“I’m the little one on the right. Austin, my older brother, is on the left. This was at Team Picture Day at Miami OH – my dad was the OL / Run Game Coordinator at Miami OH while Ben was the quarterback.” — Cole Peterson.

He’s trying to sing “You’re A Grand Old Flag” and doesn’t like that his brother and sister are singing also! — Ben.

“We’re not exactly the best team in football right now. We’ve got a winning record, but if you ask most of the guys in this building, I think they would tell you we’ve got a long way to go. We can’t worry. I know Coach will pull all his nameless grey faces, all these different things, but honestly they’re an NFL team that’s going to come in here and want to beat us and we want to beat them. I don’t want to look at the records or worry about who they are. They’re trying to get a win and so are we.” — Ben, on playing the Detroit Lions this weekend.

“It makes you realize you stunk the first three quarters. I said at the end of that game, when they scored, they scored quick, which is awesome. I looked up and 1:48 (on the clock) and it made me think that I always joke with Coach (Mike) Tomlin because whenever we do our two-minute drills in practice, he’ll give me a yardage, time and a timeout or maybe two if I’m lucky. I always joke with him, I’m like do I need a field goal or a touchdown, because obviously a field goal is a lot different. He’s like, ‘You need a touchdown 7,’ so only needing a field goal made a little bit easier.”

“It’s one of those things where it’s usually the tempo. If you can pick the pace up and call the plays, no huddle, things like that. The defense sometimes gets more basic, they kind of stick to something. I just felt going into that last drive they had had some success with their 22-man defense, so I assumed that’s what we’d be seeing. I kind of called a couple […]

“We’re playing well enough. Not great. You know, offensively speaking we’re doing enough right now.” — Ben.

Big Ben was stressed during the final 26 seconds 😅

The Steelers pull out a close one on #MNF ‼️ pic.twitter.com/lf9oVR4ULZ

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) November 9, 2021

“Roethlisberger found rookie tight end Pat Freiermuth for both of his touchdowns, but his night was highlighted by his final drive to put Pittsburgh in range for the game-winning field goal. The veteran found Diontae Johnson on a 22-yard gain with just over a minute remaining, then hit Freiermuth for 13 more shortly after for good measure. In doing so, he helped the Steelers earn a fourth straight victory, a span that’s coincided with Roethlisberger throwing zero interceptions. The 39-year-old will strive to continue his winning play in Week 10 versus the Lions.” — RotoWire.

Are you ready for some Monday Night Football?

The Steelers’ 75th all-time MNF appearance is being embraced on the South Side.

“Still pretty cool,” quarterback Ben Roethlisberger offered.

But Roethlisberger, who debuted on Monday Night Football on Oct. 10, 2005 in San Diego still doesn’t take such things for granted.

“It’s just another game but it is something special,” Roethlisberger continued. “I remember as a kid, there weren’t all these games. Monday Night Football was all you had.

“And if I was nice, if I didn’t ask too many times my dad might let me watch the first quarter. But most of the time I had to go to bed. Now, I get to be on the field and there’s some kid somewhere begging to watch the game.

“That makes it pretty cool.”

Roethlisberger’s MNF debut included leading an 11-play, 40-yard drive for a 40-yard field goal by kicker Jeff Reed with 10 seconds left in regulation that beat the Chargers, 24-22.