>> Joe: SO THIRD AND SIX.
COUSINS OVER THE MIDDLE. HE HAS A FIRST DOWN TO DARNELL
MOONEY, A FRESH START WITH THE WIN ON THIRD DOWN.
>> Joe: KIRK COUSINS LED THE NFL IN PASSING A DECADE AGO WHEN HE
STARTED. ALLGEIER HAS A FIRST DOWN CARRY
INSIDE THE 25. I THINK THAT AN ADJUSTMENT AS
KIRK COUSINS IS COMING BACK FROM HIS UNDER THAT ACHILLES INJURY.
>> Joe: HE HAS DRAKE LONDON IN RHYTHM.
NOBODY IS HAPPIER THAN DRAKE LONDON TO HAVE KIRK COUSINS
PULLING THE TRIGGER NOW AND HE LOOKING FORWARD TO TEAM UP WITH
HIM. HE IS THE MOTION MAN ON FIRST
DOWN AND GOAL. BACK TO THE GROUND AND ROBINSON
IS BLOWN UP BY T.J. WATT! AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN THE GAME.
>> Greg: YOU'RE ASKING YOUR KIRK DO THROUGHOUT HIS LONG
CAREER AND WHAT DID I LEARN FROM L.A. AND WHAT DO I WANT TO SEE
OUT OF THIS OFFENSE. >> Joe: A SCREEN.
ROBINSON IS PULLED DOWN FROM BEHIND BY THE ROOKIE'S FIRST
CAREER TACKLE PAYTON WILSON AND THIS FIELD GOAL ATTEMPT FROM
YOUNGHOE KOO COMING OFF 32 OF 37 SEASON AND HE BEGINS THIS YEAR 1
FOR 1. IT CLOSE AND RUN IT IN THE ENDS
AND THAT IS THEIR FORMULA AS OF NOW.
>> Joe: FALCONS BRING FOUR AND FIELDS STEPS UP.
THIS IS WHERE HE IS AT HIS BEST. HE RUNS FOR A FIRST DOWN TO THE
45. JUSTIN FIELDS TRIPPED UP BY TROY
ANDERSEN BUT HE KEEPS THE DRIVE PASS SITUATIONS.
>> Joe: SECOND AND SIX. ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE SNAP.
HE IS ABLE TO CORRAL IT AND HEAVE IT OUTSIDE FOR A FIRST
DOWN RUN FROM NAJEE HARRIS WHO GOT BUMPED OUT OF BOUNDS BY A.J.
TERRELL. THEY WANT TO BE MULTIPLE TIMES A
GAME ALL SEASON. >> Joe: HANDED TO CORDARRELLE
PATTERSON AND LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TWO PLAYS TO TRY TO
GET THIS SIX YARDS. >> Greg: YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL IF
A TEAM WANTS TO GO IT ON FOURTH THIS IS 57.
BOSWELL DRILLS IT STRAIGHTAWAY AND KEEPS ON DOING IT!
BOSWELL IN HIS TENTH YEAR AND HE >> Joe: BACK-TO-BACK PASSES ON
THIS DRIVE. COUSINS SCANS.
OVER THE MIDDLE! PICKED OFF!
IT IS DeSHON ELLIOTT IN HIS PITTSBURGH DEBUT COMING UP WITH
THE INTERCEPTION. REAL LONG HOW AGGRESSIVE THEY
ARE IN TRADITIONAL DROPBACK PASSING.
>> Joe: THIRD AND 12. FALCONS AGAIN DROP EIGHT IN TO
COVERAGE. FIELDS STEPS UP AND LETS IT GO!
IT'S PICKENS RIGHT BY THE MARKER.
LET'S SEE WHERE THEY SPOT HIM. GEORGE PICKENS HAS EMERGED INTO
ONE OF THE TOP RECEIVERS IN THE NAJEE HARRIS IS BACK IN THERE AT
RUNNING BACK AND TAKES A FAKE AND END AROUND AND HERE IS
PICKENS AND THAT THING IS COVERED WELL.
THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO. HE IS SURROUNDED AND DROPPED
BACK AT THE 40 YARD LINE! WELCOME BACK, GRADY JARRETT.
>> Greg: YOU SAID IT. THEN TRUST HIM TO GET THE BALL
OUT OF HIS HAND AND PICK UP THAT SAME GAME THEY GOT ON THE GROUND
BUT GIVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE BALL IN THE AIR.
>> Joe: BOSWELL HIT FROM 57 EARLIER AND HITS FROM 51 HERE
AND STEELERS TAKE THE LEAD. NEITHER ONE OF THESE TEAMS WANT
TO BE IN THESE SITUATIONS. >> Joe: COUSINS IS WELL
PROTECTED. HE THROWS IT HIGH AND
INCOMPLETE. HE WANTED MOONEY.
JACKSON WAS COMING OVER IN COVERAGE.
FOURTH AND TEN. ARTHUR SMITH HAS TO CONTINUE TO
SPRINKLE IN BUT ON EARLIER DOWNSTAIRS.
>> Joe: THIRD AND NINE HERE. FIRST DOWN.
FIELD'S SHOT TO PICKENS, AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN THE NFL AT DOING
JUST THAT. A STRIKE DOWN FIELD FOR 36
YARDS. THERE IS A FLAG.
JUDGING BY THE REACTION OF THE CROWD, IS IT ON PICKENS?
>> Greg: I THINK THEY ARE CALL OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE ON
PICKENS WITH THAT LITTLE PUSH. OUTSIDE THE NUMBERS WAS TYREEK
HILL. GEORGE PICKENS CAN GO NOW BUT
IT'S CALLED BACK FOR OFFENSIVE PASS INTERFERENCE.
YOU JUST DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN IN THE NFL.
>> Joe: GIVE ME MORE ON THAT MATCHUP ON PICKENS AND TERRELL.
THIRD DOWN. 19.
46-YARD LOSS AFTER THE PENALTY FROM THAT PENALTY.
WARREN WILL GET JUST A FEW. HE IS STOPPED BY MATTHEW JUDON.
THE PENALTY KILLS THIS DRIVE. TORN ACHILLES.
AND JUST 6 OF 11 WITH AN INTERCEPTION SO FAR.
HE BEGINS THIS DRIVE WITH A QUICK THROW TO RAY-RAY McCLOUD
AND WORKS AGAINST DONTE' JACKSON AND TURNS THE CORNER FOR A SOLID
FIRST DOWN GAIN. SO MUCH MADE OF THE EXCITEMENT.
THE FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK COMING PLAY.
FIRST DOWN AND TEN AT THE 22. OUT OF THE FIRST DOWN THROW,
COUSINS HIT AS HE THROWS AND UP FOR GRABS!
IT IS CAUGHT BY RAY-RAY McCLOUD. ACROSS MIDFIELD WE WILL SEE MORE
TWO-MINUTE TEMPO OUT OF KIRK COUSINS SO TRY TO STEAL AT LEAST
THREE BEFORE THE HALF. >> Joe: UNDER A MINUTE.
COUSINS DUMPS IT OFF AND ROBINSON HAS A LOT OF ROOM.
BIJAN ROBINSON WITH A FIRST DOWN AND CHUGGING FORWARD FOR 15.
>> Greg: NICE JOB AGAIN. THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO HIM FOR A
SACK, BUT HE HAS TAKEN A FEW HITS AND A COUPLE OF BIG ONES.
>> Joe: THAT ONE DOWN THERE AROUNDACHILLES.
HE IS PRESSURED AND LETS IT GO AND A WIDE OPEN RAY-RAY McCLOUD.
IF YOU HAD RAY-RAY McCLOUD AS THAT THROW AND CATCH.
>> Joe: 47 YARDS FOR McCLOUD IN HIS FALCONS DEBUT.
FIRST DOWN FROM THE 16. FLAG IS DOWN.
COUSINS IS DOWN AND BALL IS ON THE GROUND AND T.J. JJ. WATTS
GOT IT BUT THIS IS PROBABLY OVERTURNED BY THE PENALTY.
IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY GOT A HEAD START THERE AND IT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN THE MAN THAT WOUND UP ON THE BALL.
>> Referee: DEFENSE NUMBER 90. [ INAUDIBLE ].
>> Greg: HE LOOKS OFFSIDES. YOU SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING?
THEY ARE TIMING IT WITH THE CENTER'S HEAD BOB.
THAT CENTER IN THESE SPREAD FORMATIONS IN GUN, HE IS GOING
TO PUT HIS HEAD BETWEEN HIS LEGS AND THEN LOOK BACK UP AND THEN
ONE COUNT, SNAP. THESE DEFENDERS GET A BEAT ON
IT. THEY TRY TO JUMP THE COUNT.
>> Joe: DOES HE HAVE A CASE? >> Joe: FIRST AND FIVE WITH
TIME-OUT LEFT AND 38 SECONDS. FALCONS LOOKING FOR THE END
ZONE. COUSINS, FIRST READ IS TAKEN
AWAY. LEFT SIDE.
HE THROWS. WIDE OPEN.
TOUCHDOWN, ATLANTA! PITTS.
LOOKED LIKE BROKEN COVERAGE. THEN PITTS CASHES IN WITH THE
FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE BALL YOU GOT TO GET A CHUNK HERE TO
HAVE A SHOT AT A FIELD GOAL. FIELDS SETS UP' LETS IT FLY AND
PICKENS IS DOWN THERE IN FIELD GOAL RANGE.
HE HAS A FIRST DOWN AND THEN SOME AND GETS OUT OF BOUNDS WITH
ONE SECOND. MIKE TOMLIN IS GOING WHAT ARE
YOU DOING? SIDE.
>> Joe: BOSWELL. A CHIP SHOT COMPARED TO WHAT HE
HAS DONE SO FAR TODAY. IT'S PERFECT.
SO IS HE IN THIS FIRST HALF. THREE FIELD GOALS.
38-YARD RECEPTION FOR PICKENS LET ME CALL THIS THIRD DOWN
PLAY. THIRD DOWN AND LESS THAN FIVE.
FIRST DRIVE OF THIS HALF FOR THE STEELERS.
IT'S GRADY JARRETT GETTING JUSTIN FIELDS, HIS SECOND IMPACT
PLAY AND HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM THE KNEE INJURY.
>> Greg: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JARRETT.
MAN, THAT'S GOT TO FEEL GOOD FOR A GUY COMING BACK FROM A BIG
INJURY LAST YEAR. >> Joe: THREE THREE-AND-OUT TO
BEGIN THE SECOND HALF. AVERY WILLIAMS FROM THE 20 AND
WILLIAMS WITH A GOOD RETURN. ACROSS MIDFIELD.
FALCONS SET UP. PLAY-ACTION PASS IN THE FIRST
HALF AND IT WAS THE TOUCHDOWN TO PITTS.
>> Joe: THIRD AND TWO. ROBINSON FOR A THIRD TIME.
NOT GOING TO GET THERE. STYMIED AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.
HE TIMES WE HAVE SEEN HIM UNDER
CENTER. >> Joe: ROBINSON ON THE
END-AROUND. FIRST DOWN.
BIJAN ROBINSON. USING HIM IN DIFFERENT WAYS HERE
AND BRINGING HIM IN MOTION. BIJAN WHO TOUCHED ON ALL FOUR
PLAYS SO FAR THIS HALF. MISCOMMUNICATION AND IT
DEFLECTED OFF OF THE MOTION MAN AND T.J. WATTS IS ON TOP OF IT!
SELF-INFLICTED WOUND RIGHT THERE BECAUSE HE WAS OFFSIDES.
NO FLAGS ON THIS PLAY. STEELERS BALL ON FIRST DOWN.
FIELDS HAS A WIDE OPEN MAN AND VIKINGS UP ON THE GIANTS 21-3.
>> Joe: BLITZ IS PICKED UP. THROW IS INCOMPLETE.
HE WANTED JUSTIN SIMMONS IS A BIG PICKUP OVER THE LAST MONTH
AND HE FLEW IN THERE TO BREAK IT SIMMONS IS A VETERAN WHO HAS
PLAYED AT A PRO BOWL LEVEL FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Joe: BOSWELL AGAIN FROM LONG-RANGE FROM 56 AND IT IS HIS
THIRD MAKE OF THE DAY FROM 50 PLUS!
HE IS LIVING UP TO HIS REPUTATION AS THE MOST ACCURATE
KICKER IN NFL HISTORY FROM 50 ESPECIALLY ON THE PERIMETER,
THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THAT PRETTY EASILY.
>> Joe: TERRIBLE TOWELS WAVING IN ATLANTA.
THIRD AND LONG. THEY ARE COMING AND THEY GET TO
COUSINS AND IT'S WATT WREAKING HAVOC AGAIN!
McGARY IS ABLE TO FALL ON IT. A FLAG DOWN IN THE SECONDARY.
THIS MAY GO ON PITTSBURGH. WATT ON TO THE TACKLE.
>> Referee: ILLEGAL USE OF HANDS TO THE FACE DEFENSE NUMBER 26.
FIVE-YARD PENALTY FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
IT'S AN AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN.
THERE ARE MORE PENALTIES ON THE STEELERS TODAY BUT SOME HUGE
ONES, HUGELY IMPACTFUL ONES. SECOND AND EIGHT.
COUSINS PRESSURED AGAIN AND HE HAD NO CHANCE THIS TIME.
HEYWARD WAS THERE WITH MONTRAVIUS ADAMS.
COUSINS GOT BURIED. A TIGHT GAME BETWEEN THE
STEELERS AND THE FALCONS. STEELERS HAVE IT.
JUMP JUSTIN FIELDS BACK TO WORK AND
LOOKING TO THROW ON FIRST DOWN AND TAKING A SHOT AND HE WANTS
PICKENS AND HE'S GOT HIM! PICKENS IS BACK TO HIS FEET.
HE IS INSIDE THE 20. B
BIGGEST PLAY OF THE DAY FOR THE THIRD AND LONG.
>> Joe: FIELDS IS GIVEN TIME BUT RUNNING OUT OF IT AND ZIPS IT
UNDERNEATH. FREIERMUTH WILL NOT GET THERE.
JUSTIN SIMMONS WOULDN'T LET GO. HERE COMES THE FIELD GOAL TEAM
AGAIN. RUNNER.
THERE ARE SOME POSITIVES TO TAKE EVEN THOUGH AS YOU HEARD PAM SAY
AT THE HALF, MIKE TOMLIN SAID WE HAVE TO SCORE TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Joe: BOSWELL STAYS LOCKED IN AND HE IS 5 OF 5.
THE LEAD IS 15-10. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND 15.
COUSINS HAS NOT HIT A REAL SHOT DOWN THE FIELD ALL DAY.
ONE-ON-ONE. McGARY WITH A GOOD JOB BUT THE
COVERAGE IS TIGHT AND PASS IS INCOMPLETE.
MINKAH FITZPATRICK WITH THE ON GAME PLAN.
THEY SHARE THE VISION OF ARTHUR SM
SMITH. >> Joe: NAJEE HARRIS WITH THE
FORMER CRIMSON TIDE STAR WITH HIS BEST RUN OF THE DAY.
20 YARDS. OPEN HIS CAREER.
ON SECOND DOWN, HE TAKES THE FAKE.
FIELDS TURNS THE SHOULDERS AND PUTS IT RIGHT IN THE DIME RIGHT
BETWEEN THE 8 AND 8 OF HEART.
THERE IS NO QUESTION. >> Joe: SECOND AND SIX.
ANOTHER BOOTLEG. ANOTHER THROW TO THE FLATS AND
DARNELL WASHINGTON AND HE IS BUMPED OUT CLOSE TO A FIRST
DOWN. IT'S THIRD DOWN AND ABOUT TWO.
HERE COMES VAN JEFFERSON AND WHAT A PLAY BY JESSE BATES.
FOURTH DOWN AND SHORT. ALONGSIDE CALVIN AUSTIN.
FOURTH DOWN. THAT IS A BIG TIME PLAY BY JESSE
BATES, THEIR LEADING TACKLER A YEAR AGO.
>> Joe: THEY TRIED TO SNEAK IT AND HE DOES NOT GET THERE.
>> Greg: HE FELL DOWN! >> Joe: THEY PANCAKED ON TOP OF
HIM. I DON'T THINK HE GOT IT.
>> Greg: LANDMAN NUMBER 53, 6:20 TO GO AND NO SIGNS OF LIFE
TO THIS OFFENSE IN THIS HALF. FROM HIS OWN END ZONE.
TIPPED AT THE LINE BY HIGHSMITH AND INCOMPLETE.
IT IS NOT JUST T.J. WATT. COLLEGE, HE HAS BEEN A GREAT
ONE, TWO COMBO ALONGSIDE WATT. >> Joe: THEY ARE RARING TO GO
HERE. THIRD DOWN AND LONG.
COUSINS FROM THE END ZONE OVER THE MIDDLE AND HE HAS PITTS WHO
IS STOPPED SHORT. JUSTIN FIELDS THROW THE BALL
DOWN FIELD. >> Joe: TYPICALLY, THAT HAS BEEN
TO PICKENS. SEE HERE.
HE IS IN TROUBLE. HE IS SACKED!
THE DEFENSE COMES UP WITH A BIG PLAY!
IT'S THE NEW GUY JUDON. IT'S THE OLD STAPLE JARRETT
COMBINING. OF THIS DEFENSE.
THEY GOT THEIR DEFENSE OFF THE FIELD.
UP TO KIRK COUSINS AND OFFENSE TO TRY TO PLAY HERO.
>> Joe: JUST GOT IT OFF. FLAG DOWN.
PENALTY EITHER ROUGHING OR RUNNING INTO THE KICKER AND WILL
MAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE HERE. DEAN BLANDINO, WHAT DO YOU
THINK? >> WAS THE PLAYER BLOCKED INTO
THE CONTACT? >> Referee: HOLDING KICKING TEAM
NUMBER 28. TEN-YARD PENALTY.
REKICK. HAS NEVER DONE RIGHT HERE,
THOUGH. A LINE DRIVE.
AVERY WILLIAMS FROM THE 40. HE CAN'T GET AWAY.
EXCELLENT SPECIAL TEAMS COVERAGE FROM SCOTTY MILLER. >> Greg: IN THE NFL IT DOESN'T
MATTER WHAT GOES UP UNTIL THE END.
YOU TAKE YOUR NEW TEAM ON A WINNING DRIVE AT THE END YOU'RE
A HERO EITHER WAY. >> Joe: TOSS TO BIJAN ROBINSON.
HE HAS 13 YARDS. HE ALMOST BROKE THAT THING
LOOSE. LEFT SIDE.
NICE FIRST DOWN CALL WHEN EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING IS
THINKING IT'S A PASS. >> Joe: FROM THE STEELER 47.
COUSINS FROM A COLLAPSING POCKET!
HE THROWS AN INTERCEPTION! DONTE' JACKSON.
IN HIS STEELERS DEBUT, HE IS INSIDE THE 20.
HE DROPPED AN INTERCEPTION IN THE FIRST HALF.
IF GIVEN THE CHOICE, HE WOULD SAY I'D PROBABLY TAKE THIS ONE
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND HE RETURNS IT 48 YARDS.
>> Greg: A COMBINATION OF WHAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS ENTIRE
SECOND HALF. THEY GOT TO FOURS FOURTH DOWN
HERE AND FIELD GOAL AND TRY TO KEEP THIS THING UNDER EIGHT
POINTS. >> Joe: JUSTIN FIELDS TO RUN IT.
HE HAS A FIRST DOWN. HE SNEAKS HIS WAY THROUGH.
>> Greg: A GREAT PLAY CALL. WE WELCOME THOSE OF YOU JOINING
YOU AFTER WATCHING THE VIKINGS BEAT THE GIANTS.
CHRIS BOSWELL MAKING FOR HIS SIXTH MAKE OF THE DAY AND HE'S
GOT IT. EVERYTHING FOR THE STEELERS.
SIX MADE FIELD GOALS AND THREE TAKEAWAYS AND EIGHT-POINT LEAD
WITH 28 SECONDS. INBOUNDS.
LOOK HOW WIDE THE CORNERS ARE. EVERYONE IS OUTSIDE FLANKING THE
OFFENSIVE FORMATION. >> Joe: COUSINS WILL THROW SHORT
AND RAY-RAY McCLOUD HAS TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS BUT HE DOESN'T
BEANIE BISHOP WILL DRAIN ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THEY DID IN HIS NFL
DEBUT. COUSINS HAS TO CLOCK IT.
1 SECONDS. NOW, IF YOU GET TACKLED
INBOUNDS, THE GAME IS OVER. >> Joe: ONLY 60 YARDS OF OFFENSE
FOR THE FALCONS SINCE HALFTIME. COUSINS IS SACKED!
GUESS WHO? T.J. WATT PUTTING AN EXCLAMATION
ON THIS ONE. >> Greg: THE WAY THE SECOND HALF
WENT, THAT FEELS LIKE A VERY FITTING END OF HOW THIS GAME IS
GOING TO CONCLUDE. THEY HAD NO ANSWER FOR THE
PITTSBURGH PASS RUSH. J.J. WATT -- T.J. WATT WAS A
FORCE THE ENTIRE GAME AND HE HAD TWO STRIP SACK FUMBLES