Steelers’ Justin Fields makes extremely honest confession on crucial failed snap vs. Colts

Justin Fields of pittsburgh steelers commented on his former team this week, and were scheduled to play Sunday’s game against the Colts Behind a explosive offensive lineAnd then Fields made a crucial mistake that ultimately cost the Steelers a last-minute chance to clinch the win.

Trailing 27–24 against the Colts, Fields scooped up a first-down misfire snap and the Steelers suffered a 12-yard loss with a little more than a minute remaining in the game. Fields threw an incomplete pass, an 11-yard completion to Najee Harris, and a fourth-down incompletion that sealed the result.

Fields accepted responsibility for snap snafuAccording to a post on X by Steelers reporter Chris Adamski.

“It was my fault,” Fields said.

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The Steelers (3-1) battled back from 17-0 deficit, but fell short of extending their six-game regular season winning streak. It could have been different without the bad snap.

Fields explained the pre-snap situation that led to the mistake.

“We were on the first leg kick, and (in the middle) Zack (Frazier) was identifying stuff. I realized that the DB is rolling out changes to the back-end picture. So, while he was IDing stuff, telling the O-line where to go, I was trying to get that last snap before the snap came. At the end of the day, it’s all about leg kicks first. So after I kick my foot, I have to be ready for the ball. It doesn’t matter when it’s going to come or not. Yes, it’s on me.”

Fields ran for two scores in the second half and threw another score with 3:40 left in the game to cut the deficit to 27–24. He finished the game 22 of 34 for 312 yards. Additionally, Fields rushed 10 times for 55 yards. However, he took four sacks and lost a fumble.

The Colts took advantage of the play of 2023 Returning Player of the Year Joe Flacco. Against a team he knew he played frequently during his 11 seasons with Baltimore, he completed 19 of 30 for 166 yards.

What did Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin say?

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin would have liked his quarterback learn something from Flacco, according to AthlonSports.com.

“I appreciate (Fields’) fight,” Tomlin said. “But he, and we, were a little loose at times, too loose to win comfortably.”

Of course, Russell Wilson is hiding behind the scenes. Was this the type of performance that could open the window for Wilson to take over at quarterback if fully healthy?

Tomlin also received criticism for not making the call his end time is up Before the final fourth-down incomplete pass, according to the Steelers’ YouTube page, via steelernation.com.

“You know I just wanted to keep it in my hip pocket,” Tomlim said. “You know sometimes speed is beneficial to an offense. This does not give the defense the opportunity to consider calls and involve particular people in the game to receive incompletion calls. I was comfortable working at that speed and I just wanted to have it in my hip pocket in case we hit the field after making a change.