INDIANAPOLIS — His shot wasn't falling early in the game, but Steelers point guard Ben Roethlisberger found his stroke when it mattered.
Called the team's point guard earlier in the week by quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner, the "future first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback," as Indianapolis head coach Chuck Pagano would call him this Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium, didn't flinch. In fact, he welcomed the role, saying it was his job to get the team into the right plays and distribute the ball to the team's playmakers.
Roethlisberger did that when it mattered most, throwing a pair of second-half touchdown passes and then leading the Steelers on a game-winning field goal drive in the closing seconds of a 20-17 win over the Colts.
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