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Roethlisberger said burning an unnecessary timeout in the second half was a sign of bad coaching and prevented the team from making key plays down the stretch. He stressed the strategic value of timeouts and how having an extra timeout could have changed the game.

This defeat is a far cry from the Steelers he has come to know and love. He has never lost a single game in his 20 years with the team, and he has been a key part of two Super Bowl winners and a third-place finish. The team is 7-6, but the defense has been up and down. This is the first time Pittsburgh has missed the playoffs since he left the team in free agency. He is worried about the team’s lack of leadership, and he sees it as a throwback to the “great ‘70s,” when the “Steel Curtain” had four Super Bowl champions in a row (Nolls, Bradshaw, Blount, and Ward). He wants someone on offense to “step up,” and he sees the leadership he saw in Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward, and others in his early years.

The quarterback talks about how difficult it is to carry on the legacy of the team, and how important it is to pass on values in the right way. He believes there is a lack of that connection within the team right now, and that some players are putting their personal success ahead of the team’s.

Roethlisberger’s main concern is that the team’s sense of tradition and the lack of leadership that has shaped the franchise’s success in the past is fading away.