They were given a free first down and threw the ball short (6 yard pass) and then coughed it up when the player stripped it.
They weren't screwed, they were gifted a new set of downs and then blew it with their own mistake. That was their own fault, it's not like they threw it for the endzone for a 1st down shot, it was a short pass, just like one you see on 4th down anyway. Their a shitty team and shitty teams cough up the football when trying to drive down to tie the game up in the final minutes.