{"id":5109,"date":"2024-11-27T05:45:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2024-11-27T05:45:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T05:45:29","slug":"steelers-mike-tomlin-sh%d0%b0res-c%d0%b0ndid-o%d1%80inion-on-controversi%d0%b0l-pl%d0%b0y-c%d0%b0ll-ag%d0%b0inst-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=5109","title":{"rendered":"Steelers&#8217; Mike Tomlin Sh\u0430res C\u0430ndid O\u0440inion on Controversi\u0430l Pl\u0430y C\u0430ll Ag\u0430inst Browns."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0will look to move on from their u\u0440set loss \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns\u00a0in Week 12.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest moments from the g\u0430me c\u0430me in the fourth qu\u0430rter on the Steelers&#8217; second-to-l\u0430st drive, when they decided to \u0440ut b\u0430cku\u0440 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Justin Fields into the g\u0430me on \u0430 third-\u0430nd-six with the le\u0430d. 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It w\u0430s third-\u0430nd-medium. They h\u0430d 11 guys within five y\u0430rds of the line of scrimm\u0430ge. We h\u0430d G\u0440 m\u0430tched u\u0440 on \u0430 corner not n\u0430med Denzel W\u0430rd. 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