PITTSBURGH — These are the big-game times, and these are the big-game places where you call on your big-game players to play big, even bigger than they have so far, bigger than Big Ben Roethlisberger.
Ben McAdoo and the Giants have spent all offseason talking about placing a fifth Lombardi Trophy, against all odds following four years of regret, in their lobby showcase, and here comes the kind of Steel City December showdown that will test their mettle and iron will.
It will test their commitment to discipline and poise in the howling Heinz Field noise, show whether they can be sound, smart and tough and comfortable being uncomfortable.