The Ben Roethlisberger Show
“Anytime you beat Baltimore especially in Baltimore it’s a good feeling…I felt pretty good with the game I called and the decisions I made” — Ben.
Just in case you missed Ben’s show today on Cook & Poni, here’s the recap, courtesy of 93.7 The Fan:
Coming off the teams 26-9 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, Ben Roethlisberger joined The Cook and Poni Show for The #1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show and talked about the offense’s overall performance, why he thinks they took a step forward and what he thought of Antonio Brown’s “temper tantrum” on the sideline after not being thrown the ball.
“He got upset because he was open, which I can understand, sometimes that happens…it’s not like I intentionally missed him, it’s not like I intentionally didn’t throw it to him. I was doing what my reads tell me to do, I don’t even want to say I made a mistake, because I was reading the side I was supposed to read. It’s just unfortunate that it happened, and it’s unfortunate that he acted and reacted that way.”
Ben even took us onto the sidelines and shared what he said to Brown right after the play.
“I told him on the sideline, ‘AB, just come talk to me, ask me what happened, tell me that you were open.’ You know, if that were Heath Miller, I’d probably ask Heath on the sideline, ‘Hey Heath, were you open?’ and he’d probably tell me ‘No,’ because he wouldn’t want you to feel bad, that’s just who he was…that goes a lot further than throwing a temper tantrum.”
It wasn’t just Ben that Brown was mad at as he also had a moment with offensive coordinator Todd Haley.
“We all try to talk to him and it didn’t help. I think it’s bad in the sense that we have a lot of young guys that see that too. Juju [Smith-Schuster] sitting right next to him and looking at that, and what’s Juju thinking? Is he thinking that it’s ok to act that way? I don’t know.”
And it’s not just the young guys that Ben is worried about in this situation as he talked about the distraction it can be for everyone.
“I don’t know that he needs to react that way. He’s super human on the football […]
Week 4: Steelers vs Ravens
“For us to come out and just play football was a lot of fun!” — Ben.
Game Recap:
The Steelers got their offense running –
Le’Veon Bell rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns, and the Steelers beat the Ravens 26-9 on Sunday in a duel for first place in the AFC North.
Though held to a touchdown over the final 30 minutes, Pittsburgh (3-1) mounted enough of an attack before halftime to earn its first win in Baltimore since 2012.
Coming into the game, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was asked to identify the problem with a Pittsburgh offense that had produced only six touchdowns in 12 quarters.
“The quarterback needs to play better,” he said.
Roethlisberger went 18 for 30 for 216 yards and a touchdown. Bell did more than his share, carrying the ball 35 times to help the Steelers amass 381 yards in offense.
The Ravens (2-2), meanwhile, looked every bit like the 32nd-ranked offense in the NFL. Baltimore trailed 19-0 at halftime, generated only 154 yards through three quarters and stumbled through a second straight game with only one touchdown.
Joe Flacco completed 31 of 49 passes for 235 yards, was sacked four times and intercepted twice.
Baltimore closed to 19-3 in the third quarter after an interception by Ravens safety Eric Weddle. The turnover occurred only after a challenge by Baltimore coach John Harbaugh overturned the original ruling of a catch and a tackle.
After Pittsburgh’s Chris Boswell missed a 44-yard field goal, Alex Collins promptly ran for 50 yards to set up a 16-yard touchdown pass from Flacco to Mike Wallace. The Ravens went for 2, made it, then lost the points after a replay showed Terrance West’s elbow hit the ground before the ball made it to the end zone.
In the fourth quarter, on a fourth-and-12 from the Pittsburgh 47, Flacco was picked off by Mike Hilton with 5 { minutes left, launching a rapid exit by many of the fans.
That led to Bell’s second 1-yard touchdown run with 2:26 to go.
The Steelers’ first drive of the game covered 84 yards, lasted nearly 10 { minutes and ended with a 30-yard field goal.
Boswell made it 6-0 with a 49-yarder midway through the second quarter after Roethlisberger connected with JuJu Smith-Schuster for 19 yards on a third-down play.
A fumble by Collins set up a […]
It’s a Fur Baby Friday!
Grant from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation to MD area police department
Today Ben announced the fourth grant award of the 2017 season from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund. The Foundation will be distributing a grant to the Bladensburg Police Department, just southwest of Baltimore where the Steelers will play the Ravens on October 1st.
“The Bladensburg Police Department is delighted to learn that we have been chosen as a recipient of a grant from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation as startup funding for implementation of a police K-9 unit. Public safety is a top priority of Mayor Walter Lee James, Jr. and the Town Council of Bladensburg as well as the men and women of the Bladensburg Police Department. Establishment of a K-9 unit will assist us as we continue to reduce crime in Bladensburg and as we enhance our community policing efforts.” — Bladensburg Police Chief Tracy Stone.
The Bladensburg Police Department will use the grant funds to establish a new K-9 unit with a dual purpose police dog.
During the 2017 NFL season, the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation will be distributing grants to K-9 units of police and fire departments in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers.
The Foundation will also distribute several grants to the Pittsburgh area and will consider a grant to a non-NFL market city in the United States if the Steelers advance to the playoffs. The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation invited police and fire departments across the country to submit proposals detailing their needs.
This marks the 11th season that Ben’s foundation has distributed grants to K-9 units. His mission is to support K-9 units of police and fire departments throughout the United States, with a particular emphasis on support for service dogs in Pittsburgh, PA. Ben also supports Make-A-Wish.
The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation distributed more than $150,000 in grants to K-9 units around the country during the 2016 NFL season, including $76,000 in the Pittsburgh community. The Foundation has distributed in excess of $1.65 million since 2007.
Fans:
You can support future K-9 grants by purchasing candy on Sarris Candies’ website, (www.SarrisCandiesFundraising.com), using a special purchase code (77-7777). Sarris will donate 25 percent of the purchase price to the foundation.
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Wednesday’s Q&A with the media
From Teresa Varley, Steelers.com:
Steelers at Ravens.
It’s historically one of those games when you see it on the schedule, you know right away it’s going to be physical. It’s going to be tough.
And it’s not going to be in a friendly environment whatsoever.
The Ravens have won the last four games in Baltimore, the last Steelers win at M&T Bank Stadium coming on December 2, 2012, a 23-20 victory.
And when the two teams meet in Baltimore on Sunday, Ben Roethlisberger knows it will once again be a tough place to play, against a tough opponent.
“It’s a tough environment,” said Roethlisberger. “The crowd is loud and they really feed off that silent count. They can really get off the snap of the ball and create some issues, get you behind the chains, force you to pass it, and then throw some different blitzes at you. Their rushers and coverage guys just create a lot of tough situations for you.”
It’s a rivalry that has stood the test of time. Players have come and players have gone, but the attitude has remained the same. And it’s an attitude those who are new to the rivalry will quickly understand.
“This game is crazy. It’s a special game,” said Roethlisberger. “I am still here. (Terrell) Suggs is still over there. We’ve got a lot of respect for each other in this rivalry. We have enough guys here that have played this physical AFC North game here or there, playoff guys. I don’t think it will take long, if the young guys don’t know now what it will be about.”
The Steelers are coming off a disappointing overtime loss to the Bears, while the Ravens are coming off a 44-7 loss to the Jaguars at Wembley Stadium in London. And while giving up 44 points might have some questioning the Ravens defense, Roethlisberger isn’t among those.
“They’re a very good defense,” said Roethlisberger. “Eight interceptions, 10 turnovers in three games. That is unheard of. Suggs is still him. He is still getting after it. A lot of respect for him doing it this long. C.J. (Mosley) has taken the role of Ray Lewis in the middle directing that defense. The secondary, they spent a lot of money on it and they […]
The Ben Roethlisberger Show
Did you miss Ben’s show today on Cook & Poni this morning?
Here’s the recap, courtesy of 93.7 The Fan:
Following Sunday’s loss to the Bears and Monday’s press conference where he explained his teams actions regarding the National Anthem, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger joined The Cook and Poni Show for The #1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show.
Ben opened his show restating that “in no way, shape or form were we trying to protest, boycott anything that has to do with the National Anthem.”
Ben said to him, what he wants to achieve with the teams actions, is showing that they are one.
“I wanted to also show support for my brothers, my teammates. I wanted to be out there locking arms to show that we are one, we are united together, black, white, Hispanic, Tongan, Samoan whatever we have, we’ve got so many different ethnicities on our team, we all come from different backgrounds, religious beliefs, all that stuff, and to me, it’s about uniting this country and standing together, arm in arm, brother to brother.”
Ben was asked if the amount of time they spent talking about what they would do and then executing it during the National Anthem distracted the team and hurt their focus during the actual game.
“I do,” Ben told us. “I’ll never make excuses, I have to play better, if I play better we win the football game I think. It was definitely on a lot of our minds, a lot of our hearts, dealing with everything we dealt with the night before, being up later than usual, the distractions, whatever it is, but we still have to step on the field to play football. At the end of the day, we need to go out and be better football players than we were on Sunday.”
Things wrapped up on Ben’s show with him telling us that he’s “not really sure” that the teams plans are set for what they’ll do during the National Anthem next week, but the team is “98-percent sure” at this point.
“I think it’s prudent to just make sure that, throughout the week that we’re all on the same page and I’ll talk with Cam [Heyward], talk with some of the veteran guys, the lineman, just to make sure that we’re all still good, that nothing’s changed. […]