Steelers Involved in Four Plays in Yahoo Sports’ Top NFL Plays of 2009 List

While there are still a couple days left in 2009, Yahoo Sports has put together their list of the Top Plays of the Year 2009 in the NFL, and with another Super Bowl under their belt, the Steelers have a couple of plays on the list. You can see the whole list by clicking HERE, but in the meantime, here are the Steelers plays:

Super Bowl: Harrison’s 100-yard INT return for a TD to end the first half

Summary: Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison picked off Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner at the goal line and rumbled the distance as the half ended to give Pittsburgh a 17-7 lead in an eventual 27-23 victory.

Y! Sports’ take: Harrison, unseen by Warner until it was too late, was in perfect position to pick off the pass at the goal line, and he raced up the sideline as numerous Cardinals players angled in and hit the turf as if props in a video game. Harrison made one final thrust past Larry Fitzgerald and through Arizona wideout Steve Breaston, landing just over the goal line with the clock already having struck zero to complete the longest play in Super Bowl history.

Super Bowl: Holmes’ nifty footwork for the game-winning score

Summary: Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes pulled in a six-yard dart from Ben Roethlisberger in the corner of the end zone for the win.

Y! Sports’ take: Channeling the spirit of Lynn Swann, John Stallworth and Hines Ward, Holmes made the biggest play of many in the final quarter during Pittsburgh’s 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. Holmes joined Swann and Ward as the third Steelers wide receiver to earn Super Bowl MVP honors, doing so in Pittsburgh’s league-best sixth Super Bowl win. His toe-tapping, 6-yard touchdown reception with 35 seconds was the final blow delivered in a game of stunning drama.

Week 7: Peterson steamrolls Gay

Summary: Vikings running back Adrian Peterson literally ran over Steelers cornerback William Gay during a 27-17 loss.

Y! Sports’ take: This is what happens when a 190-pound cornerback meets a 235-pound man-beast. While it ultimately didn’t matter, Peterson delivered a steam-rolling that should endure for a long, long time.

Week 15: Roethlisberger to Wallace with no time remaining

Summary: Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hit a diving Mike Wallace in the left front corner of the end zone for a 19-yard touchdown and 37-36 victory over the Packers.

Y! Sports’ take: Not only did he have a monster game against the Green Bay Packers (503 passing yards and three touchdowns), he completed a game-winning scoring pass as time expired. The moment was every bit as impressive as what Brett Favre did to the 49ers in Week 3.