QB Ben Roethlisberger stars in Pittsburgh Steelers’ emphatic win – NFL News
The Steelers are upbeat about performance of their veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger that helped the Pittsburgh Steelers to register an emphatic win over the woeful New York Jets – their first of the 2012 National Football League (NFL) season.
It was a long-awaited game-winning show put up by Roethlisberger, who is also dubbed as Big Ben, and from teammates to coach all have boasted the strong comeback from the season opener loss by the team, thanks to 24 out 31 passes for 275 yards by Ben.
The QB’s superb display of skills is significant in the perspective of views that have almost discarded him as a used horse for the Steelers. He nevertheless is the only old horse left in the completely transformed Steelers unit, with younger crop of players
spread across the board.
Big Ben’s excellent form of the day is also the first testimony of run-focused and higher-paced offence that new offensive coordinator Todd Haley has implemented at the Steelers. This might also help improve sore ties between the coordinator and unhappy
Ben, as until recently their working relationship had thrived on bad terms.
While Todd has maintained a mum over what Ben did in the last game, coach Mike Tomlin could not help himself hide the excitement. He in his postgame remarks said of the quarterback:
“He was but it’s not like we’re surprised by it. We’ve come to expect that from him. He expects it from himself. He’s our guy and he delivered for us today. When you’re facing the kind of adversity we were faced with, redemption week if you will, we expect
the “A” players to step up and lead the charge and he is just that.”
Ben’s closest buddy wide receiver Mike Wallace said of him:
"Ben is one of the top in the game. I'll ride with him against anybody."
It was nevertheless a good day out on the field for Big Ben and he made most of the opportunity. He remained impressively consistent through the entire game, showing little sign of age. The Steelers with a help of the win are tied with the Baltimore Ravens,
Cincinnati Bengals with one win each on the points table in the American Football Conference (AFC) North.
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