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The mission, rather simple for Pittsburgh, you have to keep pace with the New

England Patriots for the top record in the AFC, setting up the clash, not of the

Titans, but of the Steelers and the Patriots in a couple of weeks.

And Pittsburgh played about as poorly as you can possibly play and still win an NFL game,

but they did just that and a last second field goal on a rainy cool night in Cincinnati.

And so at Paul Brown Stadium, the Steelers sneak out by the, by the slimmest of margins,

slimest of margins,

and now they will move on to the next week.

But the game in question here, the Monday night game,

there's two things that you remember about a game.

There's been research on this.

So what I'm about to say, I'm not blowing smoke, what I'm about to say,

when you watch a sporting event, whether it's a Monday night game or a Thursday game, or just a random Sunday game, you remember two things.

You remember the outcome, the ending, right?

In this case, Pittsburgh winning 23 to 20 on a Chris Boswell field goal.

Remember that?

And then you also remember what's known as the emotional peak, the turning point, the plot twist in the game.

Now, in this particular game, there were a couple of moments that stand out.

So the question is, let's talk about the

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