It is just poor game management. We don't get the clock down to the 2 minute warning. Then in a game we're already winning by 3 TDs we send out our shaky kicker in windy conditions and ask the worst unit on our team to execute... Just punt and put the Steelers in a 2 minute drill with the whole field to go. That is smart coaching.
Coaching is the only reason this has become a game now... McDermott needs to stop with these brain parts on critical decisions in critical moments. And Brady needs to run the freaking ball. The same complaints we've had all year are still rearing their head.
We made a conscious decision to go conservative on that drive. I guess I get it given how the defense is playing, but wasting great field position is a mistake.