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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is entering his 16th NFL season, but somewhere along the way, it seems that he lost some of his passion for the game of football. Well, now, Roethlisberger says that his joy for the sport is back: “I feel like I love football again,” said Roethlisberger, according to Gerry Dulac […]

Some things get better over time. Think wine, Tim Duncan, Frank Gore, or even the grueling hours of an NFL training camp. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is entering his 16th training camp with the team. By now, the 37-year-old isn’t laboring over the practice, he’s having with it. Perhaps, appreciating the limelight of his […]

Chemistry matters. With quarterbacks and wide receivers, that is even more the case. If a signal-caller doesn’t trust his pass catcher, a passing offense can stagnate. With Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, that couldn’t be truer. He has declared his trust or distrust of a receiver; it then shows on the field. With Antonio Brown […]

Ben Roethlisberger is fully aware of not just how much easier the presence of Antonio Brown made the game on him, but also the pair’s historical standing among other elite quarterback-receiver tandems. While the two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback understands the challenges facing he and his team this season without his longtime favorite target, ,too, […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had a bit of tumultuous offseason, which saw the quarterback lose his superstar wide receiver in Antonio Brown, and also dealt with rumors that he threw teammates and coaches under the bus. With a new season fast approaching, Roethlisberger is now reportedly on the fence about whether or not he […]

2018 was a tough year for Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even though they finally managed to beat the Patriots, they blew a few big games and ended up missing the playoffs as they finished a half-game behind the Ravens in the AFC North. The entire season was engulfed in drama thanks to the […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be going into the 2019 season without Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell in their offense. Despite those crucial losses, a certain NFL analyst believes that the Steelers will be better in 2019. Former Steelers running back Merril Hoge believes Pittsburgh will be a better team in 2019. Hoge points to the […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming off of a disappointing 2018 campaign in which they went 9-6-1 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2013, largely due to locker room issues. Well, the Steelers ended up trading Antonio Brown this offseason, and the team camaraderie may end up being better as a result. But […]

JuJu Smith-Schuster has quickly become a fan favorite for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Can the third-year wide receiver become Ben Roethlisberger’s favorite target with the departure of Antonio Brown? This offseason, the Steelers decided to trade Brown after the receiver requested to be dealt after having issues with people within the organization. With Brown gone, that […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the only player on the team with a Super Bowl ring, but according to James Conner, he is trying to help everyone else envision what it will feel like when they lift the Lombardi Trophy. Earlier this offseason, Roethlisberger invited the skill position players to his lake house in […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers will look a bit different in 2019 with the losses of Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown on the offense. Therefore, the one issue that the Steelers must fix before training camp is finding ways to replace Brown’s production on offense. The Steelers already have James Conner, Jaylen Samuels, and Benny Snell to […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been talking this offseason about how he thinks the offense can be as good as last year even without Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell. Some of the Steelers fans are buying the talk but one guy that isn’t is Hall of Famer Terrell Davis who thinks Big Ben is […]

A new generation of elite quarterbacks is in the early stages of taking the NFL by storm. The Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes put together one of the finest seasons of all time as a first-year starter in 2018, becoming the youngest MVP since Dan Marino. Baker Mayfield led the Cleveland Browns to a franchise-altering […]

There has been a different buzz around the Pittsburgh Steelers this season and Ben Roethlisberger is excited about this season. The last few seasons all the buzz has been about drama and who would and wouldn’t be at camp. This off-season there hasn’t been many distractions which have given the team time to focus just […]

For the first time in what feels like forever, the Pittsburgh Steelers are finding themselves in the underdog role heading into 2019. Gone is Antonio Brown. Gone is Le’Veon Bell. Gone is the feeling that the Steelers are a shoo-in to make the playoffs in an AFC North division that may end up ruled by […]

This past year has been a roller-coaster ride for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. He went from leading the Steelers to a 7-2-1 start to seeing his team finish 9-6-1 and miss the playoffs largely as a result of a chasm in the locker room centered around his tenuous relationship with now-former wide receiver Antonio […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers can’t seem to forget the name “Antonio Brown” this offseason. Ben Roethlisberger recently made more comments concerning the former Steelers receiver. Recently, the Steelers quarterback went on SiriusXM NFL Radio and spoke about Brown. Roethlisberger said himself that Brown “made me a better quarterback“. This quote won’t sit well with the Steelers […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger are in an unusual spot. They’ve usually been the talk of the division and favorites to win the AFC North, but this year they’re flying a bit more under the radar. The Browns and Ravens both emerge down the stretch last season, and they’re garnering most of the hype […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers are finally looking forward to drama-free football in 2019, and they need Ben Roethlisberger and JuJu Smith-Schuster to have big years. They’re the two most important players on the team, and they need to deliver if they want to have a successful first season without Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell. Brown and […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers lost a pair of superstar playmakers this offseason. Franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, though, doesn’t seem too concerned by the departures of Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown, and not just because he grew crossways with both players last season. Asked to single out a player who was impressing at OTAs, Roethlisberger initially hesitated […]

One of the longest-serving and most prominent players on the Pittsburgh Steelers has had enough of the controversial rhetoric surrounding his team this offseason. Veteran center Maurkice Pouncey told reporters on Wednesday after OTAs that there’s “no point” in discussing questions about Ben Roethlisberger’s leadership because he’s already voiced his support for Pittsburgh’s franchise quarterback. […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Mason Rudolph in the third round of the 2018 draft, and at that point, many believed he was the future quarterback of the team. There is still a chance that could be, but it won’t be anytime soon, and that is something Rudolph is okay with. Ben Roethlisberger signed an extension […]

Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown clearly wasn’t a fan of Ben Roethlisberger but the team’s current number one receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is. On Saturday afternoon Smith-Schuster posted standing alongside Roethlisberger with the caption “that’s my quarterback.” pic.twitter.com/fpHN5KdUPw — JuJu Smith-Schuster (@TeamJuJu) May 25, 2019 He also posted the Terrell Owens crying gif saying […]

Throw in linebacker Joey Porter as the latest former Pittsburgh Steelers player to criticize quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Porter, who was a teammate of Roethlisberger’s for three years from 2004 through 2006 and also served as a Steelers coach from 2014 through 2018, says that the 37-year-old abuses his authority: “It’s clear he has the power, […]

Antonio Brown may not be a fan of Ben Roethlisberger’s leadership, but that does not mean the rest of Roethlisberger’s teammates feel the same way. Second-year wide receiver James Washington, whom Roethlisberger criticized on his radio show at one point this past season, said he takes no issues with Roethlisberger’s leadership style. “He’s a captain,” […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been engulfed in drama as long as anybody can remember at this point. The Antonio Brown saga was the dominating storyline of the NFL offseason, and the Steelers are just looking to put it behind them at some point. For the first time since Brown’s trade to the Raiders went down, […]

It has been quite an eventful offseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers. as a result, it seems quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is going to make sure he is with the team as much as possible. The Steelers have undergone some significant changes to their roster this offseason. According to Will Graves of the Associated Press, Roethlisberger plans […]

During an interview with Bob Pompeani of WDKA, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger apologized for his role in the feud between him and now former Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. In addition to saying he was sorry, he also said that he and Brown were among the best quarterback-receiver duos in the history of the […]

With Antonio Brown gone the Pittsburgh Steelers need guys to step up, and Ben Roethlisberger thinks JuJu Smith-Schuster is someone that can do that. Roethlisberger has talked to Smith-Schuster a lot this offseason and knows that he is doing everything in his power to be that guy. “I’ve talked to [Smith-Schuster] a lot, I’ve been […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said back in March that he wasn’t going to do his weekly radio show anymore, but it appears he might be having a change of heart. A lot of last years radio show involved Roethlisberger bashing his teammates, so it made sense that someone probably suggested he not do it […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger apologized to former teammate Antonio Brown during an interview with KDKA’s Bob Pompeani that will air on Monday night, taking responsibility for their poor relationship as Steelers teammates. “I took some heat and deservedly so for some of the comments on that show and especially towards him,” Roethlisberger said, via […]

The small feud between quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wide receiver Antonio Brown was a huge reason why the Pittsburgh Steelers ended up dealing away their superstar receiver. With Brown now gone, Roethlisberger has opened up, acknowledging his part of the deterioration of the relationship between the two of them. During a sit-down interview with KDKA’s […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hasn’t talked much this offseason about Antonio Brown and all the criticism he has received but it appears he is about ready to finally open up. Bob Pompeani, the KDKA TV sports director, tweeted out Sunday night that Roethlisberger will have a one-on-one interview with the station that will discuss […]

Ben Roethlisberger and some of his Steelers teammates had a bit of team-building fun on Wednesday. Big Ben, who signed a two-year extension with the Steelers earlier this offseason, invited his teammates to his lake house in Georgia. JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner were among the players that shared videos of the afternoon on social media. The future Hall […]

It seems like most years Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger takes a lot of hits in the pocket and he always is banged up. According to Pro Football Focus, Roethlisberger led the league last year in the percentage of clean dropbacks last year coming in at 75.9 percent. Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Joe Flacco, and […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers recently signed quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to a two-year extension this offseason. So it should come as no surprise that he hopes to play through the 2021 NFL season. There has been plenty of speculation regarding how much longer Roethlisberger plans on being the quarterback for the Steelers. According to Sports Illustrated’s Albert […]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has taken his fair share of lumps this offseason, with many fans, media members and former teammates criticizing his leadership ability. The Steelers did clear the locker room of a guy who was a rather big problem in wide receiver Antonio Brown, and with running back Le’Veon Bell signing with […]

Just a few years ago, it looked like Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger might be done in a year or two, but now it’s really unclear how long he will last, and general manager Kevin Colbert doesn’t think he has an expiration date. Roethlisberger turned 37 years old just a few months ago, but Colbert […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to a contract extension with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Tuesday, but at first, the details were kind of fuzzy. Now, we have an idea of just what the new deal looks like. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Roethlisberger’s two-year extension will pay him $68 million, including a $37.5 million signing […]