Week 16 · 2025–26 season
Steelers
W 29-24 at Lions · Dec 21, 2025
Misery Index · Miserable
Steelers fans won by five and somehow spent the night accusing the refs of trying to lose it for them.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
Pittsburgh wins, and somehow the fanbase looks like it lost. C.Boswell doinked a 37-yarder off the upright with the game in reach, J.Goff carved the secondary on the K.Raymond 27-yard touchdown and the late A.St. Brown 24-yarder to the 12, and a missed pick that everyone in the stadium saw kept Detroit breathing. The A.Rodgers-to-K.Gainwell 45-yard strike papered over a lot. A win is a win, but nobody's nervous system believes it yet.
What fans said
“The cheers drowning out the “however” was so good”
u/yayungboy▲ 482joy
“Defense didn’t sell shit. Refs sold their souls to vegas”
u/Cleon189▲ 134rage
“how the fuck is that called a TD”
u/shstron44▲ 103rage
“my body is still waiting for someone to tell me we’re going to lose.”
u/dirENgreyscale▲ 164despair
“And the play that allowed their last touchdown was a textbook pick. That was the most egregious miss”
u/Thicccrabcake▲ 68rage
“Refball sucks. Forward progress was stopped; should have ended with that.”
u/GWSTPS▲ 90rage
14 more
“LMAO for that ref to make the call as a touchdown at the end of the game only to pull the rug out from the entire stadium”
u/HandpaperSandjobs▲ 1220frustration
“What in the hell was this game”
u/Transton107▲ 519frustration
“Lions fans can eat my ass since we had a TD taken off the board for a fake OPI earlier”
u/BlaqOptic▲ 30rage
“Holy crap what an ending, go steelers!”
u/CakeTheory▲ 46joy
“Its like he added in it was a td just to fuck with him.”
u/Lawgang94▲ 158frustration
“that’s some brain dead shit they pushed St Brown back 3 yards stopping his progress”
u/PrimordialDescent▲ 38rage
“Shoutout to A-Rod not-so-subtly punking the refs in the sideline postgame interview lol”
u/Helden_Daddy▲ 123joy
“Jesus that was way too close”
u/Woullie_26▲ 283frustration
“the fact that it was never blown dead as the receiver is pushed back 5 yds and they allowed that pitch to ever happen… was on brand for the ref performance tonight.”
u/SILLYxPROGRAM▲ 44frustration
“Years were shaved off my life during this fucking game. Fucking fuck.”
u/NemesisZeroCool▲ 43frustration
“I can't believe the refs almost gifted the lions this game. Pure domination from the steelers and this was nearly a highway robbery”
u/skywritefuckit▲ 71frustration
“Aaron has earned that Crazy Uncle spot in my heart where I acknowledge that I think some of his views are insane but I love him anyways and I want to see him trigger deserving people.”
u/Worldly-Hospital5940▲ 38joy
“That's the weakest fucking opi call I've ever seen.”
u/CantheDandyMan▲ 16rage
“WE WON?! I was so certain things were cooked after Boswell missed a field goal, LFG”
u/ReeReeIncorperated▲ 35joy