Patriots take tight road victory over the Steelers

It's a battle for the top seed on a Sunday afternoon in Pittsburgh as the defending Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots took on the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. The Steelers are coming off a dramatic win over the Ravens and the Patriots had a setback when they fell in Miami on Monday night. A Steelers win today would guarantee them home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. A Patriots win wouldn't guarantee them home field advantage but it would give them a front row seat to it, however. Who would come out in this big time matchup between two AFC powers? Let's get to it! The Steelers started with the ball and on the first play, Ben Roethlisberger would find Le'Veon Bell for 17 yards but that would be all the Steelers could get and would be forced to punt. The Patriots would go on a six play drive that resulted in a one yard touchdown run by Rex Burkhead to make the game 7-0. The Steelers would answer with an eight play drive that ended with Roethlisberger going to Eli Rogers for the 18 yard touchdown to tie the game up at 7. The Patriots' next possession would end in a punt. The Steelers would take the lead on a nine play drive that resulted in a 51 yard field goal by Chris Boswell to make it 10-7 Pittsburgh. The Patriots would answer with a nine play drive that ended with a 32 yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski to tie the game at 10. The Steelers would go on a long 15 play drive that resulted in Roethlisberger going to Martavis Bryant for a four yard touchdown to make it 17-10 as we head to halftime. The Patriots would start with the ball in the second half and resulted in Tom Brady going to Brandin Cooks for the four yard score. The extra point would be missed and the Steelers would still lead 17-16. The Steelers' next possession would end in a punt. The Patriots possession would end with Brady being intercepted by Williams and returned to the Patriots 22 yard line. The Steelers would capitalize with a five play drive that ended with a three yard touchdown run by Bell for a 24-16 lead as we go to the end of the third quarter. The Patriots' next possession ended with another punt. On the first play of the fourth quarter, Bell would get five yards on second and 2. Then on third and 3, Roethlisberger would go to Bell for four and a first down. They faced another third down and from 4 yards out, Roethlisberger would go for five yards and another first down. However, two penalties would kill the drive and would result in a Steelers punt. The Patriots would face a third and 1 and Dion Lewis would go for 12 yards. On a second and 3, Brady's pass looked like a big play to Cooks but Cooks would go out of bounds and was called for an illegal touching. A pass interference penalty on Pittsburgh would give New England a first down. The Patriots would face a third and 10 and the Steelers' Bud Dupree would get the sack and would result in a 46 yard field goal by Gostkowski to make it 24-19 in favor of Pittsburgh. The Steelers would go three and out on their next possession and the Patriots would take over with 2:06 left. On second and 10, Brady would find Rob Gronkowski for 26 yards to their own 49 yard line as we headed to the two-minute warning. Next play, Brady would find Gronkowski again for 26 yards then it was Brady to Gronkowski for 17 yards this time and a first and goal at the eight yard line and then on first and goal, Lewis would score from eight yards out and Brady would go to Gronkowski once again for the two point conversion for a 27-24 Patriots lead with 56 seconds to go. First play of the drive, Roethlisberger would throw a short pass to Smith-Schuster and he would go 69 yards to the Patriots 10 yard line for a first and goal. On first and goal, Roethlisberger would find Jesse James and looked like it was a touchdown but the ball moved when James left his feet and it was called an incomplete pass after the review. Roethlisberger would find Heyward-Bey for four yards and Roethlisberger tried a fake spike and the pass was deflected and intercepted by Harmon as the Patriots took down the Steelers 27-24 and clinched the AFC East title and currently are the top seed in the AFC.