Pittsburgh again look to man of steel Ben

THE Pittsburgh Steelers will be hoping star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger can survive 60 minutes of football tomorrow as the NFL wild card round gets going this weekend.

To make matters worse for the AFC champions and Super Bowl runners-up, key running back Rashard Mendenhall will miss the play-offs due to a knee injury.

The one thing working in their favour is that they’ll be visiting the struggling Denver Broncos (tomorrow, 9.30pm, all times Irish) who crept out of the AFC West with an 8-8 record behind the erratic performances of QB Tim Tebow.