Yards, long and 19. Fourth and ten. And dalton going deep and incomplete, intended for green. Looks for a flag, there is none and the steelers take over. Cris well, you have Troy Polamalu playing back, almost like a Center Fielder in baseball here. Little break on the ball and really aj green didnt pick up that ball until late. Thats a play hes made a bunch of times this season going up and making that catch. And dick lebeau saying, there you goe. Now were looking like steelers defenders again. You just wonder what would have been with this team if they dont lose foote and pouncey opening day. They had heath miller healthy. That was the killer for them this year. Al dwyer, gain of eight. That will take us to the twominute warning. Cincinnati out of timeouts. So the steelers will still be mathematically alive. Cincinnati will go to 95 and they get an injured another injury here. Jayson dimanche. I think thats the linebacker. Cris yep. Al glance at the number, yep. Rookie out of southern illinois. Cris i tell you, these injuries starting to mount up and especially at the cornerback position. I have no idea what happened with Dre Kirkpatrick, but with Terrence Newman out with that mcl sprain and of course their best corner, leon hall gone as well. Theres Dre Kirkpatrick back in there. Hes had a pretty nice game. Ly say that. I thought the quickness of these steelers receivers may get the better of him. He has really hung in there. Firstround draft pick and he has not been a happy guy not playing. But he has come in, got his chance tonight and done well. Al dimanche goes to the sideli sideline. Cris the guy that really did not have the huge impact in the passing game that i thought might was giovani bernard. You know, hes had plenty of one on one opportunities. Little tip of the cap really to Lawrence Timmons and some of these linebackers done a pretty good job on him in the passing game. Al they start to wind the clock again once dimanche leaves the field. We go to the twominute warning at heinz field with the Pittsburgh Steelers on top trying to go to 68. 3020, pittsburgh. Al wendys post game report coming up at the end of the game. Michele down on the field interviewing the stars of game. Bob, tony and mike break it down. We will take a look ahead to next week when the bears take on the eagles. See what happened with those teams today. Minnesota built an early lead and then foles and jackson make it 2116. Zach ertz made it 2722. The vikings would not be denied today. Matt cassel to cordarrelle patterson. Minnesota minus ap win. Cutler comes back after a month absence in chicago after an ankle injury hits Alshon Jeffery to tie the game. A 40yard touchdown run and the Chicago Bears had their hands full in cleveland but wind up winning the game over the browns by a score of 3831. Cris give jay cutler a little credit, too. Because he came out with some early turnovers and you start to think, did they make the right choice . But he came back and was big in the second half and led them back. Al bears and eagles on sunday night next week. Second down and two from the 30 yard line. And roethlisberger gives the ball to dwyer. And that will take us down to about 1 15 or so before pittsburgh has to snap the ball again. Cris big ben is kind of right in the prime of his career, isnt he . You can see more and more he is taking over this offense. More and more comfortable calling those plays and audibles at the line of scrimmage. They look to him now as the unquestioned leader. And todd haley has, i think, gotten his point across. Because youre seeing that ball come out a lot quicker. He is not taking the hits he used to take in the back. Al third and two, first down will officially end it. Instead its a fourth down. So barely breathe rg the bengals but its a fourth down here and they have to do something with this over the next half minute. Cris well, i would think steelers probably just go for this, right . Al i would think. Run it around. Youll give cincinnati the ball back with half a minute. And say go score twice. Cris good luck. Although it is the nfl. Your Arizona Cardinals about allowed that to happen today. I would like to watch you cheering for teams. Al dont give away any secrets now, would you . On fourth and one. Here is dwyer. And stuck at the 28 yard line. If they do, theyll get the ball back and meanwhile, the clock keeps running. So in effect, youre basically saying you picked up the first down. And ed hochuli looks over. And he signals first down. Otherwise they would have had to put several seconds back on the clock. But its all moot now. As the bengals head back to finish up the season at paul brown stadium. Pittsburgh scores early and often, wins the game, 3020. Coming up next the wendys post game after these messages. I love watching tv outside. And why can you move the tv out here . The wireless receiver. I got that when i switched to uverse. But why . Because its so much better than cable. Its got more hd channels, more dvr space. Yeah, but i mean, how did you know . I researched. No, ii told you. No. Yeah no. The important part is that youre happy now. And i got you this visor. You made a visor yes that ill never wear. Ohh. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv for just 19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Announcer welcome to the wendys post game report. Here now, bob costas. Teetering on the brink the steelers come up with an impressive performance tonight and stay alive, although only barely in the playoff race. They defeat the bengals, 3020. Ben roethlisberger 20 of 25, through for a touchdown and threw his first interception in four games. And Antonio Brown who had five catches one for a touchdown and a 67 yard pupt return td. Theyre likenesses go up. And they stand down on the field with Michele Tafoya. Michele well, ben, with the win tonight you keep your slim playoff hopes alive. You looked like a team with nothing to lose. You were hot out of the gate. What was the mental approach . Just win. Thats all it was. Come out and win and play this game. Thats all we could do is control this game and out here and thats what we did tonight. Michele one of the reasons you did that you were really well protected up front. Part of that was getting rid of the ball quickly. How did they keep you up right . Boys did a good job. They identify well. They block hard and just really proud of the way they play up front. Michele and leveon bell with over 100 yards from the scrimmage. What has he meant to this offense . She a great play maker. She a great compliment. He can do everything. Im proud of the way hes grown. Michele congratulations, ben. Lets turn to Antonio Brown. Theyre both freezing out here and want to get in. But you got off to such a quick start. The touchdown catch and the punt return for a touchdown. After coming so close last week with that lateral play, how badly did you want to be the guy to set the tone tonight . It was absolutely my prerogative to come out here and set the tone for my team. It was a great home victory. Michele it was. Now i have to wonder, how you guys stay inspired with your playoff hopes so slim . Well, we have passion for this game. You know, we have love for this game. Our relationship for the game. It dont change. When were in the stadium, we want to be at your best. We have to compete every game. Michele finally, you and Pierre Garcon are the only two receivers in the league with five receptions in every game this season so far. To what do you attribute the consistency . Well, Great Quarterback play. Ben in the areas he want you be in and being able to trust the ball. Michele go get warm. Thank you. Michele ly too, bob. Lets look at the afc playoff picture. The top three seeds all lost this week. So after the patriots fell today in miami the bengals missed an opportunity to overtake new england for the number two seed. Kansas city meanwhile, clinched the playoff berth with a win today in oakland while the dolphins moved into the final spot for the time being. But ravens play tomorrow night in detroit own the headtohead tiebreaker against miami. Tony, which loss in your mind was the most significant this week . Bob, i think it was cincinnatis loss tonight because not only did they lose that opportunity to move into the number two spot, but they energized the Baltimore Ravens because now the ravens know if they win out, win their final three games theyre the North Division champs and i dont think anybody outside of that baltimore locker room was considering that as a possibility. Okay. Over in the nfc, only seattle has locked up a playoff spot for sure and with the twogame cushion theyre one win or one 49ers loss away from clinching home field throughout. Its a threeteam race for the nfc north with the bears winning today to grab the lead for the moment. Both the nfc east contenders lost today so the eagles remain a game ahead of the cowboys. Tony, a crushing loss for dallas today against the packers, but youre still optimistic about their chances. Why . If im Jason Garrett, i tell that team in the meeting tomorrow, hey, were down in the ten spot, yes, we had a bad home loss, but we still have our playoff future in our hands. All we have to do is go to washington, win a game against a team that only has three wins. Then we come back at home and play the last game. We dont need help from anyone else. We still control things if we play good ball for two weeks and win two games. Yeah. Because if they finished tied with philadelphia, they would have the tiebreaker. If they can beat them the last sunday of the regular season in dallas. Thank you, tony. We turn now to mike florio, mike, what will you have your eye on tomorrow . Well, like coach dungy said the glass is half full for the cowboys. It will be empty for coach Jason Garrett if they dont make it to the playoff. Now owner jerry jones said last month that garrett will be back in 2014. But after todays loss, jones said he wont give a weekly vote of confidence for Jason Garrett. Few people believe that garrett will be back if they fail to make it to the playoffs for the thirdstraight year. Well keep a close eye on that. The packers are now over. 500. If Aaron Rodgers can make it back for the final two regular season games and if the packers can beat the steelers and the bears and if the lions lose one of the final three games the pack lers win the nfc north and could be very dangerous in the post swn a healthy Aaron Rodgers. For all that and more, dont miss mike florio on pro Football Talk presented by chevrolet. Tomorrow at 5 00 p. M. And every weekday afternoon on nbc sn. The final score, pittsburgh, 30. Cincinnati 20 and al and cris back to wrap things up from the steel city after this. Okay. That was weird. Heres yours im gonna take mine and leave you two alone. Wendys bacon portabella melt. A new buttery brioche bun, crisp bacon and rich portabellas in a melty cheddar sauce. Now thats better. Across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. Cheers. And seeing as its such a historic city, im sure theyll appreciate that geicos been saving people money for over 75 years. Oh. 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Im forward to watching the bears receivers play. Alshon jefferys is making a circus catch to turn the game around. Brandon marshall. Mar tell us bennett. Big physical guys. But really philadelphias defense is not as bad as what they showed today. Theyve been played much better ball than that. Im sure well see their best next week. Fun to have chip kelly for the first time. Nick foles. Nick foles almost set an nfl record this year, too, with 19 touchdown passes without an nech interception to start the year. I know from long jumping. Next week, philadelphia and chicago on sunday night football. Until then, al michaels, cris collinsworth, Michele Tafoya and our entire gang saying good night from heinz field in night from heinz field in pittsburgh. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com month. Xfinity, your home for live sports. Call 800xfinity today. Its not something cleej students need during a finals week. A spike in crime on the uc berkeley campus. What the thieves are stealing. And were looking at another cold night and spare the air alert. Touchdown 49ers. The 49ers with a big win in tampa bay. We have reaction and post game from the 49ers on xfinity sports sunday. Good evening. Im diane dwyer and thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news. We are on right now because of sunday night football. We begin with new information from berkeley. Police are stepping up patrols after a spike in robbery, four in less than a week. Thieves are targeting students late at night and taking cell phones an other and other electronics, sometimes at gunpoint. And monty is live, i would guess many students are up studying. Campus police are urging students not to walk alone but walk in groups. If you are alone, there are code blue phones all over campus, you press that blue button and you are immediately connected to Campus Police. With finals week at hand, students are burning the midnight oil and robbers are targeting students walking home from the library late at night and taking backpacks, cell phones and laptops. The most recent attack happened at 2 45 this morning in front of dwinel hall when a robber tried to steal a students purse. She was able to break free and took off running. It is the person walking alone with their head down, not paying attention to their surroundings. Reporter but that is not always the case. Earlier on monday morning, two were beat up. Held at gunpoint. He was carrying a camera and try pod and going out star gazing and they took everything he had. I mean he was taken down with a with a buddy too. You are facing a gun, numbers doesnt patter too much. Reporter tang said his friend suffered bruises but no broken bones but the attack has taken a psychological toll on his friends. We are entirely less likely to stay out late now. At least i am. It is scary. Libraries are open 24 hours and people take advantage of that because it is finals week. It is terrifying to think you are not safe at campus, especially when you have other things on your mind. Reporter and Campus Police have safety shuttles and safety officers that will walk you home if you ask for an escort and have stepped up patrol to keep students say. Thank you, monty. A gunman in San Francisco shot and killed a 16yearold boy overnight in the silver tar ace neighborhood near 280. According to officers, Clifton Chapman was shot once and killed. Paramedics rushed a second victim to the hospital who is in serious condition and one neighbor heard something that sounded like fire crackers going off. I didnt think much about it until i heard police cars driving by and i thought it was just a car chase because since we were close by the freeway, we hear police cars driving by real fast with sirens, so didnt think much about it until i heard the ambulance and the fire truck. Investigators are trying to determine if the shooting was gang related. A fire burned an apartment complex in San Francisco this morning and tonight 30 people had to niend somewhere find somewhere else to sleep. It started at 9 30 on a threestory building on powell street across from Washington Square park in north beach. It took firefighters 30 minutes to get flames under control. No injuries were reported. Officials say the fire and water seriously damaged 12 apartments there and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. And farther south in san jose, a fire burned a house and injured three people, one seriously at about 2 45 this afternoon. Firefighters say the fire started at a home on coachland avenue new near the willow glenn shopping center. All four people were injured. One was rushed to the hospital to be treated for serious burns and the red cross is trying to find the family temporary housing tonight. The fire started in the kitchen when the three were making wax candles and the cabinets caught on fire. Well a car crashed into a building tonight in redwood city at a car dealership on el camino real. This video just came into the newsroom. People inside of the car needed help to get out but still no word on their injuries at this point. Another spare the air alert has been issued for the bay area for tomorrow. Rob explains what is going on. The spare the air alert impacting a larger area with worse air quality. This is south bay yesterday, and heading into monday it is the north bay and the coast, and alert for sensitive groups. And some of the pollution being pushed out toward the coast, so unusual to see the bad quality near the seashorement we are watching for air quality and another spare the air day for tuesday. And tomorrow a bit of a warmup with the windsute of the south. Well see our temperatures climb in some locations. Well get the highs close to 70 degrees. 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