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December 9, 2007

Ben Roethlisberger postgame transcript

Q: Do you say, "If a couple red zone plays work out differently, you're right in it," or do you say, "Hey, major ground to make up?"

BR: I say that we look at the scoreboard and realize that we got outplayed and that they were the better team. We need to improve, but the good thing for us is that the season is not over and we still play next Sunday, no matter what. Win or lose, if things went our way we still would have to come back here. So, we move on, we take the loss and we go forward.

Q: How frustrating is it that you guys controlled the time of possession, but you could only get three points out of some of those drives?

BR: It's very frustrating. We're proud of the offensive line-we did a lot of no-huddle tonight. I called a lot of the plays and there was no cadence, so you have to give the offensive line a lot of credit. We moved the ball all the way down the field and then we faltered, for whatever reason, in the red zone, whether it was a little bit of them, a little bit of us or a little bit of both.

Q: Does it feel pretty correctable?

BR: If I sit here and say, "We made too many mistakes and we screwed everything up," then it makes it sounds like if we play and we don't make those mistakes we beat them. I don't know what happens. It's too hard to tell. I will say that they made us make mistakes; they made us do things in a negative way, especially in the red zone, so give them a lot of credit.

Q: After the game, Tom Brady came over and talked to you. What did he say to you?

BR: Oh, just real quick he came up. He kind of surprised me as I was saying something to the defense because I wasn't expecting him to be there that quick. He just told me that I was doing a good job and that he was proud, and I told him I hope he breaks the record next week, because it's so much fun watching him play. I don't like him playing against us and how well he played, but it truly is an honor to watch such a great quarterback play the game.

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