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| 27th October, 2008 - 6:17 pm |  ESPN - The Steelers claim they knew the Giants were going to run with Brandon Jacobs on fourth-and-1 at the goal line early in the second quarter.
The goal-line stand, during which Jacobs failed on three successive plays to get in from the 1, temporarily preserved Pittsburgh's 7-3 lead, and several Steelers are crediting the lips of Giants' quarterback Eli Manning.
"I was watching Eli's lips the whole time, and I saw him say, '32,' so I went over and tried to tell everyone, 'It's right here,' and we stopped it," defensive end Brett Keisel said. "That was a big play in the game."
In hearing "32," Keisel figured the Giants would run the ball behind right guard Chris Snee.
"I'm guessing it's the 2-drop, which is right off center-guard," Keisel said. "And that's the play they ran and we stopped them. I'm proud of our defense. Our defense played their tails off."
New York challenged the call on fourth down, believing that Jacobs had scored, but the ruling was upheld.
"I was in," Jacobs said. "I guess they didn't get the right [TV] angle [on the replay]. We were playing against 11 people and -- what -- 16 people to be honest with you," a reference to the officiating crew. [READ] |
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