Tomlin is now 3-10 versus Belichick all time, and 'The Hoodie' was just a little better down the stretch. The Steelers got the ball back with 2:44 left, but Trubisky overthrew his final two passes on third and fourth down, and the Patriots nearly ran out the clock. Long snapper Christian Kuntz was flagged for a false start when it looked like two Patriots had jumped offsides. They got it, but when the Patriots forced a fourth-and-3 at Pittsburgh’s 38 with just over five minutes left, Tomlin punted. Trubisky burned the Steelers’ first timeout before the TD, and Tomlin called the second one with seven minutes left – to decide to go for it on fourth down at the Pittsburgh 29. Except Trubisky and Tomlin both made game-management mistakes that cost Pittsburgh dearly. The Patriots’ offense had hit the skids, but this was just inviting a backdoor loss.

The Steelers trailed, 21-18, early in the fourth quarter, and Bill Belichick did them a giant favor by punting to them on fourth-and-1 from New England’s 44. Late-game execution ugly on both sides, but worse for Steelers.This was supposed to be the easy part of the schedule. What the heck was going on in Steel Town? The Steelers showed some fight to make it a close game late, but it never should have gotten to that point. The offense countered with a field goal, but Mitchell Trubisky’s pick deep in Pittsburgh territory turned into another Patriots score. Instead, New England promptly marched down the field for an opening-drive TD. Coming off one of the worst losses in the Mike Tomlin era in Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals, one might have expected the Steelers to come out with their hair on fire against the lowly Patriots. They’re suddenly 7-6, having dropped three of the past four games, needing some help with four tough games remaining. The Steelers’ hopes for making the postseason have cratered the past four days. Steelers’ playoff hopes suffer huge blow with second straight stunning loss.READ: Pats' S Peppers feels good to get win over PIT for HC.READ: Minkah: PIT needs players 'who want to work for it'.READ: Steelers fall out of playoff spot with loss.

Superbowl score by quarter 2021