Roethlisberger: Washington needs to make that catch

Yeah and big Ben needs to stop throwing stupid interceptions.

 

Yes he does. Didn’t need to jump. Landed on his arm and knocked the ball free. That could’ve been a score.

 

Compared to Bryant in '14 and Juju in '17... Washington is a disappointment. We are spoiled at WR... usually we hit more than miss at WR.

It's still way too early to give up on Washington.

 

Let the coach decide who's gonna be out there.

 

Not something you need to put out there to the media even if it is a rookie. I believe Ben overthrew that pass just slightly, he certainly overthrew a few others in that game. Here's the bottom line for those that may want to blame Connor, Grimble, Tomlin, Washington etc

There was no reason for us not to run the ball more with that 7 pt lead. I didnt want to go conservative but Connor was under used. Have to get him involved in the game to get his rhythm (no different than Leveon)

We didn't play down to the Broncos we simply gave them the game because of bad turnovers, points off the board and momentum changing turnovers which Ben had a big part in

Think about this for a second Ben is tied for 2nd place in turnovers for a QB, Tied with Ryan Fitzpatrick who did not start every game for Tampa Bay and only behind Sam Darnold who did not start every game for the Jets AND IS A ROOKIE. Someone who wears #7 needs to take some responsibility. Without the Turnovers by our QB we might only have 1 or 2 losses.

vs Browns (3 int's)
vs Chiefs (0 int's) Loss primarily on the D
vs Ravens (1 int) Again our D wasn't up to par
vs Broncos (2 int's)

We will go as far as Ben and Connor take us. Balanced attack, spread the ball around, no forcing to AB int's

 

God I hate Ben. I've never hated a star player on one of my teams before Ben .

He's far from perfect. He threw 2 horrible picks. So perhaps before he crucifies anyone else publicly, he should make sure he's perfect.

Say it to him privately or let the coaches say it publicly if need be .

 

DHB makes that catch and scores. Washington needs to be benched.

 

DHB couldnt catch an STD in a San Francisco bath house.......

 

For what it's worth Diggs made a similar attempted diving catch in the end zone during the Sunday night game and couldn't survive the ground. I bring it up because these things happen all the time in football. I mentioned in the game day thread the margin between hero and dud is so small, he clutchs that ball and we are talking about how great a catch it is. He doesn't and we'll here we are. If he wasn't a rookie that was experiencing growing pains would this be as magnified ?

 

JuJu: Ben needs to make that throw when I am wide open.

 

It's called practice Ben! One on One. I think we are all forgetting what a promising preseason Washington and hunter had. And, it was all because, dobbs practiced with those two mentioned. They built chemistry. That chemistry from practice ... even dethroned Landry from a backup spot on the team.

 

That won’t get you elected

 

I think he is pretty modest and humble.. Most losses he usually points to himself as being at fault

 

Agree fully with that, but I do not agree with publicly blasting your teammates unless you're perfect.

 

Diggs is producing and he has a strong track record. Washington is a rookie who isn't producing at all.

 

He didn't blast Washington. He gave an honest answer, and part of that answer was Roethlisberger expressing his confidence in Washington.

 

Washington will have better days. He just needs to focus a little more.


Regarding what Ben stated, he is correct. Even a little confidence goes a long way. He had it in the preseason and even during the early parts of the regular season.



I am certain he will get it back.

 

Hence the point, rookie, rough time, small sample size.

 

Admittedly I didn’t read the article I only read your post.
I love Ben and he’s right the kid needs to make that play, but it’s hard to listen to a guy give criticism even if it’s meant in a constructive way when he basically just gave away any chance we had at winning with a terrible decision.

 

Ben needs to tell the kid in the locker room, not on a radio show. If Haley ever said anything worth listening to in Pittsburgh, it was: "SHUT THE F@CK UP BEN".

 

The point is the rookie is hurting the team when he plays. He hurts the team by giving them no production out of that position and now he hurt the team even more by dropping what should have been at least a long completion. I'm not going to say it should have been a touchdown because it wasn't a perfect throw and there was a defender in position to make a tackle, but if he can't even make that catch, he doesn't belong in the game. Sit him and start over in the offseason.

What some people seem to be forgetting is that the NFL doesn't grade on a curve. A drop is a drop whether the player is a rookie or not. Zero receptions are zero receptions whether the player is a rookie or not. This is a team that should at least win the division and the lack of production and the failure in a big spot by Washington is one reason even that goal is in jeopardy.

To be clear, he is far from the only reason they lost. In fact, Washington is well down the list, but other than Grimble, the others who screwed up are also making positive plays.

 

I don't usually agree all the time with you but this right here is winner winner chicken dinner!!!!!!