Late in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears , Mike Tomlin decided to punt instead of rolling the dice on a 4th-and-9 from his own 23. At the moment, Ben Roethlisberger thought the call made sense. But after sitting with it for a couple of days, the Pittsburgh Steelers legend has completely changed his mind.

“At the time, I’m like, you got three timeouts,” Big Ben said during his Footbahlin podcast . “I get why he’s punting. Your defense is playing well enough that you hope for a three-and-out and get the ball back…but why not take a chance on fourth down? Because if you get it, you keep your timeouts, you keep going. If you don’t get it, you still have your timeouts, and you’re trying to stop them anyway.”

The situation unfolded with the Steelers down 31–28, just 2:01 left

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