PITTSBURGH — Don’t blame the national anthem dust up. Or Antonio Brown’s latest tantrum. Or Le’Veon Bell’s non-holdout holdout. Or Martavis Bryant’s re-immersion into the offense after a year away.

The man designed with making the Pittsburgh Steelers go doesn’t want to hear any of it. Ben Roethlisberger placed the blame for arguably the worst performance of his 14-year career on his shoulders.

Four quarters. A career-high five interceptions . Two of which Jacksonville returned for touchdowns. A 30-9 loss to the Jaguars that left the Steelers frustrated and the most prolific passer in franchise history struggling to put a finger on how things went so wrong, so quickly for a group that was expected to be among the league’s best.

Five weeks in, Pittsburgh (3-2) is decidedly average.

“Maybe I don’t have it anymore,” Roethlisberger said.

The 35-year-old was kidding. Mostly. While he tried to chalk it up as simply a bad day at the office, in reality this one was different than most. No Steelers quarterback had thrown it to the other team five times in a game since Mark Malone did it against Cleveland 30 years ago.

While there were protection breakdowns and both of the Pick 6s the Jaguars used to turn a two-point deficit into an 11-point lead were tipped, Pittsburgh again failed to get anything going in the passing game outside of Brown. The All-Pro finished with 10 receptions for 157 yards a week after Roethlisberger called Brown out for his brief sideline meltdown in Baltimore. He caught a 49-yard strike on the Steelers’ first offensive snap that seemed to be a public acknowledgement any lingering issues between the two had been put to rest.

Yet that possession ended with a field goal instead of a touchdown. So did another at the end of the first half. And another early in the second.

Telvin Smith took one interception 28 yards for a score. Barry Church then raced 51 yards for a touchdown that put Jacksonville in front 20-9. Two more Jacksonville picks followed in the fourth quarter as the Jaguars easily turned away any shot at a comeback.

“Give them credit, their defense lined up and did some things,” Roethlisberger said.

The Steelers, meanwhile, could do little when Brown wasn’t involved. Bell finished with 47 yards rushing against the NFL’s worst run defense. Wide receivers Bryant and JuJu Smith-Schuster combined for nine receptions for 79 yards.

“They wasn’t taking away everything,” Bryant said. “I did beat’em sometimes. Sometimes (Roethlisberger) just didn’t throw the ball my way. “