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10-08-2012, 06:11 AM
Observer-reporter.com
F. Dale Lolley
PITTSBURGH – It had been a little more than a year since Ben Roethlisberger had led the Steelers on a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter.
Yet when Roethlisberger stepped into the huddle with 6:33 remaining in the game Sunday and the Steelers trailing 14-13, his teammates’ faith in the quarterback’s ability to lead them to a game-winning score was never in doubt.
“I could tell by how everyone was looking in the huddle,” said Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey. “All the offensive linemen had that look on their faces. And our star quarterback is looking at everybody and saying, ‘Let’s go.’ He went out there and did it like he always does.”
Or, at least before Pittsburgh’s 16-14 win over Philadelphia, like he used to do.
Twice before this season, Roethlisberger had the football in his hands with the Steelers trailing in the fourth quarter and failed to come up with a winning score. This game-winning drive – the 28th of Roethlisberger’s career – was his first since bringing the Steelers back in a 23-20 victory at Indianapolis last September against a team quarterbacked by Curtis Painter. That’s a long time between fantastic finishes for a quarterback who had become the first in league history to lead 20 such comebacks before age 30.
Read More: http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/lolley11/10-08-2012-Lolley-column
F. Dale Lolley
PITTSBURGH – It had been a little more than a year since Ben Roethlisberger had led the Steelers on a game-winning drive in the fourth quarter.
Yet when Roethlisberger stepped into the huddle with 6:33 remaining in the game Sunday and the Steelers trailing 14-13, his teammates’ faith in the quarterback’s ability to lead them to a game-winning score was never in doubt.
“I could tell by how everyone was looking in the huddle,” said Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey. “All the offensive linemen had that look on their faces. And our star quarterback is looking at everybody and saying, ‘Let’s go.’ He went out there and did it like he always does.”
Or, at least before Pittsburgh’s 16-14 win over Philadelphia, like he used to do.
Twice before this season, Roethlisberger had the football in his hands with the Steelers trailing in the fourth quarter and failed to come up with a winning score. This game-winning drive – the 28th of Roethlisberger’s career – was his first since bringing the Steelers back in a 23-20 victory at Indianapolis last September against a team quarterbacked by Curtis Painter. That’s a long time between fantastic finishes for a quarterback who had become the first in league history to lead 20 such comebacks before age 30.
Read More: http://www.observer-reporter.com/or/lolley11/10-08-2012-Lolley-column