“I wasn’t super sharp this game. Our game plan was, whether I was playing or Landry was playing, was to run the ball and run it a lot…We did a lot of running the ball, and that was the game plan going in and I just never got myself into a good rhythm until late.” — Ben.

Recap from Ben’s show this morning, courtesy of 93.7 The Fan & CBS-Pittsburgh:

Coming off a disappointing loss to the Baltimore Ravens, Ben Roethlisberger joined “The Cook and Poni Show” for the weekly “#1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show.”

Today, he talked about the process that led to him getting the start after missing the previous game.

“I was just telling Coach [Tomlin], ‘Hey, here’s how I feel,’ on Saturday morning, and he said, ‘Alright, well we don’t have to make a decision yet, let’s wait until Sunday.’ So, Sunday morning, he sent me a text when I woke up that said ‘Hey, how you feeling? Lets make a decision when I get to the stadium after you kind of do some stuff on it.’ I found out probably about two hours before kickoff that I was going to be the starter.”

After playing on the surgically repaired knee, Ben reported there were no setbacks.

“Obviously, I’m sore, not just my knee. My shoulders are sore, my hips are sore, I mean everything is sore. But no, I don’t believe I had any setbacks by playing,” he said.

Ben talked about his poor performance, but didn’t attribute it to rust. He said a large part of the game plan was to run the ball, which didn’t let him get into a rhythm until late.

After the game on Sunday, wide receiver Antonio Brown met with reporters and talked about the need for other players to step up. Ben was asked about those comments.

“He’s right, people need to step up, myself included. We need AB to step up when the time calls for it, we need Le’Veon, everybody needs to step up when called upon. Guys need to make plays. Not just the routine easy ones, but we need guys to step up and make tough ones. And like I said, it starts with me,” Ben said.

You can listen to Ben’s show here.

It was on Halloween night that little brother Bodie dressed as Chase, the police K9 puppy from the show PAW Patrol. But according to Baylee and Benjamin Jr. – PAW Patrol is THEIR favorite show!!

In fact, Benjamin Jr. (who will be 4 years old this month) can sing the PAW Patrol theme song all the way through….with passion, gusto, and Marshall’s dalmatian ears & fire helmet on. He wanted to perform it for Steeler Nation:

Today, Ben announced the sixth and seventh grants of the 2016 season from The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund.

The Foundation will be distributing grants to the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office and Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal, all in the Baltimore area where the Steelers play the Ravens on Sunday, November 6th.

During the 2016 NFL season, The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation is distributing grants to K-9 units of police and fire departments in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers. The Foundation will also distribute several grants to the Pittsburgh area. The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation invited police and fire departments across the country to submit proposals detailing their needs.

“We are exceptionally grateful to The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation for selecting the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office for this most gracious grant. The funds will be used to launch a much needed bloodhound unit at the Sheriff’s Office and thereby greatly enhance our search, rescue and tracking capabilities. A bloodhound unit has been a goal of the Sheriff’s Office for several years and this grant will finally bring it to fruition.” — Caroline County Sheriff Randy Bounds.

The Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal will use their funds to outfit each K-9 handler’s vehicle – a total of five vehicles – with a Pro-Gard Safestop System.

“The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal is extremely appreciative of the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation Grant Program. The $2,000 being received through this grant process will provide necessary Safestop Vehicle Anti-theft Systems for our K-9 Team vehicles. A K-9 vehicle must remain operating to allow for climate control inside the vehicle for the safety of the Accelerant and Bomb detection dogs.” — Maryland State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci.

Hey fans!

You can support future K-9 grants by joining Ben’s crowdfunding campaign on https://pledgeit.org/big-ben. Big Ben is pledging $1,000 per touchdown this season to his foundation. Supporters can increase the impact by pledging to donate any amount per touchdown.


For more information about the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation or The Giving Back Fund, please contact Charisse Browner or visit Ben’s foundation page or go to www.givingback.org.

Did you miss Ben’s show yesterday?

Re-cap provided by 93.7 The Fan & KDKA:

With a bye week to rest up his surgically repaired knee, Ben Roethlisberger joined “The Cook and Poni Show” for his weekly “#1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show” and talked about his progress.

Ben described his knee as “OK” and said he’ll “be careful” and addressed the contradicting reports that surfaced over the weekend.

“It’s amazing how these reports come out when it’s not like we had practiced all week. Nothing has happened. Nothing has changed since last week when I did some individual work. I’m not really sure where the reports come from,” he said.

Ben takes as many hits, if not more, than any other quarterback in the league. The one quarterback on par with him is Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers. Newton spoke out this week about the hits he has been taking and how he sometimes doesn’t feel safe on the field.

Ben shared some advice he’d give Newton about protecting himself.

“The thing I would say to Cam is, he is a big guy. He is a guy that makes plays when he shrugs people off, or he makes people miss. The other thing that when I was talking to some of the guys yesterday at practice, you know, we were discussing this…the thing that I would say to him is, that’s their offense. Maybe he should also talk to Coach [Ron] Rivera. Their offense is a read option, they do a lot of running of the quarterback, so he’s going to take a lot of hits. The referees, they walk a fine line and a judgement sometimes of, is he a runner? Is he a quarterback? Is he in the pocket? Is he out of the pocket?”

Ben went on to talk about what it’s like for the bigger quarterbacks in the NFL.

“It is different when you’re a big guy like he is and I’ve kind of gotten used to it myself. You’ve just got to deal with it. That’s what I’ve done and he’ll be fine. He’s a big guy and he still makes a lot of guys, linebackers and lineman included, look small,” he said.

After seeing the second tie in the NFL this year, and this one happening within the division, Ben was asked […]