The Pittsburgh Steelers needed a gutsy play against the San Diego Chargers.
"We have to run the football. We have Le'Veon Bell. We had an opportunity to win the game," Tomlin said. "We're on the road in a hostile environment,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, we've got to play to win and that's what we did."
Antwon Blake intercepted Rivers' pass and returned it 70 yards for a touchdown to give the Steelers a 10-7 lead late in the third quarter. Receiver Malcom Floyd broke off a crossing route that led to the pickoff.
"'I got to get it in,Cheap NFL Jerseys China," Bell said. "We still had a timeout left. I was thinking we still have a timeout left, so I'm thinking, 'OK, maybe if I get stopped, maybe run like 4 seconds off and get a timeout and we could kick a field goal. I wanted to end the game right there."
"First I'd like to thank Steeler Nation," Tomlin said. "How about the support that we had in the building tonight? We get that type of support just about all of the time we're on the road, but it doesn't get old. We appreciate it."
Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers didn't.
Gates was suspended without pay for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug in the offseason.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Five seconds left, down by three points and the ball inside the 1.
"It was a tough environment tonight. It was like being on the road," he said.
"Odd is one word we could use," Rivers said. "We were in silent count and we had no chance. We were checking in and out of plays and it was about as tough as it gets. I'm usually hoarse after road games and I'm going to be today as well."
Notes: Rivers was 35 of 48 for 365 yards,Wholesale Jerseys From China. ... Floyd had his 300th career catch. ... Chargers OL Chris Watt was being evaluated with a head injury.
They got it for a stunning victory.
San Diego came right back and tied it on Lambo's 40-yard field goal.
"It's not how you start. It's how you finish," Vick said.
Antonio Gates returned from a four-game PED suspension and caught a 12-yard scoring pass from Philip Rivers in the first quarter and then had an 11-yard grab with 8:02 left to give the Chargers a 17-10 lead. Gates has 101 career TDs, joining Tony Gonzalez (111) as the only tight ends to reach that milestone.
Vick, having an awful game until the fourth quarter, kept the drive alive with a 24-yard scramble up the middle on third-and-6 from the 41 and then a 16-yard pass to Heath Miller to 1 a play before Bell's big run. An unnecessary roughness call against San Diego's Jahleel Addae moved the ball a half-yard closer to the end zone and stopped the clock.
San Diego called a timeout before Pittsburgh ran the gutsy play.
The Chargers then moved down the field for Lambo's kick. Eight days earlier, the rookie kicked a 34-yarder as time expired for a 30-27 win over Cleveland. Lambo also was short and left on a 60-yard attempt just before halftime against the Steelers.
Vick, making his second straight start in place of injured Ben Roethlisberger, couldn't get much going until he and Markus Wheaton hooked up on a 72-yard touchdown on a stop-and-go route to tie it at 17 with 7:42 left.
"It was time to go to the mattresses, if you will," coach Mike Tomlin said. "We had to do what was required to win. Le'Veon gave us an opportunity to win, and we were trying to do everything we could to move the football."
Bell said it was the most meaningful touchdown of his three-year career. "The game-winner on the last play of the game,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, that's what you dream about," he said.
Bell ran 21 times for 111 yards.
San Diego rookie Josh Lambo kicked a go-ahead,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, 54-yard field goal with 2: 56 left.
Bell took the direct snap,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, ran left and was slowed in traffic before diving for the end zone and getting the ball across the line as Donald Butler dragged him down.
Le'Veon Bell scored on a wildcat run as time expired to give Mike Vick and the Steelers a 24-20 victory Monday night that had tens of thousands of Pittsburgh fans roaring and waving their Terrible Towels at Qualcomm Stadium.
It wasn't all that hostile, not with all the black-and-gold-clad fans in Qualcomm Stadium, which could be hosting its final year of the NFL because Chargers owner Dean Spanos wants to move to the Los Angeles area.
There was no way Tomlin was going to kick a field goal to force overtime.
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