DEVELOPING: Steelers Join Packers In Dallas

Okay, folks...

Figure out who you're rooting for starting...

NOW!!!

it's the Packers meeting the Steelers in the Roman Numeral Classic...

It was, really, a game of two halves as the world thought with a 24-0 lead, the Stteelers had it all wrapped up by late in the second quarter. BUt a field goal to end the half, and 16 more unanswered points made the Steelers earn it, 24-19 over the New York Jets.

Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger was solid, if not downright unspectacular going 10-of-19 for 133 yards and two interceptions. But Rashard Mendenhall picked up the slack running for 121 yards and catching 2 passes for another 32 yards.

The Steelers defense clamped down on the Jets holding them to a total of four net yards by late in the second quarter, but Mark Sanchez rebounded for 233 yards passing on the day-when both teams knew the Jets were going to throw in the second half.

Here's Ben's TD run where, seemingly, the Jets ignored him until it was too late...
((HT: Youtube))


You know you can spend a few hundred bucks and watch the game outside JerryWorld on big TV monitors...??? Attendance of the game is supposed to exceed 100,000 butts-in-seats...

More when we know more...

Tomlin Discusses Roethlisberger

On the same day that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation withdrew its request for a DNA sample from Ben Roethlisberger, his head coach addressed a boatload of microphones about the situation at the winter meetings in Florida...

Andy Sheehan from KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh has the details and the tape from Florida...


Roethlisberger's Atlanta attorney, Ed Garland, would not say whether the decision impacted the case or if charges would be filed. He said he hopes GBI's investigation would conclude within the next month. Garland also added that the request was made a week ago to withdraw the request for DNA...

The HQ still thinks that "Coach" Garland will make minced meat out of any case the GBI thinks they have when they think they have it...

Jolly Roger will be visiting with Roethlisberger

There hasn't been much out in the world information on the Ben Roethlisberger story in the past couple of weeks, but that changed...albeit slightly over the weekend.

First came Steelers coach Mike Tomlin saying to the NFL Network that "I'm highly concerned for our franchise and for Ben personally.

Then today, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, speaking at the NFL Owners meeting in Orlando, Florida said that he'd be meeting with Roethlisberger in the near future about the accusations that have been made of him over the past year. The Commissioner adding that he is "Concerned" that Roethlisberger keeps putting himself in those kind of situations.

More from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette RIGHT HERE

A little bit more from our friends at Pro-Football Talk RIGHT HERE

((Ben being Ben//Courtesy: Scrapetv.com))

The HQ...or at least the Satellite office says Big Ben needs to be really careful here. Yes, we know the case is still being investigate, but being called to the principal's office is not a good thing. Best case, if exonerated he'll be told, last strike, get in trouble again and you face sanctions. Worst case, if he gets indicted, he may be facing league sanctions along with whatever the legal system decides to do.

Since Ben's attorney, Ed Garland has had Roethlisberger withdraw from the celebrity golf event he was to play in last week, we suspect Garland won't allow anyone to see his client until a decision has been made. When that will be...is anyone's guess.