At 7:33 p.m. Thursday, a helmetless Ben Roethlisberger strode casually to Heinz Field's 50-yard line decal for the coin toss between the Steelers and Panthers. And as he did, Carolina countered by sending out all five of its captains, side by side, presumably to outweigh Ben in the karma category, possibly because ... well, what the hey, it's the fourth week of the NFL preseason and someone might as well pretend that something from what's about to happen will actually matter.
Ben, to his considerable credit, escaped the pile by correctly calling heads.
That's as good as it got, I swear.
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