Ben Roethlisberger breaks down Trubisky’s 3 interceptions, says ‘You can’t blame Mitch’ for first time

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Things didn’t go so well for Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Mitch Trubisky coming off the bench, at least if you’re going by the results. Although he played pretty well on most of his snaps, his three interceptions were hugely expensive and took at least one six-point shot off the board, as two were well within comfortable field goal distance. And they lost by two points, if you don’t remember.

It certainly wasn’t as compelling a display as Trubisky’s last cameo coming off the bench, in which he helped complete a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and finished several 3rd and long criticals.

In the opinion of quarterbacks, however, you might have a rosier view of interceptions than most. Former Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger weighed in and broke down each of his three interceptions, which you can read transcribed by me below from his Footbahlin podcast, along with a clip of each:

The first interception wasn’t Mitch’s fault. It was heading towards Muth in the back and it looked like the receiver in the front either fell off or just didn’t clear so the spacing was off so it’s actually the other defender who was able to make that play. So you can’t blame Mitch for that one, it’s just an unfortunate situation.

The second interception seemed like just a peek He decided to go down the middle for some reason and there’s a linebacker WILL like some kind of free guy who really has no one, and so you need to know if you go in the middle with just one look, you have to realize that guy over there might be cheating, stealing and cutting.

Another you’d hate to say it’s not his fault, but he heard guys were coming. The guy made a great play on it, but it’s still a bit more about Mitch, unfortunately.

The third, he throws a go ball. He throws a deep ball at Diontae, and he probably threw it further to the side than he wanted to, maybe a little deeper, Diontae bumped himself a little. There were a lot of things involved. But you shoot the field, you actually have the ball on the one-yard line.

Now, a quarterback’s perspective obviously has value when it comes to a topic like this because he understands what the quarterback is supposed to see in these situations and what the expectations are. . Realistically, they know best whether or not they did something they weren’t supposed to or vice versa.

Obviously Trubisky did some things he shouldn’t have done and didn’t do some other things he should have done, but there are usually mitigating factors when you’re faced with that amount of turnover. Yes, Steven Sims would have gone the wrong depth on his route. Trubisky said after the game that they blocked Freiermuth on the first and slowed him down.

However, these were all passes that eventually left Trubisky’s hand and went straight into Raven’s hands, and it’s on him. There were no ricochets, no slips, nothing really he couldn’t see and adjust before the ball left his hands. He would be, and was, the first to admit he had to do better.

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