Wearing protective padding around his thorax, Roethlisberger was back to Pittsburgh’s starting lineup against Jacksonville on Monday night football. The Jaguars made him pay, irritating Roethlisberger and interrupting the defending Super Bowl champions’ winning streak, with a humiliating 9-0 final score.
We always look for someone to blame in these cases, in this particular one I blame Roethlisberger, he told the coach that he would be OK, that he just needed practice and to catch up with the receivers but the worst part of it all is that the coach listened. Pittsburgh couldn’t run it either, managing only 20 yards in Willie Parker’s 11 carries and 26 yards overall on the ground.
Overall Jacksonville moved the ball well, but they did a bad job at scoring points and they have to be aware that to move to the next level, they have got to have more than nine points, but they played the Super Bowl Champs in a though, physical game, and they came out on top.
To attribute the Steelers' terrible offensive performance to Roethlisberger's presentation would not be just to a Jacksonville defense; they simply lined up with the Steelers and refused to let them score. It marked the first time in 25 years that a defending Super Bowl champion had been shut out.
