Ben completed 37 of 58 passes for 469 yards and threw for five touchdowns. He talks about the loss to the Jaguars and about his future here.


Stop by later, have a lot of great messages from Steeler Nation to share.

Ben, Mike Mitchell and Vince Williams sat down with Andrea Kramer for NFL 360 this week to talk about just how important Ryan Shazier is to their team.

All we need to do is hang a Terrible Towel at the entrance and we’re done. Go Steelers! Go Daddy!! — Benjamin Jr., Baylee & Bodie.

Yeah, and Bodie has already been officially notified that this IS a fans-only Steelers Snow Fort, so he has to go back in the house and get Mommy to help him put on his Steelers hat or he won’t be able to come back in!! — Benjamin Jr.

“I’ll give you guys one guess who you think I want to play…Obviously, any game that we’re going to play since it’s the postseason is going to be a difficult opponent, but I think just for me personally I’d love to just prove that five interceptions wasn’t me in that game.” –Ben, clearly talking about a rematch with the Jaguars.

Tune in next Sunday, Jan. 14th at 1:05 p.m. for the AFC Divisional Round Game at Heinz Field. The Jaguars, the No. 3 seed in the AFC, defeated the Buffalo Bills, 10-3, in the AFC Wild Card Game, and as the highest advancing seed will play the Steelers.

It will be a rematch of the Steelers 30-9 loss to the Jaguars on Oct. 8th at Heinz Field.

“The ultimate goal is obviously the Super Bowl. In order to get there you have to get to the playoffs. To get here is an honor. You think of all of the teams that aren’t here and aren’t getting this opportunity. I just feel blessed to have an opportunity.” — Ben.

From Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:

It doesn’t matter how long Ben Roethlisberger has played, the playoffs are still exciting.

Experience. Don’t think for one second that when it comes to the postseason that it doesn’t matter.

When the Steelers host their AFC Divisional Round Game at Heinz Field on Jan. 14, Ben Roethlisberger will be playing in his 21st postseason game. And it makes a difference.

“The speed picks up a little bit, the intensity, and mistakes are magnified,” said Roethlisberger. “Being there before helps.”

Roethlisberger recalls his first playoff experience his rookie year, when he helped to lead the team to the AFC Championship Game. While he was young and inexperienced then, he relied on the experience around him and hopes the same will hold true for the young players on this year’s Steelers roster.

“It’s been a while, and being your rookie year everything is such a whirlwind,” said Roethlisberger. “It’s a neat experience for guys, your city is excited, your team is excited, and the media is a little more. It’s a lot of fun because you know if you lose you are going home.

“I hope some of the young guys will be benefitted by being on a veteran team. I consider us a veteran team now. Having guys that have been there before to talk to, lead the way by example, definitely helped me.”


Benefitting from the bye: With the first-round playoff bye the Steelers don’t know who their opponent will be yet, but they are still spending this week on the practice field, working on different aspects of their own game.

“We are going to go out and execute our stuff,” said Roethlisberger. “We’re going to practice the two-minute drill today, go through some no-huddle stuff. Those things wouldn’t change no matter who we are playing.

“For us to get that work and get the feel back for each other will be good.”

The schedule the team is maintaining is the same one they do during a regular season game […]