The end of Thursday’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Minnesota Vikings was a frenetic mix of action that included a mishap that cost the Steelers several seconds at the end of the game as the Steelers were trying to drive down for the potential game-tying score.
The player at the center of the fiasco was wide receiver Chase Claypool. After the game, Claypool spoke to the media and in a not-so-subtle manner opted to throw teammate Trai Turner under the bus for the mistake.
“I got tackled near the hash,” Claypool said. “Did my little first down point. Went to hand the ball to the ref. He just got there. The ball got knocked out of my hands. That’s what cost us time. But I definitely do have to be better.”
I just asked Chase Claypool about that ill-advised first-down pose on the final drive: pic.twitter.com/eRnoVKaP9O
— Dejan Kovacevic (@Dejan_Kovacevic) December 10, 2021
According to Claypool, opting to pose rather than run the football to the official isn’t the issue. It was Turner coming to get the football from when he failed to do it that was the problem. He even threw a little tantrum after the Steelers finally clocked the ball at Turner to indicate his displeasure.
But I want to pass the question off to you. Let us know in the comments below what you thought of Claypool’s comments and the whole event. Does it even matter in the big picture or is this a problem?
