Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger sets team passing record

Roethlisberger sets the team passing record in Thursday night's game. (US Presswire)

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has played at an MVP level through the first month of the season. Thursday night against the Titans, he set the team record for all-time passing yards, surpassing Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw.

With three minutes to go in the third quarter and the Steelers trailing the Titans 16-13, Roethlisberger completed a pass to tight end Heath Miller that gave him the record: 27,994 yards (and counting).

Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh's first-round pick in 2004, is in his ninth season. Bradshaw, a Steelers first-rounder back in 1970, needed 14 seasons to amass 27,989 passing yards in an era when the running game ruled.

Incidentally, a few plays earlier, Miller moved into third on the Steelers all-time reception list, passing Louis Lipps (358). Miller trails John Stallworth (537) and Hines Ward (1,000).

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