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F A trio of decisions of note for Payton: Early in the fourth quarter he opted for a 34-yard field goal to trim Pittsburgh’s lead to 13-3 instead of trying to cut it to a one-score game. Earlier, it looked like he was going to punt on fourth-and-7 from the Pittsburgh 39-yard line with 2:32 left in the first half. Then he opted against both that and a 57-yard field goal and put his offense on the field. An incompletion led to a Steelers’ field goal drive just before halftime. Then with 1:54 remaining and just one timeout remaining, Payton opted to kick it deep rather than attempt an onside kick. A week after Nix dropped back to pass 27 times in 40 first-half snaps against Seattle (67.5% designed pass rate), he dropped back 13 times in 20 first-half snaps against Pittsburgh (65% designed pass). Tyler Badie got one carry, gained 16 yards and then was barely heard from again.