Ironic that the Pittsburgh Steelers’ first offensive play Sunday night resulted in a false start prompted, in part, by the Los Angeles Chargers’ crowd noise. Because the NBC Sunday Night Football crew and football fans all over social media are making a huge deal out of the supposedly Pittsburgh Steelers’ crowd support at SoFi Stadium.
NBC cameras keep showing Steelers fans waving Terrible Towels, and play-by-play announcer Al Michaels even estimated that the crowd at SoFI is “65 percent” pro-Steelers. Another estimate by a user on Twitter/X said the split is more like 70/30 in favor of Pittsburgh.
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Before kickoff NBC’s Rodney Harrison asked Chargers’ safety Derwin James about the expected awkward crowd support.
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— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) November 10, 2025
Said James, “It don’t matter. We go out and do our job it won’t even matter.”
When Steelers’ tight end Pat Freiermuth caught a pass, SoFi erupted in the “mooooooooth” chant.
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The Chargers haven’t gotten untracked offensively, but trailed only 3-2 after the first quarter thanks to a safety forced by edge rusher Khalil Mack. After pressuring Steelers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers into the end zone, he dropped the ball for a fumble and was forced to simply fall on it as Mack pounced on top of him for a safety.
It is at minimum 70-30 Steelers fans in Sofi tonight.
— Steven Haglund (@StevenIHaglund) November 10, 2025
— TIMMY THUNDER ⚡️ (@timmythunderr) November 10, 2025
Rodney Harrison asked Derwin James about this crowd pre game on the broadcast: “It don’t matter. We go out and do our job it won’t even matter,” James said
— Kris Rhim (@krisrhim1) November 10, 2025
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