Mike Williams caught a 32-yard touchdown pass with 2:22 left in the game and the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers rallied for a 28-27 win against the Washington Commanders on Sunday in Landover, Md.
It was the first catch as a Steeler for Williams, who was acquired Tuesday in a trade with the New York Jets, and came on third-and-9 play after the Steelers had fumbled at Washington’s 1-yard line on their previous drive.
After Chris Boswell’s extra point, Washington (7-3) drove to midfield, but Jayden Daniels’ pass to tight end Zach Ertz came up a yard short on fourth-and-9. The Commanders would have gotten the ball back, but Russell Wilson drew an offside penalty on fourth-and-1 at the Washington 49 with 1:02 remaining.
Wilson was 14-of-28 for 195 yards, three touchdowns and one interception for the Steelers (7-2). George Pickens caught five passes for 91 yards and a score.
Daniels finished 17-of-34 for 202 yards. Terry McLaurin had five catches for 113 yards and Austin Ekeler had two rushing scores.
Early in the fourth quarter, Pittsburgh drove inside the 10. On second down at the 8, Jaylen Warren bulled his way to the 1, but as several Washington players struggled to bring him down the ball came out. Jeremy Chinn recovered for the Commanders.
Pittsburgh took the early 7-0 lead when Wilson hit Pickens, who made a twisting, diving catch in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown.
Special teams factored heavily into the next two scores.
On fourth-and-15 from deep in their own territory, the Steelers faked the punt, but James Pierre dropped the wide-open pass from Miles Killebrew. Washington took over at the 15, and three plays later Ekeler scored from the 1.
Early in the second quarter, Washington’s Olamide Zaccheaus muffed a punt. The Steelers started again at the 14 and Wilson hit Pat Freiermuth for a 3-yard touchdown.
Trailing 14-10, the Commanders took over on their own 6-yard line with 5:39 in the half. On third-and-4 from the Pittsburgh 38, Daniels hit Luke McCaffrey for 23 yards and Ekeler later scored on another 1-yard run to send the Commanders to the locker room ahead 17-14.
Washington got the second-half kick and on the first play, Daniels hit McLaurin for 54 yards to the Pittsburgh 17. Three plays later, the pair connected for 16 yards. Jeremy McNichols punched it in and the lead was 24-14.
On the next drive, Wilson hit Pickens for a 34-yard catch-and-run to the Commanders 12, and Najee Harris scored from the 1 to pull the Steelers within 24-21.
Zane Gonzalez, filling in for the injured Austin Seibert, hit from 41 yards out to make it 27-21 Commanders late in the third quarter.