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Funny, no one has mentioned this week that the Steelers should trade or release Ben Roethlisberger.
Not during Baltimore week.
Not with first place on the line in the AFC North Division Sunday night.
Not after Roethlisberger played such a terrific game against the Buffalo Bills Sunday.
Really, isn't it amazing how the ill will toward Roethlisberger and the Steelers because of his sexual assault case in March in Milledgeville, Ga., has died down because the team is 8-3 and he's playing great football?
Did you know you can buy a Christmas ornament with Roethlisberger's likeness on it for $9.99 to hang on your tree?
I'm betting it will be a huge seller this year.
I give Roethlisberger a lot of credit. He has won back Steelers fans by keeping a couple of promises. He apologized for acting like a creep and promised to be a better person. From what I can tell, he has done that. He also apologized to his teammates for causing such a distraction -- notably his four-game suspension from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell at the start of the season -- and promised to do his part to make the team a Super Bowl contender. No question, he has done that.
Did you see Roethlisberger in the 19-16 overtime win against the Bills?
"I told him after the game, 'I'm happy to be on your team. I'm glad I'm playing with you,' " wide receiver Hines Ward said.
Roethlisberger helped the Steelers convert 8 of 10 third-down plays in the first half and build a 13-0 lead. He scrambled for 18 yards on a third-and-17 play in the fourth quarter to set up a field goal and a 16-13 lead. Then on a third-and-8 play on the winning drive in overtime, he looked right for wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders and looked down the middle for Ward and tight end Heath Miller before finding wide receiver Mike Wallace to his left for a 17-yard gain just as the Bills' pass rush closed in.
First Published November 30, 2010 12:00 am
