How about a hearty Black & Gold Welcome to the newest members of Steelers Nation!

“This handsome dude is 2-month old DeShawn Anderson. He is a new life-long Steelers Fan!🖤💛” — Grandma Deeann.

“If I don’t rest up now, I’ll never make it for the Sunday night game!!” — Abigail. (Photo: Mom Chelsea)

“This is my granddaughter Adalynn. She always wears her Steelers memorabilia and watches every game.” — Grandpa Mark.

“Baby Laker hugging his first football.” — Mom Teri.

“Koumianis & Rinoula: This was the only picture where she smiled during her newborn photoshoot. My son’s name is Koumianis and he is 2. He knows how to sing ‘Black and Yellow’.” — Mom Marianna.

“Leo James was born on 10-16-2020 and this is him getting ready to cheer on the Steelers vs Browns from Hershey, PA! He was thrilled with the win. We will all be cheering on The Steelers and Big Ben this week as we always do!” — Dad Shane.

“Cole Barclay – Steelers fan from Day One.” — Dad Todd.

“Emberlyn was less than 2 weeks old when this was taken back in 2017.” — Mom Stephanie.

“My grandson, Liam – 4 days old and ready to play.” — Grandma Carrie.

“You know, I think some black & gold booties would really make this outfit pop!” — Kieran. (Photo: Mom Vivian)



Evangelina and Zayden with their mommy, Lauren on the Terrible Towel Sofa.

“It took me no time decking Annabelle out in Black and Gold the minute she was born. Annabelle doesn’t say much during the games, and occasionally passes out before the half, but this girl is always with Daddy on Sundays in front of the TV. Love ya […]

“We all need to get better but it’s more than just the run game. We need to get better as a group. That fluidity comes with staying on the field and converting third downs.” — Ben.

From Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:

Ben Roethlisberger knows what his receivers are capable of. He knows what they bring to the table, the talent they have individually and as a unit.

But the last few weeks the receivers were plagued by dropped passes, including some passes that were right on the money.

Roethlisberger was asked if he needed to have a talk with them, find out what is causing the problem. He brushed that off and put the blame for the drops squarely on his own shoulders.

“I think I just need to give them more catchable balls, put them into a position to catch balls where they’re not going to get hit,” said Roethlisberger. “I am not going to worry too much about pulling them aside and having a heart to heart that you need to catch a ball. I need to give them balls that are more catchable. I need to be my best so they can be their best. When they are at their best, we are pretty good.”

During his weekly press conference, Coach Mike Tomlin didn’t appear to have much patience for the drops and stated anyone who can’t hold on to the ball won’t see the ball come their way.

The dropped passes aren’t the only area where the team has had some offensive struggles the past few weeks. The run game also has stalled somewhat, with only 21 yards on the ground in the loss to Washington and 68 yards against Baltimore.

“Hopefully we can get it fixed,” said Roethlisberger. “Obviously if we had the answers, we would have it fixed by now. We believe in our guys. We believe in the guys up front, the backs. It’s on me. It’s RPO. I throw it instead of hand it off. Maybe I should have handed it off.

On the Buffalo Bills –

“They’re a really good football team,” said Roethlisberger. “They are playing with a lot of confidence. They have an MVP caliber quarterback playing at that level. They have some defenders who are taking the ball away every time the ball is thrown their way. They’re […]

I wasn’t good enough, we didn’t put up enough points. — Ben, post-game.

Ben completed 33 of 53 passes for 305 yards, two touchdowns and an interception in Monday’s loss.

He connected with eight different pass-catchers to top 300 yards for the fourth time this season. His biggest play came on a 50-yard touchdown to James Washington. He also found Diontae Johnson for a three-yard score to open the game. Unfortunately one of Ben’s final passes was batted into the air before being intercepted.


You can watch Ben’s post-game interview here.

More from Alumni Weekend here.

“We miss the fans. Especially for this really cool run that we have been on. It would be awesome to have them in there. We are still playing for them even when they are not in there.” — Ben.

From Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:

On going from having fans on the road, to none at home now:

“I’ve talked about it for 17 years now. we’ve got the best fans in all of sports. In Dallas it was more than 50% Steelers fans. In Jacksonville, 80-90% Steelers fans. That is what we are used to. We are used to Steelers fans being everywhere.

“And then when you come home and you are used to the Terrible Towels, you are used to them bringing that energy, that excitement. As a quarterback you play the mental game so you shouldn’t need all of that stuff. You want to keep it within yourself. For me it’s not as big a deal. I love the fans. I love the excitement. But for a defense, when you are on third down and you need that crowd, you need that energy and you don’t have it, it’s crazy weird, it’s different. I can’t imagine being a guy like that who feeds off that energy. But we miss them.”

On not being sacked much this season, including throwing almost 200 passes without a sack, and now going against a Washington front that is extremely physical and comes after the quarterback:

“I never want to disrespect anybody you play, but arguably these guys…they are rushing four guys, every once in a while they will bring five. They put their stock, their money, their picks in their four down guys. There are some really good and talented guys, and arguably the four best collectively. You will have to ask the linemen. They are the ones blocking them. My guys up front have done a great job protecting me this year, especially the last few games. I am always thankful for that. I will have to look at expanding my Christmas gift ideas.”

One of the most talked about things after Wednesday’s game against the Ravens was the number of drops the Steelers’ receiving corps had. But don’t think for a minute that is going to make Ben Roethlisberger gun shy when it comes to launching the […]