Look where Benjamin and I went today – the Pittsburgh Zoo (it was just a day for us big kids, Bodie didn’t go)!

From Terry Bradshaw’s interview with Teresa Varley at Steelers.com:

As the Steelers are set to embark on the 2016 season, Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw weighed in on quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in this exclusive interview. Bradshaw ranked Roethlisberger at the top of all quarterbacks in the league, and explains why the Steelers’ signal caller is such a special player.

“I would rate Ben right on top of the list, ahead of (Tom) Brady for sure and anybody else, (Philip) Rivers, Eli (Manning). He is big, strong, and poised,” said Bradshaw.

“I would start with the most important thing a quarterback has to be, poised. If you panic in that pocket you are no good. I don’t care what else is there, you have to be poised.

“Ben has amazing talent, strong arm, strong guy, big in big games, clutch throws, makes somethings happen. I have always admired him. I have the greatest respect for the job he has done and how he handles himself as a professional.

“The offense they are running is just amazing. The job he does and how he stands in there is impressive. It’s been years of solid, exceptional quarterback play. He could have been the MVP in the league last year if he would have stayed healthy. I am not saying this because I am a Steeler and trying to suck up to anybody. I am just telling you he is special, different.

“I’ll take Roethlisberger over any of those guys.”


You can read more here.



Also Today:

The 2016 Ben Roethlisberger Show premiered on 93.7 The Fan today:

It’s a new season and a new edition of Ben’s popular 30 minute show with Cook & Poni –

Ben opened things up talking about the preseason being over and his excitement to get out there and play.

“We’re ready,” Ben said. “You get the preseason going, you’re playing your preseason games, you’re practicing against yourself and we just want to get out there and play football.”

The offense this season is going to start the year without Le’Veon Bell for the first 3 games and will be missing Martavis Bryant for the entire season due to suspensions and Ben talked about the guys who will step up in their absence.

“I think guys […]

“Just like the tradition of this team, it’s a humbling honor to be elected by your teammates to be a captain. To go in the archives with the greats who have played on this team is special.” — Ben, who is a captain for the eighth time.

From the Steelers website:

The Steelers selected four players to serve as team captains for the 2016 season, the team announced through a vote of their teammates today.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will serve as the offensive captain, cornerback William Gay and defensive end Cameron Heyward will serve as the defensive captains, and safety Robert Golden will serve as the special teams captain.

Roethlisberger has been selected as an offensive captain for the eighth time in his career (2008, ’09, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15 and ‘16). This marks Golden’s third consecutive year as a captain, and the second for Gay and Heyward. This is also the second consecutive season the four players have been named as captains together.


You can read more here.

And you can read why Zach Mettenberger was wearing #7 at practice today…and why Big Ben was wearing #5 right here.

Now it may have been Georgia Tech (Ben’s dad’s alma mater) vs Boston College in Dublin…


But that didn’t stop Irish fan Gordon Dedman from showing off his Steelers Nation Unite Terrible Towel while wearing Ben’s MU college jersey at the 2016 Aer Lingus College Football Classic.

Now that’s what you call REPRESENTIN’!!

And congratulations to Georgia Tech (Ben’s dad’s alma mater) on their 17-14 win!

“Hall of Famer John Stallworth thinks Ben Roethlisberger will land in Canton one day.” — Teresa Varley.

From Ms. Varley’s interview with Mr. Stallworth, Steelers.com:

Former wide receiver John Stallworth has his finger on the pulse of the Steelers as he has remained close to the team as a part of the Steelers’ ownership group. He keeps tabs on what is happening, and likes what he sees from this year’s team. And the words he had for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger when I caught up with him in Canton, Ohio, we’re Hall of Fame worthy.

Here is what Stallworth said about the 2016 season, Roethlisberger and, of course, the team’s receivers –

On the 2016 Steelers:

“The sky is the limit. We saw what they did last year when they had people injured and in limited roles. Ben (Roethlisberger) not being Ben because of injuries last year. Then losing running backs and receivers at times and we saw how well they performed. I think they are coming into this season with a world of confidence. I think they are tempering that confidence with experience that says we know we can do this, we know what we can do, but we don’t have to get beyond ourselves. I think they will do well in that role. Offensively they rank as one of the best offenses in the league. They have shown that and I think they will show that this season.”


On Ben Roethlisberger:

“He is one of the best at it right now. I have been there in the stadium and seen some of those throws he has made, on the money, at the right place. Had it been any other place position wise it would not have been a completion. He has done that, he has done it in the Super Bowl, in the late, waning moments of the Super Bowl hitting a guy in the corner of the end zone. He is a great quarterback, great timing, great arm, great passion and mind for the game.

“We are here, we are in Canton, and if he quits soon enough and I live long enough, I expect to see him here.”


On Roethlisberger and the Hall of Fame one day:

“You look at the body of work from season to season, the championships he has been […]