When the Pittsburgh Steelers came out of the locker room after half-time on Sunday, they increased their offense to 11 and put on a show. The Steelers fell 21-7 to start the second half and looked lost. But quarterback Ben Roethlisberger took over, throwing for 244 yards and three touchdowns in the half to beat the Indianapolis Colts.
But before you start wondering if this was a case of Roethlisberger just drawing plays dirt, it wasn’t. At least according to the closed Eric Ebron. On Monday he spoke to the media and when he took the offense, it was not a case of improvisation and the Steelers had practiced all those works.
What was the change? It looked like Roethlisberger had just taken control of calling offensive plays regardless of the offensive coordinator Randy Fichtner was sending. In the first half, the Steelers played the same mundane and predictable offense that has dried up this group for weeks.
In the second half, Roethlisberger exploded Fichtner’s plan and did it himself. That’s why the offense took off. In the future, if the Steelers want to win, Roethlisberger should be allowed to call up plays from the start of the game and be given full autonomy from the offensive game plan.