Arians tells Steelers to focus on team goals

By Scott Brown, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians the players Wednesday that they need to stay focused on team goals if they want to return to the Super Bowl.

The significance of Arians' message: It marked the first time this season he's addressed the subject in a group setting.

"Coach said, 'If you're a team that's not doing very good record-wise, then you're fighting for Pro Bowls. For teams that are Super Bowl contenders you really shouldn't care about Pro Bowls,' " quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. "I think it was a good message for all of us, for some guys just to re-remember those things and for some young guys to think about it."

Mike Wallace leads the Steelers with 922 receiving yards and six touchdown catches.

Antonio Brown has been Roethlisberger's primary target in recent weeks, as teams have double-covered Wallace more frequently. Brown also has replaced Hines Ward as the starter opposite Wallace.

Ward hasn't complained about the demotion, saying that nobody is bigger than the team.

"He's still a great contributor to this team and helps out in a big way," Roethlisberger said of Ward, "but I think he knows, and we all know, that our ultimate goal is the Super Bowl.

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I guess I'm surprised BA has goals other than KEEPING HIS JOB.

On the serious side I don't care about pro-bowls. We know every year we have one or two that get snubbed. while has beens like Ray Lewis get a free pass. I mean who do you have to kill to get a pro-bowl vote?