Steelers vs. Browns: Winners and losers from the week 8 win

Steelers loser: The play-calling

I’m not sure who called the fake field goal at the end of the second half, but whoever did should be fired. While going up 6-3 before the half wasn’t ideal, the Steelers were set to get the ball back after the half. Instead, the team called an asinine fake field goal that required Chris Boswell to pass for the score.

The play call itself was a train wreck, but the aftermath was even worse. Boswell was annihilated after he tossed the pass and left the game with a possible concussion. He didn’t look right after the game either, as his facial expressions were dazed, and he was bleeding out his nose. He didn’t return to the game and there is a real chance that he misses multiple weeks after the hard hit he took.

The Steelers struggled without Boswell and wasn’t confident in their kicking game after his injury. Their kickoff game was equally changed, as Pressley Harvin had a relatively horrible kick that bounced out of bounds. That said, the decision to go for it was the worst aspect of this entire game. Horribly irresponsible and it very easily could have impacted this game and others going forward.