If I had butterflies then I can’t imagine the dragons that Ben Roethlisberger must have had flying around in his gut. With the one year anniversary of his final snap of 2019 being tomorrow, one could easily understand if he was a bit nervous. The nerves eventually subsided as Big Ben threw three touchdown passes en route to a 26-16 win over the New York Giants.
If the early plan by Offensive Coordinator Randy Fichtner was to ease Roethlisberger back then he was accomplishing that goal and then some. The Steelers tried to run the ball early and often with James Conner on early downs and when number seven did throw most were of the shorter variety.