PITTSBURGH—Before the Seahawks built a double-digit cushion late in the fourth quarter, then sealed the game with an interception, they were still locked in a close game looking for their offense to close things out.

And staring down third-and-9 from their own 28-yard line, the Seahawks were in danger of having to punt the ball back to the Steelers and giving them a shot to tie the game with a touchdown.

That's when Sam Darnold made arguably the best play in a game full of them. With the Steelers sending pressure on third-and-long, linebacker Patrick Queen had a free run at Darnold, but Darnold was able to spin away from the blitzing linebacker and escape to his left where, with Nick Herbig bringing additional pressure, he flipped a pass to tight end AJ Barner, who picked up 19 yards and

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