Sunday, January 14, 2018

Fournette's big day propels Jaguars over Steelers

The Jacksonville Jaguars came to Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers. The Jaguars got here by winning the AFC South and knocking off the Buffalo Bills in the Wild Card round. The Steelers got here by clinching the AFC North title and got a first round bye. The Steelers are looking to avenge their previous loss to the Jaguars in October. The Jaguars are looking to get to the AFC Championship game for the first time in a while. Who would come out on top in this Sunday afternoon AFC Divisional Playoff matchup? Let's find out! The Jaguars would start with the ball and go on an eight play drive ending in a one yard touchdown run by Leonard Fournette on fourth and goal and an early 7-0 lead by Jacksonville. The Steelers would go three and out to start the game. The Jaguars would get a 10 yard run by Fournette but that was all they could muster and would punt the ball away. The Steelers would face a third and 11 and Ben Roethlisberger's pass would be intercepted by Myles Jack and Jacksonville would take over at the Steelers 18 yard line. The Jaguars would capitalize with an 18 yard touchdown run by Fournette for his second score of the game and the 14-0 lead. The Steelers would start the drive off well with a Le'Veon Bell 20 yard run. On second and 9, Roethlisberger would go to Antonio Brown for 11 yards to the Jaguars 43 yard line. Roethlisberger would go to Eli Rogers for 13 yards to the 30 yard line. The Steelers would face a fourth and 1 at the Jaguars 21 yard line but the Jaguars' defense would cause Bell to lose four yards and the Jaguars would take over. The Jaguars would take over and go on an eleven play drive ending with a four yard touchdown run by TJ Yeldon for a 21-0 lead. The Steelers would answer with a six play drive ending with Roethlisberger going to Brown for a 23 yard touchdown to cut the Jacksonville lead to 21-7. The next Jaguars possession would end in a punt. The Steelers would take over and Roethlisberger would find Bell for 17 and then Vance McDonald for 11 yards. On second and 10, Roethlisberger would be sacked and would fumble and recovered by Smith and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown and a 28-7 Jacksonville lead. The Steelers would have a chance to score just before halftime. The Steelers would go on a seven play drive that ended with Roethlisberger going to Martavis Bryant for a 36 yard touchdown and cut the lead to 28-14 as we head to halftime. The Steelers would get the ball to start the second half and would go on a 10 play drive that ended with Roethlisberger going to Bell for a 19 yard touchdown to cut the lead to 28-21. The Jaguars would punt on their first possession of the second half. The Steelers would get as far as the Jaguars 39 yard line but they would stop there and punt it back to the Jaguars. The Jaguars would punt as we hit the fourth quarter. The punt would be tipped and the Steelers would take over at the Jaguars 48 yard line. The Steelers would face a fourth and 1 and Roethlisberger's pass would fall incomplete and the Jaguars would take over. The Jaguars would take over at their own 39 yard line.  The Jaguars would face a third and 8 and Blake Bortles would find Marquise Lee for 11 yards. On the next play, Bortles would find Cole for 45 yards to the Steelers three yard line. On the next play, Fournette would score his third touchdown of the game from three yards out for a 35-21 lead for Jacksonville. The Steelers need to answer and on the first play of the drive, Roethlisberger would find Brown for 27 yards to thee Jaguars 48 yard line. They would face a fourth and 5 and Roethlisberger would find Brown again for a 43 yard touchdown to  make a one score game with 9:05 to go. The Jaguars would score once again with an eight play drive ending with Bortles going to Tommy Bohanon for a 14 yard touchdown for a 42-28 lead. The Steelers would make it a one score game again with a 12 play drive ending with Roethlisberger lateraling to Bell for the nine yard touchdown for a 42-35. The Steelers would attempt an onside kick and the Jaguars would recover and would get 45 yard field goal by Josh Lambo for a 45-35 lead. The Steelers would score with one second remaining on a ten play drive with Roethlisberger going to JuJu Smith-Schuster for a four yard touchdown but the Jaguars knocked off the Steelers 45-42. The Jaguars will advance to the AFC Championship game and will play in Foxboro against the Patriots.

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