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VADEN WARD FROM DUNBAR, WV: So I just finished watching the Steelers game against the Bears, and on the last play instead of kicking it why did we go for it on fourth-and-6?

ANSWER: On the play you reference, it was fourth-and-6 from the Chicago 47-yard line. In the case of a field goal attempt with that as the line of scrimmage, the ball would have been placed at the Pittsburgh 45-yard line (8 yards behind the line of scrimmage) to make it a field goal attempt of 65 yards. Chris Boswell's career best is 60 yards, and that's also the longest field goal in Steelers history. The difference between a 60-yard attempt and a 65-yard attempt is significant, and any belief that a 65-

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