Earlier at present on The Pat McAfee Present, McAfee talked about his time with Ben Roethlisberger on the Steelers-Colts Week 4 matchup in Indianapolis and stated Roethlisberger admitted he missed soccer when the Steelers bought the ball again down by three with over two minutes to go.
On the most recent episode of his Footbahlin’ podcast, Roethlisberger defined these feelings and stated it took him again to apply with the Steelers and dealing in two-minute situations.
“I considered Garrett Giemont who was our energy and conditioning coach with the Steelers, liked that man dearly. He was the one who arrange the two-minute drill in apply, so I didn’t know what the state of affairs was going to be,” Roethlisberger stated. “And all I might take into consideration at that second after we bought the ball again, I feel it was 2:39. I don’t even know precisely what it was. It was over two minutes, and we had one timeout and the two-minute timeout, and all I might take into consideration was [Giemont] being like, ‘Ben, you bought an eternity.’”
Roethlisberger stated that was the one half he wished to be on the market for.
“That a part of it had the juices going just a little bit. I used to be like, oh, that is the one half I wish to be on the market for.”
Roethlisberger did admit when he noticed the Colts come out of the tunnel he thought they seemed “larger, quicker, stronger” than he remembered and thought that he wasn’t positive if he might play anymore.
It’s pure for somebody who performed the sport for therefore lengthy to overlook taking part in within the weighty moments. Roethlisberger was clutch, main 41 profession fourth-quarter comebacks and 53 game-winning drives in his profession with the Steelers, so when the Steelers bought the ball again down by three with time left, it’s a state of affairs that he checked out and noticed the place he might’ve thrived.
Roethlisberger has now been retired for 3 seasons, and it doesn’t appear as if he misses just about the rest that goes into taking part in each week. However gamers of his caliber who succeeded for therefore lengthy at a excessive stage will at all times miss some side of soccer, and for a quarterback, it’s normally the second when the ball is in your hand, and it’s essential make a play to assist your crew win.
Sadly for the Steelers on Sunday, their comeback fell quick as a botched snap basically ended the sport for Pittsburgh, who turned the ball over on downs with 37 seconds left on their very own 41. It was a disappointing finish to what had been an thrilling second half because the Steelers clawed their means again into the sport. Perhaps again within the day beneath Roethlisberger, issues would’ve ended otherwise. However the Steelers are nonetheless 3-1 with a whole lot of season forward of them, so it’s necessary to wipe that recreation and transfer on to the Cowboys on Sunday.
