“I wasn’t super sharp this game. Our game plan was, whether I was playing or Landry was playing, was to run the ball and run it a lot…We did a lot of running the ball, and that was the game plan going in and I just never got myself into a good rhythm until late.” — Ben.


Recap from Ben’s show this morning, courtesy of 93.7 The Fan & CBS-Pittsburgh:

110816Coming off a disappointing loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Ben Roethlisberger joined “The Cook and Poni Show” for the weekly “#1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show.”

Today, he talked about the process that led to him getting the start after missing the previous game.

“I was just telling Coach [Tomlin], ‘Hey, here’s how I feel,’ on Saturday morning, and he said, ‘Alright, well we don’t have to make a decision yet, let’s wait until Sunday.’ So, Sunday morning, he sent me a text when I woke up that said ‘Hey, how you feeling? Lets make a decision when I get to the stadium after you kind of do some stuff on it.’ I found out probably about two hours before kickoff that I was going to be the starter.”

After playing on the surgically repaired knee, Ben reported there were no setbacks.

“Obviously, I’m sore, not just my knee. My shoulders are sore, my hips are sore, I mean everything is sore. But no, I don’t believe I had any setbacks by playing,” he said.

Ben talked about his poor performance, but didn’t attribute it to rust. He said a large part of the game plan was to run the ball, which didn’t let him get into a rhythm until late.

After the game on Sunday, wide receiver Antonio Brown met with reporters and talked about the need for other players to step up. Ben was asked about those comments.

“He’s right, people need to step up, myself included. We need AB to step up when the time calls for it, we need Le’Veon, everybody needs to step up when called upon. Guys need to make plays. Not just the routine easy ones, but we need guys to step up and make tough ones. And like I said, it starts with me,” Ben said.

You can listen to Ben’s show here.