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PITTSBURGH -- Only two things make Pittsburgh Steelers inside linebacker Elandon Roberts flinch.

Neither of them are playing in close games.

"One time man, I got in trouble, and they called my mom at school," Roberts said, a smirk dancing across his face as he held court in front of his locker at Acrisure Stadium after the Steelers' 23-19 win Sunday. "I started flinching. Other than [my mom], I think the only person I'm scared of is my wife.

"... I don't flinch."

And it's a good thing, too, because since Roberts arrived in Pittsburgh in March, the Steelers have been in six one-score games, and a game-saving defensive play on the final drive has decided four of them.