Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says he dozed off at the end of dramatic Chargers-Raiders game

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says he dozed off at the end of dramatic Chargers-Raiders game

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The ' playoff berth nearly slipped away in improbable fashion during Sunday night's overtime thriller between the and . A tie would've sent the latter two teams to the postseason while leaving Pittsburgh at home. Las Vegas won the game with a last-second field goal from , allowing Steelers Nation to exhale after one of the wildest nights in NFL history.Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin needed no such Charlie Morton Jersey exhalation. The 49-year-old he "dozed off" near the game's end, admitting, "I'm probably better off not having watched it" considering the stakes.With the Raiders' win, the Steelers will face a quarterback opposing coaches can't help but have nightmares about: the ' . Kansas City, the AFC's No. 2 seed, will host Tomlin's seventh-seeded Steelers on Sunday night just three weeks after they met in the regular season.The Chiefs shellacked the Steelers in their Week 16 Roberto Osuna Jersey matchup, forcing three turnovers defensively while Mahomes in typical Mahomesian fashion powered the offense with three pa sing touchdowns. "They handled us and handled us definitively. We understand that. At the same time, we're not paralyzed by that," Tomlin said, per Kinkhabwala. "We Yuli Gurriel Jersey accept that we didn't play well enough, we accept that we didn't plan well enough."Pittsburgh certainly played well enough against its AFC North rival on Sunday, winning 16-13 in overtime to extend quarterback 's farewell tour. Sunday's game against Kansas City is slated for 8:15 p.m. ET. Tomlin shouldn't have trouble staying awake that night.