There was nothing normal about the Los Angeles Chargers victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night. The end was no exception.
The Chargers appeared ready to win the game as time expired. But kicker Michael Badgley missed a 39-yard field goal, apparently sending the game to overtime. Fortunately for Los Angeles, Joe Haden jumped offsides.
Badgley's kick is… NO GOOD.
But the Steelers were offsides.
Chargers will re-kick.
— NFL (@NFL) December 3, 2018
Badgley lined up for a second attempt, which was blocked by Artie Burns. Only, the Steelers were hit with another offsides penalty, giving the Chargers a third attempt.
The second attempt is BLOCKED.
And the Steelers are offsides again.
The Chargers will re-kick… again.
— NFL (@NFL) December 3, 2018
The third time was the charm for Badgley. He knocked the 29-yard attempt through.
https://twitter.com/TheSportsNotes/status/1069450831760519168
Amazingly, Burns jumped offsides again, though this was obviously declined. Twitter went nuts over the crazy finish.
Steelers gonna keep jumping offsides til the refs miss it?
— Chris Hagan (@ChrisHaganTV) December 3, 2018
Only the Steelers would be offside for a missed FG
— Kevin Duffy (@KevinRDuffy) December 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/jasonrmcintyre/status/1069449279297675264
Has anyone taught the Steelers the offside rule
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) December 3, 2018
The Steelers doing the offsides play twice in a row is BOLD @ColeyMick
— Eric Nathan (@BarstoolNate) December 3, 2018
The Steelers have reached the point in Madden where you know you're losing and you go offsides and block kicks on purpose just because it makes you feel better.
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) December 3, 2018
Watching the Steelers jump offside over and over like pic.twitter.com/5Y2OLFlwl9
— The Rush (@therushyahoo) December 3, 2018
We won’t soon see another ending like this.