Steelers

Pivotal Play: Roethlisberger’s strike to AB shows tactical gunslinger

Ben Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown are all the way back.

Not that Brown's performance was ever an issue, but the Steelers' 40-17 rout of the Titans on this Thursday night at Heinz Field, in which Roethlisberger completed 30 of 45 passes for 299 yards and four touchdowns, also more specifically saw him go 20 of 23 in the second half with three touchdowns.

But the most important part of his performance was his very first drive of the second half that ended with a 5-yard touchdown pass to Brown. The drive went for 75 yards on 10 plays and took up 4:48 on the game clock. Roethlisberger completed seven passes on nine attempts for 61 yards. Two of his completions were to Jesse James for 12 yards, another two to Le'Veon Bell for 20 yards, another two to Brown for 17 yards, and a single 12-yard pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster.

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