Ben Roethlisberger held his weekly news conference yesterday, two days after the Steelers’ loss to Washington, and as normal he took a lot of the blame for the team’s offensive problems. That included the struggling run game, which he said was partly his fault for not executing better on the run-pass-option. As for his suddenly drop-prone receivers, he said he needs to give them better balls to catch
Big Ben says the possible return of center Maurkice Pouncey from the reserve/covid list would be a big help.
Roethlisberger says he is very confident in his receiving corps, which has been a bright spot all season long, except for the last two games.
The 11-1 Steelers will visit the 9-3 Buffalo Bills on Sunday night. Roethlisberger says the Bills are playing confident football.
Big Ben says his arm feels fine after throwing over fifty passes in each of the last two games.
Roethlisberger leads the NFL in pass attempts, with 484. That’s 10 more than Tom Brady of the Bucs.
James Conner was activated off the reserve/covid list and practiced yesterday, but Pouncey remains on the list as of this morning.
Steven Nelson was back at practice as a full participant after sitting out Monday with a knee injury, but fellow cornerback Joe Haden remained in concussion protocol. Kicker Chris Boswell was still on the sidelines dealing with a hip injury and linebacker Robert Spillane was out – and may be out a while – with a knee injury.
Defensive end Chris Wormley was out for illness. Linebacker Ulysses Gilbert, who is on injured reserve with a back injury, did practice yesterday, and the team signed free agent defensive lineman Cassius March.
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