For the second time in six games, the Pittsburgh Steelers had to enter the second half of a game without Ben Roethlisberger. Last year, back in Week 14, it was Joshua Dobbs coming in, and he could not lead the offense, which allowed the Oakland Raiders to come back.
This afternoon, with Dobbs first demoted to third-string and then traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars, it was second-year Mason Rudolph, who came in and helped to keep the Steelers alive, throwing a pair of touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to Vance McDonald, including one a capper on a 75-yard drive.