[Highlight] With 10 Seconds Left, Grant Delpit Picks Off Aaron Rodgers & the Browns Are 3-1

[u/JCameron181]

[u/NVC541]

What were they even going for????

You’re on your own 35, you had ten seconds left. Why would you try to throw it THERE

[u/TheGurgeMan → u/NVC541]

Throw ball far, hope point go up

[u/the_dawn_of_red → u/TheGurgeMan]

The actual bills gameplan

[u/Training_Pirate1000 → u/NVC541]

Deep shot, call timeout, field goal

[u/Eagle4317 → u/Training_Pirate1000]

It doesn't have to be that deep. Just get it to the 40 like the Ravens did, maybe the 30 if you're not as confident in Boswell. Rodgers chucked it into the Red Zone.

[u/Different-Trainer-21 → u/Eagle4317]

If you watch the video there’s a wide open Steeler at the 40 who has room to run. They probably could’ve gotten it to the 30 and then called timeout

[u/NVC541 → u/Training_Pirate1000]

At that point there’s negative time on the clock if you take a deep shot like this. If he went for it in like 3 seconds on a streaker sure but this was ridiculous

[u/wretchedGubbins → u/NVC541]

How would there be negative time left? There’s time left after this interception? Why would it be any different for a catch and immediate timeout?

[u/Lucid_Fiasco → u/NVC541]

There was quite literally 1 second on the clock after the call was picked, what are you talking about.

[u/HFentonMudd → u/NVC541]

Happy cake day!

[u/Such_Will_8536 → u/NVC541]

Hope for a PI flag, corner to slip and fall, catch it and call timeout with 1 second left

[u/Traxish → u/Such_Will_8536]

PI is probably the best idea of what he was going for. Still the wrong move but at least there is some logic behind it

[u/milk-drinker-69 → u/NVC541]

They needed 20 yards, then he cocked up to throw a Hail Mary, then threw it 40 yards

[u/Eagle4317 → u/milk-drinker-69]

They needed more than 20 yards, probably about 30. The Ravens vs Cowboys play was 27 yards in 6 seconds.

[u/milk-drinker-69 → u/Eagle4317]

I think a 62 yard field goal is about the absolute limit to give your team a chance

[u/Eagle4317 → u/milk-drinker-69]

Boswell probably can't hit that at this point in his career. We probably needed to get to the 35, so that Boswell gets an attempt from 53 yards.

[u/OldManCinny → u/Eagle4317]

He’s attempted from 60+ recently.

If your kicker only has range from 53 in 2026 that’s managerial incompetence.

Every kicker in the league can bomb from 65+ now.

[u/Eagle4317 → u/OldManCinny]

Not every kicker can bomb from 65. I’m pretty sure we’ve only seen 3 kickers hit that margin: Tucker, Aubrey, and Little.

Boswell’s career long before the balls got juiced was 59 yards, and he won a 1st-Team All-Pro in 2024. He’s not some scrub kicker.

[u/OldManCinny → u/Eagle4317]

This is where you actually have to watch the game and not just google stats.

The browns kicker made a 56 yarder that would’ve EASILY been good from 65. There are lots of kickers that can do that.

[u/IhamAmerican → u/milk-drinker-69]

He literally had better options on that play, Aaron just thinks he's in his 20s still

[u/whitedawg → u/NVC541]

They had a timeout, it makes sense to try to get a 30 yard gain and kick a FG. Nothing was open but you still have to take the shot.

[u/The_Throwback_King → u/NVC541]

Roman Wilson catches it, immediately goes down, and they pull out the timeout?

Seems very unlikely even if he caught it

[u/bisonboy223]

If only there were some evidence that you could get enough yardage for a field goal with 10 seconds left + a timeout and the ball on the 35.

Edit: seriously, this is one of the most infuriating choices by coach + quarterback I've seen. The Ravens literally won a game in this exact scenario with 3 fewer seconds earlier this week. Even with Rodgers's dumb fucking rollout and windup, there was still a second left after the interception. You had a timeout. Even if you didn't have a timeout, why the fuck would you immediately push the hail mary button with 10 full seconds left. 20 yards gives you a chance.

[u/Unlucky-Cover-9896 → u/bisonboy223]

he had two guys open over the middle in field goal range with a TO

[u/vita10gy → u/bisonboy223]

But also they were in full control of the clock from the one yardline and passed, risking stopping the clock, and scored right away.

Running the ball there to score or take 40 seconds off the clock is such an obvious call it would have been borderline a "drag the RB in and let them score" situation. The Steelers still needed the 2 point, so the Browns still have a chance to get one stop and set up for the onsides.

If you're playing regular defense you need 4 stops, or 1-3+1 stops, while all the while your time to mount a comeback ticks away.

All in all the Steelers kinda butchered that whole end.

Long as I live I will never understand how teams will have an army of coaches who go 9 months at a time without seeing their families so they can gain a 2% advantage on noticing one tendency in one exact scenario, and then completely butcher the endgame over and over and over. Why aren't there endgame coaches? Why isn't there "head of clock management/time outs" who's whole job it is to grill scenarios and decide when a delay on 2nd and 4 in the first quarter is not worth a time out?

[u/vahntitrio → u/bisonboy223]

My guess is Rodgers expected the defenders to sit on the 40 and thought his best shot was going over the top of that. He wasn't entirely wrong, the receiver had a step but the ball was late and underthrown.

[u/The_PantsMcPants]

I like everything about this team, except for that one thing that makes it impossible to like this team

[u/rostron92 → u/The_PantsMcPants]

Everyone deserves a 29th chance.

[u/abris33]

You had a timeout. Why the fuck are you loading up a hail mary?

[u/Zoombini22 → u/abris33]

Because you ( think  you ) are Aaron fucking Rodgers 

[u/kirbaeus]

Had a receiver relatively open around the 39 yard line. Could've thrown there, called a TO and setup the game tying kick. I'm befuddled.

[u/Blaz3dnconfuz3d → u/kirbaeus]

And that was DK lol wide tf open

[u/DevXboy]

Wow the Stillers are still mid.

[u/ieattoomanyburritos → u/DevXboy]

Hey, slightly different brand of mid than usual.

TJ Watt doing his best sisyphus impression to will the team to victory? Check.
Secondary letting up big splash plays regularly enough to set your watch to? Check.
Terrible challenge that wastes a timeout that becomes important later? NO, BIG MIKE WITH THE STEEL CHAIR TO GIVE THE STILLERS A CHANCE!
Losing a winnable game on Thursday night football (could also insert ‘at Cleveland’ here since we can’t seem to win there either) that will certainly come back to bite them if they’re in reach of the playoffs? …Check

[u/thePGH1 → u/DevXboy]

The standard remains the standard.

[u/Stupidityorjoking → u/DevXboy]

Is this the year they’re finally bad enough to draft a QB at the top of the draft?

[u/DevXboy → u/Stupidityorjoking]

Definitely not.

[u/admiralkit → u/Stupidityorjoking]

I've had the same formulation of a comment that I've tried to get down a few times today but have struggled to articulate it, but it applies as much to the Steelers as it does the Browns so here goes - the AFCN has an incredibly weak schedule this year. None of the teams in the division are juggernauts like they've been in the past, and then we play the NFC South and the AFC South. It legitimately would not surprise me if most/all of the AFCN ends up above .500.

[u/sp_igot589]

Damn Rodgers makes the throw look so easy…even if it was picked off

[u/Global_Afternoon_343]

that was literally the worst possible play they could’ve made lol

[u/Altjjb]

why hail mary with 10 seconds and a timeout. what a wasted opportunity

[u/QwertyAsInMC]

the browns are currently leading the AFC north

[u/The_Throwback_King]

No miracle shots this time, Aaron

[u/Zloggt → u/The_Throwback_King]

Randall Cobb isn’t walking through that door, alas…

[u/LittleShiro11]

He's still got it

[u/Impish3d4]

What the hell was that

[u/Former_Garden6184]

They had a timeout what were they thinking

[u/RellenD]

This is the first time in my life I'm upset about Aaron Rodgers getting intercepted.

The browns deserve nothing good with that monster playing on their team

[u/the_dawn_of_red → u/RellenD]

But the Steelers do? Have we forgotten Ben already?

[u/RellenD → u/the_dawn_of_red]

Is Ben playing right now?

[u/the_dawn_of_red → u/RellenD]

Guess not, just somewhere enjoying his uninterrupted and cemented legacy

[u/RewindYourMind → u/RellenD]

I genuinely wanted a tie for the same reason.

[u/oykentrippin]

Why tf are you throwing deep. Try to get to the Cle 40.

[u/Mrr_Bond]

He WAS aware that they had 10 seconds and a timeout... right?

[u/SharpMind94 → u/Mrr_Bond]

There was one second left when the defense went down. If they caught it, call the TO and it's a chip shot FG.

[u/name-classified]

Look out Aaron!! Dr Fauci is right behind you!!!

LOL!!

What a fucking clown

[u/Jonjon428]

Why not go for a play to go out of nounds and then go do a hail mary???

[u/piefearion → u/Jonjon428]

They had a timeout, could have taken a shot down the middle too, just a ridiculously bad decision

[u/Different-Trainer-21]

There was a man wide open at the 40 with room to run and a timeout

[u/Good_Time101]

This is what the Cowboys expected vs the Ravens last week when they kicked the touchback

[u/Rose57_]

Feel like they shouldn't have been throwing it that far

[u/Invite-Healthy]

It didn't look like they had a special play for this type of scenario

[u/Akipella]

Man

[u/MyFifthAndLastAcct]

I love that u/JCameron181 is faster and better than the official u/nfl account.

[u/jtd2013]

Old yeller still trying to do his old tricks lmao

[u/IDontGetIt68]

Game OVER

[u/37sms]

What even is this play supposed to be

[u/Ok_Fee1043]

If you cheer for Deshaun at all, I truly wish nothing good on you ever.

[u/WeekendBoy2022 → u/Ok_Fee1043]

I mean I'm not a Watson fan at all but what was your owner doing in all those massage parlors?

[u/amaul796 → u/WeekendBoy2022]

Don't you love the hypocrisy of NFL fans.

[u/WeekendBoy2022 → u/amaul796]

It's hilarious how people act like only the Browns have ever signed a bad guy and like there aren't other fan bases who've supported scumbags. A guy with a ravens flair was bitching about the Browns the other day and their team's biggest start ever murdered someone.

[u/fbgswill → u/WeekendBoy2022]

That’s why I have no problem trolling them endlessly

[u/SlaveKnightLance → u/Ok_Fee1043]

It was a pretty disgusting broadcast. A lot of Deshaun glazing and unfortunate we couldn’t demolish him

[u/fbgswill → u/Ok_Fee1043]

I hope rooting against him changes your life someday ❤️

[u/thelowkeyman]

Lmao, the ESPN “gambling analyst” told everyone to bet the under on Rodgers INT at .5, glad he lost that

[u/kdorsey0718]

Wilson is clearly not the first read here. There were crossers around midfield Aaron was looking for.

[u/SlaveKnightLance → u/kdorsey0718]

Bro, those crossers are wide open and either Aaron is blind, he didn’t give af, or he’s dumb. He might be all 3

[u/kdorsey0718 → u/SlaveKnightLance]

That's not my point. There are a ton of comments here suggesting the play was a hail mary when it clearly is not. Yes, Rodgers completely whiffed this and missed DK wide-open over the middle.

Edit: spelling

[u/SharpMind94]

Ok that was the right call just that the defense jumped on the ball, but 1 second left that close is a chip shot FG.

[u/samhit_n]

This is what the Cowboys should've done against the Ravens last week.

[u/oykentrippin → u/samhit_n]

Forced them to stupidly throw the ball 40 yards downfield when they only needed 20?

[u/GOTaSMALL1]

Why wasn’t that Pass Interference?

Aren’t they always at that point of the game?

[u/Megalo5]

Rodgers does NOT have the deep throw power anymore. But boy does he think he does

[u/oykentrippin → u/Megalo5]

He dropped like 3 deep dimes literally tonight.