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Steelers hold off Jets in OT 20-17




Jeff Wins in OT Baby !! ....... WOOOOOOOT !


Quadzilla



Jeff Reed’s quadriceps muscles are so thick that teammate Josh Miller refers to him as quadzilla.

Larry Bosc, the boys soccer coach at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, N.C., remembers Reed doing some incredible things on the pitch. “Jeff strikes a ball harder than anyone I’ve ever seen,” Bosc said. “Our goalkeepers had to be ready. If they weren’t, they could break a wrist easily.”


NFL.com wire reports


PITTSBURGH (Jan. 15, 2005) -- Jeff Reed did what Doug Brien twice couldn't do, and imperfect but still unbeaten rookie Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers saved a season that twice seemed to be gone.
Reed made a 33-yard field goal, his 18th successful conversion in a row, and the Steelers somehow beat the resilient New York Jets 20-17 in overtime in a remarkable divisional playoff game filled with wild swings in momentum and emotion.


Roethlisberger overcame two huge mistakes -- an interception for a touchdown and another that appeared to doom the Steelers late in the fourth quarter -- to lead a decisive drive that began at the Jets 13 and sent Pittsburgh to the AFC championship game Jan. 23 against New England or Indianapolis.


The loss will go down as one of the most excruciating in the Jets' star-crossed history, with Brien missing not one but two makable field-goal tries in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter. The misses were doubly stunning disappointments for a gutty team on the verge of its biggest upset since Broadway Joe's guaranteed victory against the Colts in Super Bowl III.


Brien's 47-yarder with 1:58 remaining hit the goal post, but Roethlisberger gave the Jets the ball right back when his off-line throw was intercepted by David Barrett -- just the kind of mistake rookie quarterbacks are supposed to make in the playoffs, but Big Ben had rarely made during his 13-0 rookie season. The Jets then drove cautiously from the Steelers 37 to the 25, giving Brien a 43-yarder to try to win it on the final play of regulation. But the kick sailed far to the left, not even close, and the given-a-reprieve Steelers danced joyously on their sidelines -- Roethlisberger right in the middle.


Brien's 28-yarder in overtime beat San Diego last week -- yes, by the same 20-17 score -- and he hit a 42-yarder to halt Pittsburgh's early momentum and make it 10-3 Pittsburgh early in the second quarter. He was 24-for-29 for the season. Now the Jets are packing their bags and preparing to take that the long regretful and humiliating bus ride back home.


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