{"id":67174,"date":"2025-12-22T00:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/67174\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T00:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:46:09","slug":"lions-vs-steelers-live-updates-score-highlights-key-moments-for-week-16-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/67174\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions vs. Steelers live updates: Score, highlights, key moments for Week 16 game"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a game with major playoff implications, the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers were deadlocked at halftime during their Week 16 tilt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh started and ended the half with scores. Trailing late in the first half, the Steelers tied the score at 10 when Kenny Gainwell scored an improbable, 45-yard touchdown on a pass thrown by Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers went 14 of 24 for 141 yards in the first half, but he endured two sacks by Lions pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Trailing 3-0 after one quarter, Detroit scored 10 unanswered points in the second quarter that included Jared Goff’s go-ahead touchdown pass to Isaac TeSlaa with 2:07 left in the first half. The touchdown pass was part of a big first half for Goff, who threw for 162 yards on 15 of 20 passing. Goff’s passing made up for a Lions running game that gained just 18 yards on 11 carries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first half also included a heated moment involving DK Metcalf, who threw a punch<\/a> at a Lions fan. The sequence was part of a forgettable first half for Metcalf, who caught just one pass on six targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh (8-6) is trying to maintain its lead over second-place Baltimore in the AFC North standings, while Detroit (8-6) needs a win to keep its playoff hopes alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Which team will come out on top? To find out, follow along in our live blog below, where we’ll be providing updates, highlights and analysis throughout the second half.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a game with major playoff implications, the Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers were deadlocked at halftime during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[11866,35582,35584,35586,35588,35585,35587,1418,73,75,74,1833,35581,35583],"class_list":["post-67174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-detroit-lions","tag-lions-playoff-picture","tag-lions-playoff-scenarios","tag-lions-steelers-live-updates","tag-lions-steelers-odds","tag-lions-steelers-score","tag-lions-steelers-where-to-watch","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-steelers-playoff-picture","tag-tj-watt-injury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}