Ben called the last play!!!

[*PhilHos*]

I hear people say that Ben called the last play that won the Steelers game. Umm, I watched the play and that's not something I would say highlights Ben in a good way. The reason they scored a TD there was because Bell is a fantastic back and with a herculean 2nd effort got the ball across the goalline.

Watch the play again. Bell takes the direct snap runs slightly to the left and gets stuffed well short of the goalline. However, because he's a great back, he's able to keep churning his legs and gets close enough he can stretch the ball across the goalline. Now, had he taken the direct snap and walked into the endzone untouched, yeah then you can sing the praises of the guy who called the play.

People act like Ben is like some play calling genius when the fact of the matter is he's lucky he's got a great running back on his team.

I give credit to Tomlin for going for a TD there even if he idiotically thought he had enough time to do so AND call a TO if it failed.