5 most insane Wild Card weekend games in Steelers history

The Steelers traveled to Denver and lost a wild game in overtime against the Denver Broncos

By all accounts, the 2011 season was a pretty good one for the Steelers, but an average one for the Denver Broncos.  We finished with a record of twelve wins and four losses; The Broncos finished with a record of eight wins and eight losses, according to the Pro Football Reference.

Despite winning twelve games, we finished second in the AFC North.  Conversely, despite winning eight games, the Broncos won the AFC West, thus they got to host the Wild Card game.  That, in and of itself, was insane to me, but those are the rules of the playoff seeding.

So, off to Denver, we went.  I remember having an uneasy feeling about the game.  On paper, we were the better team, but I had a sneaking suspicion that we would make a mistake that would cost us the game.

Trailing by thirteen points at halftime, it was not looking good for us.  Somehow, someway, the Steelers made a furious comeback attempt that resulted in a deadlock at the end of the regulation.

At this point, I was feeling a bit more confident in our chances to actually win this game, then OT rolled around.  All it took was one play and the game was over.  After mounting an impressive comeback, the Steelers lost on an eighty-yard pass.

How did that happen?  How did we give up a bomb like that after having fought back to get this game into OT? That was an insane ending to a pretty crazy game.

Let’s see what game came in as the most insane Wild Card game.