It wasn’t long ago that the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the Steelers so thoroughly, so convincingly, that Ben Roethlisberger outwardly questioned his own ability to be a professional quarterback.
In that game—a 30-9 road win that pushed Jacksonville to 3-2 and legitimized their claim as the league’s best defense—the Jaguars held Roethlisberger to 5.7 yards per attempt, amassed a countless number of quarterback pressures and, most notably, intercepted five of Roethlisberger’s passes, two of which they returned for touchdowns. Needless to say, it was among the worst outings of Roethlisberger’s career. So imagine how liberating it must be for Roethlisberger to get another crack at these same Jaguars again, this time in the Divisional Round of the AFC Playoffs, no less!