Big Ben Good After 1 Month, Getting Better
PITTSBURGH (AP) — One month after returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger is an average quarterback.
By his standards, even if not by anyone else's.
He has five touchdown passes after three starts, compared to three a year ago, but his attempts and yardage are down. Then again, so are his interceptions. He's played one excellent game, one so-so game and one admittedly substandard game, winning two of them.
Or, and while they won't say so, he's probably right about where the Steelers expected him to be — on the field — following the four-game suspension that left him unable to play or practice from Sept. 3 through Oct. 3.
Off the field, the two-time Super Bowl winner is exceeding expectations. His teammates say he's never looked more energized while going through the daily grind of playing the sport.
