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‘Did He Ever Consider Punting?’: Roethlisberger Has ‘Some Day-After Questions’ For Tomlin

From the start of the game against the Cleveland Browns, it was clear that Mike Tomlin was holding a more aggressive posture than he normally does. The Pittsburgh Steelers are usually content with taking a conservative approach, much like they did early in the season with Justin Fields as quarterback. They don’t often beat themselves with costly mistakes and thrive on a top-notch defense that keeps the score down.

They got away from that approach on Thursday night football. Hindsight is 20/20, but those decisions backfired and did more harm than good.

“I wondered, just kind of my thoughts about some of the fourth downs and some of the decisions that coach T.