When you lose a game that would give you control over your future heading into the final game of the season, there is really only one message that you as a leader can take back to your team, I think. And that is exactly what Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger did once they got back to the locker room following a bitter end to a 31-28 defeat to the New Orleans Saints.
“The story’s not written yet”, he told reporters during his media availability after the game. “I told the guys in there, I said, ‘listen, it’s not over yet.