if it gets ruled “completed catch, down inbounds” that was probably the most significant element of the our discussion as we approached the last play. While they were in review, that was being discussed, because if his knee was down in the field of play, there would be a 10-second runoff, they’d spot the ball, wind the clock, and we’d be faced with a running clock in that circumstance.
“So that was probably the most significant element of our discussion when they were in review, and that was presented to us by one of the officials – that they may come out with a completed-ball-knee-down-in-the-field-of-play ruling – and he gave us an alert that it might include a 10-second runoff and a running clock. Ten-second runoff and a running clock, that was the scenario that maintained most of our attention of what could happen when they came out of review. What did happen when they came out of review was probably the least of the scenarios from my expectation, which was ruling it an incomplete pass.”
Had Corrente come out and handed down a “completed catch, down inbounds” judgment, the Steelers’ reality would have been this: second-and-goal from the 1-yard line, with 18 seconds left, no timeouts, and then clock would start as soon as the ball was put in play by the umpire. Remember how that worked out for the Ravens at the end of the game at Heinz Field the previous Sunday.
“There were multiple (offensive) plays being called for the reasons I explained,” said Tomlin. “There were multiple potential circumstances depending upon what transpired when they came out of the review.”
What Corrente came out of the booth with was a ruling of incomplete pass. So why didn’t the Steelers have two plays called, so that after a 3-yard completion to
“In hindsight, knowing what they’re coming out of the review booth with, certainly,” said Tomlin. “But we were given multiple scenarios that they could come out of the review booth with, and that one scenario of “spotted ball in the field of play, winding the clock with a running clock” kind of took precedence in our discussions.”
In an interview earlier in the day,
“We had a nice conversation about it (Monday), and again today,” said Tomlin. “I find comfort in the fact that No. 7 is my quarterback. If everybody on the field is uncomfortable, then that’s advantage Pittsburgh Steelers. And that’s why we chose not to spike that ball. We wanted to try to win that game in regulation. We knew a spike, a fake spike, or an incomplete pass, and then you’re (sending) your field goal unit out, there would be extra seconds (left) there that I wanted to take advantage of. That’s why we instructed him not to spike it. If given an opportunity to do that again, I’d do it again.
“We’ve made a lot of hay over the years in those circumstances when everyone is a little bit uncomfortable. We made a lot of hay in that circumstance vs. Dallas last year when everyone was a little bit uncomfortable and the ball was in No. 7’s hands. I don’t have any second-guessing about that. Those discussions are part of the learning process. It’s just football.”
And if Roethlisberger didn’t feel as though the situation was one in which hay could be made successfully, did he have the option of going with his gut instincts?
“Certainly,” said Tomlin. “There’s no script to those moments. There’s always latitude, professional latitude, particularly that goes with being a veteran quarterback in those circumstances. He is on the field. He is inside the helmet and on the field with those guys. He has a feel for what’s transpiring on the field that we on the sidelines and in the booth do not have. So that’s just normal operating procedure. We call plays all the time that he may change at the line of scrimmage based on game circumstances or what he sees.”
And maybe the entire scenario is changed if the Steelers didn’t use their final timeout to stop the clock with 34 seconds left at the end of
“I did not. Ben was signaling timeout, making eye contact with me on the sideline,” said Tomlin. “I wanted to pocket that timeout, but in the midst of him making eye contact with me and signaling to see if we wanted a timeout, (referee) Tony (Corrente) interpreted it as Ben calling a timeout. That’s why a timeout was awarded. During that timeout, I called Tony over and said, ‘Why did you award that timeout? The timeouts are supposed to come from the bench.’ He said, ‘The timeout request came from Ben.’ I said, ‘I was looking at Ben. Ben was signaling timeout, but he wasn’t signaling timeout at you. He was signaling timeout at me trying to get a confirmation of what we wanted to do.’
“Those things happen during the course of play. There’s a lot going on. We were still given an opportunity to win the football game. Definitely not crying over spilled milk.”
TOMLIN’S INJURY UPDATE
“We have a number of things to deal with from the game.
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“A couple of other things that could develop from a personnel standpoint:
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