Recap from Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:

Ben Roethlisberger put last week’s disappointing loss to Jacksonville behind him the minute the team wrapped their meetings and finished watching film of the game on Monday afternoon.

It’s nothing unusual. It’s the same thing he does after a big win as well, because he knows on the horizon is another challenge.

And this week it comes from the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs, who sit atop the AFC at 5-0.

“They do a lot of unusual things on offense and their defense gets after the quarterback, ball hawking in the secondary,” said Roethlisberger. “We are going into an awesome environment this week with the last undefeated team, a football team that is playing really well, that leads the AFC. What an awesome challenge for us.”

The Chiefs have four interceptions on the season, but that number doesn’t speak to the aggressive approach the secondary plays with.

“They are really good,” said Roethlisberger. “(Marcus) Peters may be one of the best in the business. Always seems to around the ball, making plays. Even when it’s man coverage he leaves his man to intercept balls. I have a lot of film study to do to get ready for this team.

“You play a great team like this, a great team on the road, with the environment they always have there at Arrowhead. I am just excited for it. You do this long enough you get excited for these matchups.”

Roethlisberger has stressed the importance of the offense playing with more detail, and playing at Arrowhead Stadium, one of the toughest places to play in the NFL, is definitely going to require everyone to be on point, particularly in the red zone where the Steelers were 0 for 3 last week.

“It’s a shorter field, things happen quicker,” said Roethlisberger. “You have to understand reads quicker. Sometimes defenses give you looks you are not prepared for, when I say not prepared for, not a look they gave somebody else that you saw on film study. That happened to us. You have to make in game adjustments as well. You have to have your preparation and practice field stuff ready to go.”

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“If you’re asking me is my heart into it, I’ll say 100%. I love this game, I love this sport, I love my teammates, the fans, I give it everything I have. Like I said, I’m going to put it behind me, just because I put it behind me doesn’t mean I don’t care about it.”

Just in case you missed Ben’s show this morning on Cook & Poni, here’s the recap, courtesy of 93.7 The Fan:

Coming off his five interception performance in a 30-9 loss at home at the hands of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Ben Roethlisberger joined The Cook and Poni Show for The #1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show and made it obvious that he’s not lacking any confidence in himself.

“You wake up Monday morning and you realize, ‘Man, I’m still one of the best in the world that do what I do,’ and I’m gonna have that confidence, I’m gonna have that when I go out there Wednesday to practice and Sunday when we go into Kansas City. I have that belief that I’m one of the best that’s ever done it, one of the best that’s ever played this position and you have to have that confidence.”

One thing Ben addressed about his play is that it’s not a mechanical issue and isn’t due to injury.

“I talked to my agent…he played quarterback in college and worked closely with a lot of people. I asked him ‘Have you seen anything, do you notice anything?’ He said, ‘No, I honestly think that you’re throwing the ball as well as you ever have.’ So I don’t think there’s anything there. Honestly, I think your talent, it doesn’t go away, it goes awry sometimes, but it doesn’t go away. We just got to come back out and be ready to play some great football.”

Ben though isn’t the only one that is struggling on the offensive side of the ball and he told us that “we’re all frustrated.”

“We’ve got to get into the end zone and we’ve got a lot of talent on this side of the ball and we’ve got to utilize that.”

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“Doing this long enough, you understand not to panic. I’m not going to hit any buttons where it’s like, ‘Oh man, what do I do to change all this and that, go see people.’ Just come out on Wednesday and be ready to practice.”

Ben speaks to reporters after a very tough loss today. More from the Steelers here.

There is no grant announcement this week for the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation, so fan Vicki Lebakken sent this story for us to share in it’s place…

From Erin Tracy at the Modesto Bee:

Ike is a $9,137 investment for the Modesto Police Department.

But to the Pershalls, he is a member of the family, a reminder of a father and husband who was lost.

The Modesto City Council on Tuesday will consider, at the police chief’s suggestion, to sell Ike to Sgt. Mike Pershall’s family for $1.

Pershall died Aug. 22 when he was struck by a suspected drunk driver while riding his bicycle off-duty in east Modesto. Pershall had been Ike’s handler for two years.

Modesto Police Chief Galen Carroll said his desire to essentially give Ike to Pershall’s family might not be popular among everyone – the dog is 3 years old and most K9’s work until they are 8 or sometimes as old as 10 – but he feels it is the right thing to do.

“It is not a good deal for the police department to lose the dog,” Carroll said. “But there is also the human factor of, you have a wife and two kids who just lost their dad, and that’s the family dog. What is the right thing to do?”

Modesto Police Canine Association president and K9 handler Daniel Starr said the association “absolutely, without a shadow of doubt, supports giving Ike to Pershall’s family.”

“We spend more time with our dogs than we do with our wives and kids … so there is a bond there that no one understands unless they are currently or have been a K9 handler,” Starr said. “But the dogs spend a significant amount of time with our wives and children as well, and there is a significant amount of comfort they bring (to our families) because they know the dogs protect us while we are at work.”

Starr said the association was created in 1999 to pay for the ongoing veterinary care, kenneling and ultimately death costs of retired canines. It’s been the practice in the department to sell those canines to the handler for $1.

“The work that is performed by the dogs and their handlers as well as the bond that is formed is incredible.”— Ben.

The sale absolves the city of any […]

Recap from Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:

Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown have a chemistry that makes the Steelers’ quarterback think of some of the best duos ever to play the game.

When he thinks of their chemistry, he thinks of the likes of the 49ers’ Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, the Cowboys’ Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, and the Steelers’ Terry Bradshaw and John Stallworth and Lynn Swann.

“We have amazing chemistry,” said Roethlisberger. “I would like to think we may go down as one of the best quarterback-wide receiver duos of all time. That would be an awesome honor because of the guys that I consider that are up there.”

But even the best relationships can cause some frustration, something that played out on Sunday against the Ravens.

On Wednesday, though, that was all in the rearview mirror for Roethlisberger.

“We are over it now,” said Roethlisberger. “We have moved on to Jacksonville. It’s Wednesday, it’s Jacksonville week. This is a really good defense. We don’t have time to think about anything else other than that right now.”

Yes, it is a good Jacksonville defense the Steelers will face on Sunday at Heinz Field. The Jaguars have the NFL’s top-ranked pass defense, allowing just 147 yards passing per game.

They also have 18 sacks, through just four games, and five interceptions. This is a defense not to be messed with.

“They have a million and a half sacks, forced fumbles,” said Roethlisberger. “Their secondary, they paid a lot of money to. They lock people down. Right now we aren’t sure what we are going to do. It’s that good of a defense. Luckily we aren’t playing today or tomorrow. We have time to get into the film room and figure things out. This will be a very good test for us.”

It will be a test with an offense that is starting to find their rhythm. The first quarter of the season is over, the time when a team feels things out. Now is the time an offense gels, and Roethlisberger expects to see more of that.

“It’s a feeling out, especially when you have Le’Veon (Bell) coming back, not being there early. Martavis (Bryant) not here all last year, and new guys, JuJu (Smith-Schuster), […]