From Ben’s post-game press conference (video):

“It’s frustrating when you lose, and it’s frustrating when you lose guys…disappointed in my play, in letting this team down, the fans down. This one is on me…I will never make excuses, I just played poorly.”


You can watch the video here.

Hello and Happy Halloween to all the fans. I just wanted take a minute to say thanks for participating in Jr’s costume poll. I know it was something new and I hope you all liked it.

I figured I would write and tell everyone how it went and what happened tonight –

There were so many votes for both outfits we thought we would do them both!


Ashley wanted to do a family theme picture so we all got dressed up in our Frozen costumes!

But as soon as we were done with that, Benjamin wanted to get into his Spiderman outfit…


This was our first ever trick or treat and they loved it. JR wanted to just go to every house and talk to everyone, and Baylee tried to walk into everyone’s house like she owned it, it was so funny!!


All in all, it was a great night! The kids had fun and even Hercules got into a final picture of the night!


Thanks again everyone and I hope everyone had a great safe Halloween. — Ben



And what about Steeler Nation?

They came out strong for Halloween- and we were happy they shared their photos with us!


Big Ben was a Big Hit this year, whether you were BIG or small. In fact, the Big Bens have taken center stage here on the home page –


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Gotta represent #SteelersNation @_BigBen7 @steelers #Halloween




Ben has been my lifelong favorite player, so I’ve always dressed as him for Halloween, and other costume events. He’s an amazing person, and in my opinion, the best QB in the NFL. — Elijah Bowling




9 year old Nathan Fischer looks awesome as #7!

“He definitely got a lot of compliments from fans and they also gave him a lot of extra candy for the costume.” — Amber Fischer




Ben Ahaus (named for his favorite player) goes as his favorite player…of course! And he looks like he was made to wear […]

“I’m excited, but really I am a little nervous, a little anxious just because so many expectations, the guys and fans and media. To me it’s more about the locker room, the guys.” — Ben

From Mike Prisuta at Steelers.com:

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said he’s officially ready to make his comeback on Sunday against Cincinnati.

“Yeah, I think so,” Roethlisberger confirmed after practice today.

Roethlisberger has been out since suffering a sprained MCL/bone bruise in his left knee on Sept. 27 at St. Louis.

He’s convinced he’s ready to return because of “the way it felt all week, not really having any setbacks, no pain.

“Felt pretty good,” Roethlisberger continued. “Obviously, you can’t simulate a pass rush, getting hit, sacked, things like that. But I have faith in my line that they’ll keep me clean, anyway.”

Roethlisberger’s fourth start this season and the 162nd regular-season start of his 12-year career promises to be an emotional one.

“Nervous,” Roethlisberger said, “got a lot of expectations.

“I know there’s a lot of expectation from them. I want to be great for them. I want to help us win the game, and (Cincinnati) is a great football team. It’s not going to be easy, so a little extra nerves.”

Roethlisberger will also have to overcome not having played in over a month.

“It’s no different to me than trying to play the first game of the year after playing preseason,” he said. “You know it’s different, you have to kind of feel it out and get going. I don’t know too many times first games of the year you’re just clickin’ and hittin’ it and all that stuff.

“There are a lot of little things like that involved. There will be rust. There will be nerves. It’s just about trusting in the guys around me that they’ll play for me if I’m not playing great.”


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“We’re going to go out there and give it a go today and see where it goes from there. We have to take it one day at a time. That’s why I’m not getting my hopes up about Sunday. I’m going to get my hopes up for today and go out and see how it goes today.” — Ben, on practicing.

From Teresa Varley at Steelers.com this afternoon:

Roethlisberger said he wants, likely more than anyone, to be back out on the field. He doesn’t have any concerns about playing after missing the last four games with a sprained MCL, including not worrying about wearing a brace. He said he can’t be concerned, it’s not the way to approach the game.

“I can’t afford to have one,” said Roethlisberger of being concerned about the brace. “I’m not going to think about it. I have been wearing (the brace) to work out, to do some things in, just to try and get used to it. I have never wore one before. It’s definitely something new. I am not going to think about it.”

Roethlisberger returned to practice in a limited fashion last week with the hopes of being ready for the Steelers game against Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium. While he said there is no pain now, he wasn’t able to go against the Chiefs because of the knee.

“I think it was more just a pain, an inflammation setback,” said Roethlisberger. “I don’t think it was a negative injury, or more of an injury type of setback. It was just putting an extra heavy load on it and paying for it that night. Just with achiness, inflammation, things like that.

“It was more disappointment, I think. Once I got the reassurance from the doctors that I didn’t do anything to hurt the MCL, the bone bruise, it was just simple overuse. The inflammation, the swelling, that’s naturally going to happen. Once I got through the initial shock of worrying that something happened, then I was fine with it.”

While Roethlisberger is more anxious than anyone to return to game again, he knows he can only play if the knee is ready to go and there won’t be any restrictions on his mobility.

“I think if there is a restriction I shouldn’t be out there. […]