Add Ben Roethlisberger to the list of people who think the Pittsburgh Steelers need to take more shots down the field. In episode four of his Footbahlin’ Podcast, the former Steelers quarterback said he believes the team is lacking the explosive play element in their game.
“Take some shots down the field. Now whether that’s play-calling, whether that’s Mitchell [Trubisky] not throwing it if it was called, I don’t know, but I just kept sitting there like come on, you’ve gotta back a defense up,” Roethlisberger said. “Every once in awhile, take one shot.”
Pittsburgh had one explosive play against the Patriots on Sunday, and it came at the very end of the first half as the team tried to scramble to get into field goal range after Nelson Agholor’s touchdown put the Pats up 10-3.