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Chase Claypool led all Steelers receivers with eight catches for 93 yards against the Vikings, but no one was talking about his statistics Lonnie Phelps Jersey after Pittsburgh's comeback attempt came up just short Thursday night.The 23-year-old made a bizarre decision on the Steelers' final drive of the game. With le s than 40 seconds on the clock and Pittsburgh trailing by eight points, Claypoolcaughta short pa s from Ben Roethlisbergeron fourth down to move the chains. He thencelebrated the conversion instead of immediately getting up and preparing for the next snap.MORE:Steelers guard Trai Turner ran over to Claypool and reached for the ball, but unfortunately for Pittsburghit appeared to be knockedout of Claypool's hands by either Turner or Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks. Roethlisbergereventually spiked the ball to stop the clock with 24 seconds remaining Pittsburgh had no timeouts but Claypool's gesture had already cost the Steelers precious time.here's claypool celebrating that 1st down, costing his team several seconds with the game on the Dalvin Tomlinson Jersey line Benstonium (@Benstonium) The Steelers were able to reach theVikings' 12-yard line with three seconds left, but Roethlisberger's pa s to rookie tight end Pat Freiermuthfell incomplete as time expired. After trailing 29-0 in the second half, Pittsburgh Duke Johnson Jersey ultimately lost .from being down 29-0 to being THIS close. what a damn game. Benstonium (@Benstonium) During his postgame media availability, Claypooltold reporters that he had to "be better," but he also believed that a penalty should have been called, presumably on Kendricksfor delay of game."I got tackled near the hash, did my little first-down point and went to hand the ball to the ref. He had just got there," Claypool said. "So, even if I got right up and looked for him, he wasn't there. So, he ran down the field to come get the ball. The ball got knocked out of Joe Thomas Jersey my hands. That's what cost us time."But I definitely do have to be better. I knew the situation. I know I'm near the hash. I know the ball's placed on the hash. I gotta be better. The ball shouldn't get knocked out of my hands. It should be a penalty."I just asked Chase Claypool about that ill-advised first-down pose on the final drive: Dejan Kovacevic (@Dejan_Kovacevic) That explanation probably won't mean much to Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who benched Claypoolin the first quarter after he and was flagged for a 15-yard penalty. When asked whether he thought the benching sent a me sage to Claypool, Tomlin said, "We'll see."Tomlin admits that he benched Claypool for a Rodney Mcleod Jr. Jersey while tonight after his 1st-quarter unnece sary roughne s penalty. It certainly worked wonders. Funhouse (@BackAftaThis) After watching the replay of Claypool's celebration, will Tomlin feel the need to send a stronger me sage to his young wideout?