By MARK CONCANNON
FOXSportsWisconsin.com
Jan. 28, 2011
It was a Sunday network TV program that starred Mike Wallace, who came on strong at the end of 60 minutes, and also featured various shots of Rooney. But this was no newsmagazine. For the Green Bay Packers, it was a horror show.
"Oh yeah, it was embarrassing," Packers defensive lineman Ryan Pickett recalled. "The tape wasn't easy to watch."
"The tape" in question was the game film of the last Packers-Steelers meeting, on Dec. 20, 2009, at Pittsburgh. This Mike Wallace caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger as time expired, lifting the Steelers to a 37-36 victory. Close-ups of jubilant Steelers owner Art Rooney II flickered across flat screens nationwide.
"They did everything they pretty much wanted on us," Pickett said as he took an unsavory trip down memory lane. "They just moved the ball up and down the field on us."
"Everything" included a franchise-record 503 yards passing from Roethlisberger, the 10th-best passing performance in NFL history. Pittsburgh picked up 28 first downs and held the ball for more than 35 minutes.
The Packers sacked Roethlisberger five times. But Big Ben kept getting back up and firing the ball downfield.
"I counted. We had five sacks and a chance at five
