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Video: Incredible between-the-legs touchdown catch helps Pittsburgh Steelers to play-off triumph

Published 10:23 10 Jan 2016 GMT

Updated 11:38 10 Jan 2016 GMT

Gareth Makim
Video: Incredible between-the-legs touchdown catch helps Pittsburgh Steelers to play-off triumph

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Even Odell Beckham Jr was impressed with this.

The Pittsburgh Steelers won a bad-tempered wild card match-up against division rivals Cincinnati last night with a last-gasp field goal but the play everyone was talking about featured wide receiver Martavis Bryant. Bryant's third-quarter touchdown was undoubtedly the play of the game, and likely the catch of the season, as he struggled to control a lofted pass to the back corner of the end zone from Ben Roethlisberger, pinning the ball to the back of his thigh and gathering it in between his legs. https://twitter.com/uSTADIUM/status/686026281469784065/video/1 https://twitter.com/dpbrugler/status/686026273940963328 The play gave Pittsburgh a 15-0 lead and prompted Beckham, the master of the circus catch, to tweet his approval of the second-year receiver's play, which was all the more remarkable given the wet conditions. https://twitter.com/OBJ_3/status/686027051904544768 It was another ill-tempered contest between the AFC North rivals, and Steelers assistant coach Mike Munchak was flagged for shoving and pulling the hair of safety Reggie Nelson. https://twitter.com/HuffPostSports/status/686002284514426881 Remarkably, the Bengals fought their way back into the contest, and back-up quarterback AJ McCarron's 25-yard pass to AJ Green gave Cincy its first lead of the contest with less than two minutes on the clock and in pole position to end a run of six straight play-off defeats under coach Marvin Lewis. But the Bengals then once again became the Bungles, as they lost their cool with a succession of moronic plays - including a fumble from running back Jeremy Hill with 1:36 remaining - and a penalty on linebacker Vontaze Burfict for this dangerous hit on Antonio Brown put the Steelers in range to kick a field goal for an 18-16 victory. https://twitter.com/Alex_Kozora/status/686082389307736064 In the earlier game, Kansas City crushed Houston 30-0 as Texans quarterback Brian Hoyer turned the ball over five times. The Chiefs seized the lead when Knile Davis took the opening kick-off back for a 106-yard touchdown, the second longest in postseason history, and never looked back. https://twitter.com/bestvinesrt/status/686077873292185600 Pittsburgh faces No.1 seed Denver next weekend, while the Chiefs travel to New England to take on the Patriots.

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Video: Incredible between-the-legs touchdown catch helps Pittsburgh Steelers to play-off triumph