You can say they had their chance to win it, with 2:19 left after the now-infamous blown call.

You can say, as Dan Marino did, that a team can't expect to beat the Steelers "on field goals" (Dan Carpenter kicked five). 

You can blame the home team for heading to the red zone twice in the first two minutes on turnovers and failing to score both times.

But there's no denying the Dolphins got screwed on a call that overturned a late Ben Roethlisberger touchdown but didn't acknowledge Miami recovered his fumble at the half-yard line. Despite the fact that Ikaika Alama-Frances handed the ball over, current replay rules required the latter determination come from video and not refer back to the original possession call on the field.

If the touchdown hadn't been mistakenly called in the first place, the recovery would have stood. But that's football, and the Dolphins lost by a point, 23-22.

They are now now 3-3 when they should be 4-2, and absolutely fuming.

"This leaves a bitter taste," said linebacker Karlos Dansby. "A bitter taste... they took that game from us."

With Pittsburgh down 20-19 and facing third-and-goal at the 2 with 2:30 left in the game, Roethlisberger dove toward the goal line but fumbled at the half-yard line when Chris Clemons made contact. The ball bounced into the end zone, where several Dolphins fell on it and Alama-Frances appeared to recover it.

Though linebacker Channing Crowder said several officials screamed, "White ball! White ball!" to indicate Miami possession, the play was ruled a touchdown by another.

Tony Sparano challenged, and the replay official overturned the ruling on the field. But then came a caveat: the replay official said it was impossible to determine who recovered the fumble, and gave the ball back to Pittsburgh.

"After the review, it has been determined that prior to the ball crossing the goal line, the runner did lose possession of the ball," referee Gene Steratore announced. "We do not have clear evidence of the team recovering the ball. Therefore Pittsburgh will have the ball, fourth-and-goal at the half-yard line."

Jeff Reed then kicked an 18-yard field goal to move ahead a point, and the Dolphins managed just four yards as they turned the ball over on downs and headed to the locker room.

There were, in fact, three and a half other quarters of play, but the final minutes are all anyone is going to talk about for a long, long time.