When the Pittsburgh Steelers came out of the locker room after a break on Sunday, they raised their offense to 11 and put on a show. The Steelers fell 21-7 to start the second half and looked lost. But then defender Ben Roethlisberger took over, throwing for 244 yards and three touchdowns in the half to defeat the Indianapolis Colts.
But before you start wondering if this was a case of Roethlisberger, just drawing is playing in the dirt, it wasn’t. At least according to the close Eric Ebron. He spoke to the press on Monday and, when he committed the crime, it was not a case of improvisation, and they practiced all those pieces.
So what was the change? It was an obvious ambition of Roethlisberger to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. In the first half, the Steelers played the same mundane and predictable offense that affected this group of weeks.
In the second half, Roethlisberger rejected Fichtner’s plan and did it himself. That’s why the crime took off. Before, if the Steelers want to continue to win, Roethlisberger should be allowed to play the games from the beginning of the game and give him full autonomy from the offensive game plan.