Marino went 7-2 as a rookie before leading the Dolphins to the Super Bowl during his second season. A Pittsburgh-area native, Marino had two of his rookie records broken by Roethlisberger broken during Roethlisberger's rookie season. This isn't the first time Roethlisberger's name has been linked with Marino. But it's always good to come out with a win." Me personally, there's a lot of things I can work on. There's a lot of stuff we've got to work on. It was a good learning experience for us to play against a really good team and finish the way we did. "Me, Pat, we've got Dan, KG on the offensive side. "It's a great learning experience, really, because there were a lot of rookies playing," Harris said following Sunday's game. If you already have the app, favorite the Steelers to get up-to-the-second news. It was just, 'OK, this is what we're going to do in the second half, let's go do it.'"Ĭan Big Ben return to glory? Will Najee Harris rush for 1,000 yards in his rookie season? Get the latest Steelers scoop from Bryan DeArdo, our local expert who's on the ground in Pittsburgh, by downloading the CBS Sports app. The fact that you come in at halftime, it wasn't like there was a big rah rah, no one really spoke or acted crazy. We didn't do what we wanted to do, but we didn't turn the ball over, we didn't do anything catastrophic. We didn't make the big mistake either, that was huge. "They stood up in the face of not playing well. "I'm proud of the guys because they didn't really, I hate to use a coach Tomlin-ism, they didn't blink," Roethlisberger said following Sunday's game. Pittsburgh's second half success on offense came after the unit failed to score while gaining just 54 total yards in the first half. The score was part of four scores by Pittsburgh's offense in the second half of Sunday's 23-16 victory. Roethlisberger's 5-yard touchdown pass to Diontae Johnson four minutes into the fourth quarter completed his 48th game-winning drive. Roethlisberger trails only Peyton Manning (54), Drew Brees (53) and Tom Brady (49) in career game-winning drives, via Pro Football Focus and Ed Bouchette of The Athletic. Sunday marked the 48th game-winning drive of Roethlisberger's career. By virtue of the Steelers' come-from-behind victory over the Bills, Roethlisberger moved past Dan Marino and into fourth place in career game-winning drives. Ben Roethlisberger's 18th NFL season started with a significant career milestone.
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