This Saturday, September 3rd…

Join Ben’s teammates Brett Keisel and Heath Miller for a Steelers Pep Rally at the Pittsburgh Zoo!

Fans arriving between 9:30 and 10:30 am will receive a raffle ticket for the chance to win Terrible Towels, autographed footballs and photos with Brett and Heath!

Brett and Heath will arrive at 11:00 AM.


The event is sponsored by KISS 96.1.


For more info, click here.



Brett Keisel – Mountain Man

Western artist Denny Karchner has made his newest work of art available for purchase.

The print, entitled, “A Wyoming Spirit, Brett Keisel” shows Brett posing along the famous Carter Mountain Range near Cody, Wyoming.

He is in full “mountain man” gear including a grizzly bear claw necklace and holding an original “Lancaster” muzzleloader rifle that was made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is almost 200 years old.


Find out more on this piece and others (including the Steelers photo above) here.

Find Denny on Facebook here.

For more on Brett, check out his official site here.

“It’s still another performance, in my opinion, where I’m happy that we scored but I still am a little disappointed that we haven’t done as well as I think we should have.” — Ben, during his post-game comments.

Ben  completed 11-of-16 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns, as the Steelers took down the Atlanta Falcons 34-16 tonight.

Antonio Brown caught both of Ben’s touchdown passes – 77 yards and 44 yards. He had four catches for 137 yards.

Crezdon Butler returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown in the victory.

The news was not all good for the Steelers though – both Byron Leftwich and Maurkice Pouncey left with injuries. Pouncey suffered a left ankle injury early in the game, and Leftwich left with a broken left arm.

Late in the third quarter, Leftwich scrambled to his right for six yards. Atlanta linebacker Stephen Nicholas took him down and Leftwich landed on the turf awkwardly. He got up holding his left arm down at his side.


From Bob Labriola, Steelers Digest:

In addition to playing well once again, Roethlisberger continues to say the kinds of things that leaders are supposed to say. When asked to assess the offense’s performance during a first half in which it scored 24 points, Roethlisberger said, “It’s still another performance, in my opinion, where I’m happy that we scored but I still am a little disappointed that we haven’t done as well as I think we should have. We had a couple breakdowns, some different things here and there that have stalled us as an offense. I feel like we’re doing some good things, but we’ve still got some work to do. That’s a good thing. I’d rather do that than be 100 percent right.”


You can read more from Mr. Labriola’s post-game report here.



From Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

In Cleveland, new head coach/offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur is busy teaching his offense to second-year quarterback Colt McCoy.

In Cincinnati, new offensive coordinator Jay Gruden started from scratch about a month ago with rookie quarterback Andy Dalton.

Here, veteran offensive coordinator Bruce Arians has reached the point where he believes eighth-year quarterback Ben Roethlisberger — who connected with Antonio Brown on touchdowns of 77 and 44 yards […]

“I love it, and so do the wide receivers. I like the change of pace. I like the up-tempo, and it’s hard for the defense to substitute.” — Ben, on using the no-huddle.

From Mark Kaboly, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

After a significant decrease in employing the no-huddle offense last year, the Steelers may dust it off against Atlanta on Saturday – to the delight of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Roethlisberger said he would like to see the offense pick up where it left off in last week’s 24-14 victory over the Eagles, with the added wrinkle of the no-huddle.

“We want to establish ourselves and what we want to do,” Roethlisberger said. “We may go some no-huddle, and if we do that then I would like to execute that well.”

You can read more here.

You can read an article entitled, “Falcons, Steelers ready for pre-season test” by the AP here.



Quote of the Day:

“Ben is in such a cool spot right now. He just seems right.” — Willie Colon, from an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s Ron Cook.

“I think every quarterback should believe they’re the best. Do I think there are better quarterbacks than me? Possibly. But would I take anyone else with the ball in their hands at the end of the game? I don’t think so.”  — Ben, from his interview.

From Joe Starkey, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Ben Roethlisberger often wins on his worst days. He also has the best definition of quarterback toughness I’ve heard, one sure to send stats geeks running to their hard drives to see if it fits into one of their unfathomable formulas.

We broach the topic because it’s that time of year — time for everybody to rank the quarterbacks. I don’t know if Roethlisberger deserves to be ranked first, but I know this: He belongs in the conversation.

Super Bowl titles? Passer rating? Accuracy?

Won-loss record? Getting warmer. Roethlisberger is 69-29 in his career.

Which brings us to his definition of toughness. He was sitting at a quarterbacks’ round table a few years ago, with Sport Illustrated’s Peter King, when he delivered the following gem:

“Toughness is playing the worst game of your life but not backing down. Down 21 points and the defense is getting through, and you throw three interceptions. Staying in that game, keeping your head up, trying to drive your team when everything’s going wrong — that’s the kind of toughness I want in my quarterback.”

I think of last year’s game at Baltimore, when Roethlisberger — having a miserable night with a banged-up foot and broken nose — was presented with an opportunity to win and snatched it. His biggest play was fending off Terrell Suggs and shoveling the ball out of bounds to avoid a sack.

Is there a stat for that?

You can read more from Mr. Starkey’s column here.



Quote of the Day:

“I understand how hard Ben’s job is as a quarterback. If Ben asks me if I was open and I was, I’ll tell him. If he asks me if I was covered and I was covered, I’m going to tell him I was covered. He’s looking for honest feedback, and I think if everyone gives him that, it makes his job a little bit easier.” — Heath Miller, from an interview […]