The Pittsburgh Steelers fell short to Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, dropping the team's record to 10-4. With top target George Pickens being inactive for a second straight week, Russell Wilson and the offense's struggles continued on the road. Along with having no vertical threat downfield, the offense also drew multiple crucial penalties that would prevent it from scoring.
After the loss, Wilson was critical of the team's efforts in playing a clean game against the Eagles. The Steelers' opening three possessions resulted in three-and-outs, and they were able to come away with a field goal during their fourth drive thanks to a special teams turnover. On that fourth possession, the Steelers were set up on Philadelphia's own 11-yard-line.
Wilson completed a seven-yard pass to Najee Harris , but it was brought back for unnecessary roughness thanks to Darnell Washington and Calvin Austin III. The offense was then set up 18 yards away from a first down and was forced to take three points to tie the game. "Yeah, we had too many penalties throughout the game, big ones.
Obviously, we had that drive in the red zone," Wilson opened up his post-game press conference with. "You know, both teams are kind of getting after it. They call it on us, get backed out unfortunately.
You know, that could have been a touchdown drive for us." The two teams broke out in a scuffle after Washington blocked Eagles' cornerback Darius Slay through the back of the end zone and into the .
