From the Steelers’Burt Lauten this morning:


Ben sits down with Bob Costas to talk about last week’s game against the Colts, and tonight’s game against the Ravens. Game starts at 8:20 PM. Go Steelers!!

Uho! Elmo got lost when he went trick-or-treating tonight and somehow ended up at the Roethlisberger house.

Ben & Ashley thought he was so darn cute that they decided to keep him as their own. Elmo seems just fine with that idea, especially since he now has that baby sister he’s always wanted!

“My son has been wearing his Elmo costume…he’s going to be 2 years old next month, so he’s wearing his Elmo costume and he’s been wearing it all over the house, so we’re trying to get it off of him and tell him he’s not allowed to wear it until actual Halloween!” — Ben, during his interview yesterday with Mark Madden.

“Daddy, when do we get to eat the candy? Can we have it for dinner? It IS Halloween, afterall!” — Benjamin, Jr.

“All I have to do is pretend to be posing nicely for the camera and then reachhhh out and grab just this one bag of M&M’s….” — Baylee

“This is how it works Baylee – I’m older so I get to divide the candy: I get the M&M’s, the Snickers, and the Twix bars. You can have the Milky Way bars…no, you can have one Milky Way bar, I’ll uh…hold on to the rest for safekeeping.” — Benjamin, Jr.

“Mommy said I could wear my Elmo costume to bed!!! YESSSSSS!!!!” — Benjamin, Jr.

“Wait…what the…what happened to all that yummy candy? I look up and smile for one photo and now it’s all gone?” — Baylee

“I have to admit, I am totally rockin’ the baby bunny look!!!” — Baylee

Hoping you had a fun, safe and Happy Halloween, Steeler Nation!

Which means it’s time to check out some great photos from Steeler Nation:


Ben poses with…er…I mean Ben look-a-like David Helmontaller (left) poses with a buddy from work dressed as a recipient of a Ben Roethlisberger Foundation grant (okay, not really), and Ben look-a-like John McFarland (right) poses with his buddy, Sadiq Hough, dressed as Coach Tomlin.



Several #7’s will be scrambling to find candy tonight:


6-year old Cohen Rogers insisted on dressing up as Ben for Halloween this year (doing that in Browns country isn’t easy). He’s doing his “Big Ben post-touchdown” impression for us.

Meghan Kamlowsky tells us her 2-year old son (top middle) loves Ben! “He watches him play every game! He pointed at Ben when I asked him what he wanted to be when he got big!”, said Meghan.

The two game-face dudes (top right) are Stone Cole as Big Ben & Shane Cole as Troy. They are all business so get them some candy!!

Bodie Decore and big sister Emmy Decore (bottom center) from Shawnee, OH can’t wait for it to get dark! Come on Halloween, lets get started!

Salvador Hernandez (bottom right) sent his photo all from Mexicali Baja California, México.



It’s all about Steelers football for this family!


The Poulter’s are ready to hit the field…or rather the neighborhood! Left to right: 1-year old Lily is a cheerleader, Alexis as a referee, Mike is a coach (kinda looks like Coach Arians), and 10-year old Sean as his favorite player, Troy Polamalu.




Ryan and Kayla Dinkheller as Troy and a very friendly referee!

The center photo came to us simply as “Mr. & Mrs. Troy”, who are very excited to be attending Sunday’s game against the Ravens from their home in Laguna Niguel, CA! have a great time Mr. & Mrs. Troy!

That’s Don & Paula Scholl in their Steelers best (Don, really?) attending a Halloween party.



Couple of Halloween first-timers here!


8-month old Noah Davis is giving us his best Troy-after-a-sack look! And 6-month old Paisley Nicole Stone hopes that by the time she is […]

From Dad Gigler, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review this evening:

It is 102 miles from Heinz Field to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, but this week 522 yards was enough for Ben Roethlisberger to span that distance.

That’s because one of the game-used balls from his record-setting performance Sunday against the Colts has been added to the display collection at the hall.

Against Indianapolis, Roethlisberger became the first player in NFL history to throw for 500-yards twice in a career and the first Steeler to throw for 6 TDs in a single game.


More here.



Also Today:

Congratulations to Ben for being named the FedEx Air Player of the Week!

And thank you to all who voted!

Wednesday – weighing in on this Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens:

How do you top Sunday’s performance?

Just win. That was last Sunday and it’s in the rearview mirror. It was a fun win, but it’s Baltimore time and that’s what the focus point (was) straight to Monday morning.


Do you have to set aside your accomplishments from Sunday?

It’s not hard to do. I told you Monday morning I got up and I started changing diapers, cleaned up the kitchen (and started) moving on. Life goes on and that’s the realistic part of it. You have to put it behind you just as if you have a bad game. You have to be able to put it behind you and move on. There’s no point in sitting here dwelling on the past when we have a big one this week.


Can the performance last Sunday jumpstart something for this offense?

Well I hope so. There are things that we can take and learn from. We know there’s going to be new challenges this week with a great defense coming in here in Baltimore and the rivalry and primetime. It’s not going to be easy and I‘ve said I don’t care what our stats are as long as at the end of the game we have more points than the other team.


What’s the secret with Terrell Suggs sacking you 16 times?

(Laughing) He’s one of the best that plays the game and that’s rushing the passer and getting after it (and has) a high-motor. (I have) a lot of respect for him and we’ll just try to keep him off of me.


How much does Baltimore’s defense lose with Jimmy Smith being out?

Well they’ve been rotating some guys in. We’ve watched some of that Cincinnati game when he went out and seeing what they’re doing. It’s almost more difficult because we don’t know what they’re going to do. We don’t know if that means more zones, more pressures, more man-to-man (coverage) so we’ll just have to kind of prepare for everything.


How special is this week with the divisional game and Joe Greene’s jersey number retirement?

It’s a divisional game, it’s primetime, it’s at our place so it means a lot. And then you throw on top the Joe Greene aspect of it and wanting to do […]

Ben has won AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance against the Colts.


From Steelers.com this morning:

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was named AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance versus the Indianapolis Colts in Week 8, the NFL announced today.

Roethlisberger put together one of the most impressive passing performances in NFL history as he completed 40-of-49 passes for 522 yards with six touchdowns and zero interceptions. He set new single-game franchise records in completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns en route to his 100th career win.

Roethlisberger’s 522 passing yards are tied for the fourth-most in league history, and he became the first player to record two 500-yard passing games as he threw for 503 yards versus the Green Bay Packers in 2009.

This marks the 10th time that Roethlisberger has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week as he was honored in Week 11 of the 2013 season for his performance against the Detroit Lions.


You can read more & see video highlights here.