Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers somehow pulled out the win against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, which must have felt extra special for Big Ben for a few reasons.
The Steelers were eliminated by the Jags in the playoffs last season as they were looking ahead to the Patriots. Then on Sunday, they were down 16-0 late in the third quarter. Roethlisberger was not playing well. On top of all that, Roethlisberger says the Jags were talking trash.
“There was a lot of trash talking going on. I heard it a lot from some of those guys. 50, 20, 21 … all those guys. So it’s good to find a way to win in the end,” Roethlisberger told CBS after the game.
Roethlisberger was talking about Telvin Smith, Jalen Ramsey (of course) and AJ Bouye. The Jags are a big bunch of trash-talkers, but they have much less to boast about now that they’re 3-7 and have lost six in a row.
