Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and head coach Mike Tomlin both tried to clear the air some on Tuesday about what led to the signal-caller not reentering Sunday’s loss to the Oakland Raiders until roughly five minutes left in the game and with the team trailing after being checked out at halftime and into the the third quarter for a rib injury. According to both, an antiquated x-ray machine played a role in the decision to hold the quarterback out and extended amount of time and only use him as an emergency option late in the contest.
Roethlisberger was up first Tuesday morning and first described what all transpired at halftime during his weekly interview on 93.