Steelers, Big Ben rebound against Titans

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben Roethlisberger has a pretty good explanation for how a guy with one good foot can throw for five touchdowns as he did in Pittsburgh’s 38-17 thumping of Tennessee on Sunday.

“I told ya, I was just faking it,” Roethlisberger said. “I’m a wimp.”

Not exactly.

Limping slightly on his sprained left foot, Roethlisberger put together the kind of sublime effort that’s become one of his trademarks. The more he’s banged up, the better he seems to play.

“He’s done it before,” said wide receiver Hines Ward, who caught two of Roethlisberger’s scoring tosses. “We’re used to it.”

Even if they’re not used to the way Roethlisberger matched his own franchise mark for touchdowns in a game, one he shares with Mark Malone and Terry Bradshaw.

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