On the Steelers: Roethlisberger's record passing performance torches Indianapolis

Naturally, there are a lot of articles on BR7's performance, but I thought I'd post just one.

By Ed Bouchette / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


The Indianapolis Colts carried the NFL's leading offense and leading passer into Heinz Field Sunday and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin let everyone know it. He even rubbed his team's nose into it last week, and issued a challenge to his own offense, particularly Ben Roethlisberger.

"It was necessary for our group to match their group from that standpoint," Tomlin said, "and we challenged Ben and the offense to do it all week."

And?

"Ben, he was just dialed in," said longtime teammate and friend Brett Keisel, who was dialed in a little of his own. "You could see it before the game when they introduce them, he came screaming down the line. He's usually pretty collected. He came screaming through the tunnel and screaming out there. He was ready to go!"

It was green light all the way for the Steelers offense, which went toe-to-toe with Andrew Luck and the Colts all game long. It ended in an improbable 51-34 Steelers victory as Roethlisberger threw for a team-record six touchdowns, a team record of 40 completions in 49 attempts, for a team record of 522 yards, tied for fourth most in NFL history and 32 from Norm Van Brocklin's record of 554

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Congrats to Big Ben. Well deserved accolades!

I wasn't the only one who wanted BR7 to pass on the last set of downs to break the record, was I?

no sir you were not.

SteelersYak wrote:

I wasn't the only one who wanted BR7 to pass on the last set of downs to break the record, was I?

I wanted to see him throw for 600 yards. The Colts weren't going to let up and it's not like we were running away at the end. On the bright side he is the only QB in history to throw for 500+ twice. I was talking to a guy at work and he said, "sure Ben had a pretty good game but you know which QB had the best game this week? Tom Brady" and I proceeded to on his shoes. Sunday was proof that if you give Ben the time to throw (like Marsha and Peyton have had their whole careers) that he is as good or better than anyone out there!

solardave wrote:

Sunday was proof that if you give Ben the time to throw (like Marsha and Peyton have had their whole careers) that he is as good or better than anyone out there!

And that's the bottom line. Some of these QBs have had the luxury to set up camp behind their O line. BR7 has not and still has had a fruitful career. Can you imagine if this is only the beginning of what is to come?

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sure Ben had a pretty good game but you know which QB had the best game this week? Tom Brady"

I have to say that at least most of the articles I've been reading (ESPN for one)  have really  praised Ben. One in particular talked about Brady, Luck, and Ben, and gave Ben credit for having the best day of all of them.

Now NFL a.m.?  Whoever Eric Davis is -- well, he is an ass imo.  Not only did he seem unimpressed with Ben, but the Steelers in general.  That's the first time I've ever watched the morning show, so maybe I'm mistaken.  If not, he can

One article talked about the Steelers win over the Colts and the author said this:  "The Steelers are the strangest good team in the NFL.  They beat last year's division champions Carolina and the Colts, and lose to the Buccaneers and Browns".  I laughed and thought yep -- that's a spot on description of this team thus far.

I loved Tomlin's post-game conference. Someone asked him about 4th and 1, and he said, we could kick a FG, be up 13 and they (Indy) could score 2 touchdowns and win. We didn't take the pedal off of the gas.

That last line is what I've accused this team of all year: being conservative with a lead. I was in the North Shore watching those early games, and New England was beating the crap out of Chicago. I look over at my cousin and said, "why don't we do that to teams?"

No longer.

I think Tomlin finally had enough. The staff knows their D is suspect and the Colts can put up points. These are professionals, not youth teams. There's no participation award at the end of the season.

About time they figured this out. Hopefully they don't pump the brakes anytime soon. I want to go into this bye week having won 5 straight, and leading the division. They have the talent, they showed they can do it, now it's time to put up or shut up.

Gingerchip wrote:

One article talked about the Steelers win over the Colts and the author said this:  "The Steelers are the strangest good team in the NFL.  

I definitely like this analysis and couldn't agree more. I'm about to call this team Forrest Gump because well, you know...

SteelCityUnderground wrote:

That last line is what I've accused this team of all year: being conservative with a lead.

I can only hope these days are over. We've lost games when we try to tuck in the shell and let the defense protect the lead. The best defense is a good offense... or is it the best offense is a good defense?