Let's start with the build up.
Trailing 31-28 with four minutes to play, the Dolphins took over deep in their own territory.
But they wouldn't be there for long, thanks to a Daniel Thomas 55 yard run down to the Pittsburgh 13 yard line.
Yes, that Daniel Thomas. The one who, two weeks ago, was feared to be out the rest of the year with an ankle injury.
Two plays later, the man who Dolfans have dubbed "BigPlayClay" lived up to his billing as he took a short pass the distance after breaking two tackles along the sideline.
Clay finished with 2 TD's on the day.
Following a Pittsburgh four and out inside their own 10 yard line, Miami would take over with 2:13 left.
Three straight runs and a Caleb Sturgis FG would follow to put the Dolphins up by six.
And then the real fun began.
Big Ben and company took over with a minute to play and no timeouts left, needing a TD to win.
After a dominant three plays by the Miami defense, Roethlisberger snapped the ball with just over a second to play and threw it Emmanual Sanders down the sideline.
Chaos ensued.
Sanders flipped it to tackle Marcus Gilbert, who then threw it back to Roethlisberger, who then threw what appeared to be a forward pass to WR Antonio Brown.
No flags were thrown and Brown races down the sideline and into the end zone for what would be a game-winning TD.
HOWEVER, Brown stepped out of bounds at the Miami 13 (cue Mike Tomlin sideline joke) and the game ended.
Miami 34 Pittsburgh 28.
Ryan Tannehill finished the day 20-31, 201 yards, 3 TD's, and 1 INT (a pick six by Troy Polamalu).
Charles Clay finished with 7 catches, 98 yards, and 2 TD's.
Daniel Thomas carried the ball 16 times for 105 yards and a TD.
The Dolphins now sit at 7-6 and remained tied with the Ravens, who beat Minnesota today. However, Baltimore owns the head to head tiebreaker with Miami.
The Dolphins will host New England next week.
Baltimore will travel to Detroit.
The race for the final wild card spot is ON.
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