Ben Roethlisberger has lobbied coaches for years to run more no-huddle and with a new offensive coordinator in Randy Fichtner on board this year for the Pittsburgh Steelers it seems he will finally be getting his wish.

Roethlisberger knows that means there is more pressure on him because he has to call the right plays at the line of scrimmage, but he likes that the coaches trust him to do that.

“For sure,” Rothlisberger said Wednesday, via Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “which makes me study more, meet with Randy more, doing all that stuff, even more than in the past, which is fine. I always did a lot of stuff but if they’re going to put that trust in me then I have to then reward them with the knowledge that I’m going to do the right thing, call the right plays.”

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Roethlisberger says he understands why some coordinators don't like to run the no-huddle because they like to be able to call the plays and he respects that, but it's clear that the veteran quarterback is excited about this new opportunity.

“There were times I think you pitched [Haley] for it, and you wanted to get it, and there were times it was smarter not to,” Roethlisberger said. “Same thing with B.A. There were times it was resisted, which is understandable. Coordinators are coordinators for a reason — they want to call the plays. So there’s no hard feelings when it comes to that.”

How much no-huddle is run is still to be seen, but chances are especially during the third preseason game there should be a fair share of it.