The game was on the line as the New England Patriots faced a 4th-and-1 late in the fourth quarter, trailing the Pittsburgh Steelers by a touchdown.

With pressure coming, quarterback Drake Maye got off a short pass to wide receiver DeMario Douglas just near the line to gain. Believing a defender was on his back, the shifty receiver made a move backwards in an effort to evade the tackle and create space for the first down.

Instead, Douglas was dragged down short of the sticks, sealing a 21-14 win for the Steelers.

“Probably knife, go straight up,” Douglas said post game when asked if he would have done anything differently. “I thought [a defender was] right behind me, that’s what made me move.”

As Douglas pointed towards, getting north through the defenders was the coaching point from he

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