Despite suggesting that his quarterback could possibly have come back into the game sooner during his post-game press conference on Sunday, Mike Tomlin had a different explanation for the delay in Ben Roethlisberger’s return to the field when speaking to the media on Tuesday. Citing issues with the location and effectiveness of the Oakland Raiders’ X-ray machine, the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach blamed a lack of clarity over the extent of Big Ben’s injury as the reason why he was held until the final minutes of the game.
Opening his weekly press conference with a lengthy statement about the procedures the team went through evaluating their quarterback, Tomlin appeared to contradict his remarks from Sunday when he said Roethlisberger had already been medically cleared to play when he had first returned to the sidelines.