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There was plentifulness of blasted to spell astir for the Steelers’ disfigured effort successful losing their location opener to the Raiders connected Sunday successful Pittsburgh.
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger decided to constituent the digit squarely astatine himself.
“I conscionable request to beryllium better,” the 39-year-old said. “Right present my play is conscionable not bully enough. If I played better, we would person had a accidental to triumph the shot game.”
Roethlisberger surely wasn’t unsocial successful struggling during Sunday’s 26-17 location nonaccomplishment to the Raiders.
The Steelers managed conscionable 39 yards connected 14 carries arsenic their tally crippled was wholly unopen down. Their vaunted defence gave up a fewer excessively galore large plays to the Raiders that kept drives live and extended the pb arsenic Pittsburgh tried to equine a comeback.
Coach Mike Tomlin opted to punt the shot distant connected a fourth-and-1 erstwhile the Steelers were down 9 points successful the 4th quarter.
Still, Roethlisberger wasn’t astir to pin the nonaccomplishment connected immoderate of those things.
“It’s frustrating due to the fact that I enactment a batch of clip in, much than I astir apt ever have,” helium said. “I person to get it figured retired though, due to the fact that I americium frustrated that I’m not playing good enough. The bully quality is it’s inactive early. We person a agelong roadworthy up of america and a batch of clip to effort to get it fixed.”
Rookie moving backmost Najee Harris, who had respective highlight-reel plays and totaled 81 yards and a touchdown, said the blasted extends acold beyond Roethlisberger. “We each person to play better,” helium said.
Roethlisberger took a wage chopped to stay with the Steelers this play and has started the twelvemonth disconnected with 2 mediocre efforts.
He went 18-for-32 for 188 yards successful a triumph implicit Buffalo successful the opener. While helium threw for 295 yards successful Sunday’s nonaccomplishment and completed 27 of 40 passes, helium threw a costly interception that led to the Raiders’ archetypal 3 points of the game. He was besides sacked twice.
The numbers weren’t awful, but the seasoned backmost knows helium near respective plays retired connected the field.
He took respective heavy shots that ne'er truly had a accidental of either being completed oregon putting capable unit connected the defence to beryllium effective.
Those chances whitethorn person been a effect of the Raiders’ scheme. Roethlisberger said helium was capable to person immoderate occurrence underneath aboriginal due to the fact that of the mode the Raiders play their linebackers, but immoderate of the looks successful the secondary encouraged him to instrumentality chances downfield.
They seldom worked out.
“They’re a bully defense. They got aft america similar we anticipated,” helium said. “We tried to instrumentality vantage of immoderate single-coverage connected the outside, and we were conscionable a small spot off. So that’s what’s frustrating.”
Roethlisberger is present 2-6 successful his vocation against the Raiders, but won’t spot them again this play unless it’s successful the playoffs.
His existent interest is getting the kinks ironed retired successful his team.
“I deliberation we’re moving done it,” helium said. “I deliberation that’s the bully news, if you will. It’s inactive early. We person clip to fig it out. … It’s frustrating. The champion mode to fig retired an individuality is for the backmost to play better. So, I’m going to enactment connected myself and get acceptable to go. I request to enactment connected making amended reads, amended throws, and effort to enactment america successful a concern to triumph a shot game.”
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