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Russell Wilson’s Celebration After Tricking Commanders on Game-Sealing Play Loved by Fans

Andy Nesbitt

Russell Wilson and the Steelers are 7-2 after Sunday's win over the Commanders.
Russell Wilson and the Steelers are 7-2 after Sunday's win over the Commanders. / @CBS
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are rolling and Russell Wilson is back to looking like the dominant quarterback from his days with the Seattle Seahawks.

Sunday was more proof of both of those things as the 35-year-old QB threw three touchdown passes in a dramatic 28-27 victory on the road over the Washington Commanders. It's the fourth straight win for the 7-2 Steelers and third straight victory with Wilson as the starting quarterback.

Wilson finished off the game by tricking the Commanders into jumping offsides on a fourth-and-inches play with just over a minute left in the game.

He got them with the old hard count:

Wilson had some fun celebrating after that:

Fans loved it:

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ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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