Pittsburgh • The words that threatened to define Ben Roethlisberger's season were uttered almost as an afterthought and with more than a hint of frustrated sarcasm.
It just didn't read that way as it made the rounds on social media, or sound that way during a three-second sound bite played endlessly on a loop.
Roethlisberger didn't mean it. Call it a visceral reaction to having two of his 55 passes returned the other way for game-deciding touchdowns. Three days later the 35-year-old was back to calling himself one of the "best in the world." It wasn't just idle talk.