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Best Wishes for Big Ben

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Friends and former teammates:

Santonio Hol❌es Jr. ‏@ToneTime10
Get well soon my friend @_BigBen7


Max Starks IV ‏@maxstarks78
Prayers for my brother @_BigBen7, freak accidents happen at the worst time.


The Penguins head coach:

Mike Johnston ‏@MikeJohnstonHC
Best wishes to the @steelers and Ben Roethlisberger. Looked sharp in his first three games. Hope to see you back on the field soon.


And WPXI-Channel 11 in Pittsburgh to ALL Steelers fans:

WPXI ‏@WPXI
#SteelerNation – Let’s show our QB some support! RETWEET to wish @_BigBen7 a SPEEDY RECOVERY!



These little ladies are showing “signs of love” for #7:

Nina and Laken Smith –

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Allen Smith ‏@allnsmit
Get well soon Big Ben! #SNUproud #Superbowl50MVP @_BigBen7 @SteelersUnite @steelers


Kourtney Buster –

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Jamey Buster ‏@BusterJamey
@_BigBen7 @SteelersUnite @steelers Get well Ben, we’re praying for you a speedy and healthy recovery! #SNUproud ❤️


Chloe and Abbey Booth –

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“Both of our daughters, Chloe and Abbey, made get well signs for Big Ben. Chloe attended Ben’s Procamp this summer. They were sad to see him get hurt and are worried about him. So they hope the signs will cheer him up.” — Lisa Booth.


Mrs. Kolesar’s Algebra 10 class at Laurel Highlands High School added a special message to their Terrible Towel –

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Thurby Algebra ‏@ThurbyAlgebra
Sending “Get Well” wishes to our favorite QB!! @_BigBen7 @steelers



And our Tweet of the Week (even though it’s only Monday) has to go to James Shimkus, who borrowed a photo from the Steelers Game Day album, to tweet this message:

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James Shimkus ‏@james_shimkus
So many emotions with this picture. Speedy recovery so we can get down to business and make a run @_BigBen7



Once again, thank you to Steeler Nation for all these beautiful messages, tweets & emails!


By |September 28th, 2015|

Update on Ben’s injury

From Coach Tomlin:

“The MRI on Sunday night revealed Ben Roethlisberger had an MCL injury to his left knee. There is no timetable for his return, but Ben is a competitor and we are confident he will do everything in his power to return at the appropriate time.”


By |September 28th, 2015|

Game 3: Steelers win 12-6 over Rams

But Steeler Nation was too worried about #7, who suffered an injury in the 3rd quarter, to celebrate (he will have an MRI upon the team’s return to Pittsburgh).

His website’s Twitter and Facebook pages, as well as his email account, were flooded with well wishes even before the game ended…here is just a small sample. starting with Bruce Gradkowski and Jerome Bettis:

Bruce Gradkowski ‏@bgradkowski5
Great win #SteelerNation !!Thanks for the awesome support, felt like a home game!! Let’s pray for @_BigBen7 for a fast recovery #he’llbeback


Jerome Bettis ‏@JeromeBettis36
Hope this injury isn’t to serious! #SteelerNation is praying for you man! #PITvsSTL

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Susan Delucia ‏@steeleru7
@_BigBen7 So sad and sick to my stomach. A win isn’t worth losing you. Prayers up. @steelers @AntonioBrown84

Y’all don’t know how much he means to the team until he gets hurt.. So for those who have complained about him (not necessarily on this fb page, but on other pages, I’ve seen) now… It’s real.. And it’s sad.. Get Better Soon Ben we love you Ben. — Valerie Ivkovich


Stasi Lloyd ‏@iamstasi
Its great to be 2-1 but not at the expense of @_BigBen7 being hurt…I would rather be 1-2 with a healthy Ben


Emma Nutt ‏@Emzicles12
Hope your injury doesn’t keep you out for long @_BigBen7 we need you. Praying for a quick recovery #GetWellSoonBen #steelernation

“Prayers first and foremost for your health and your family.”— Dorothy Ripper Staub


Jamie Harding ‏@jamiekharding
When a W feels like a really big L. Get well soon, @_BigBen7. #weneedyou


Seabeewife26 ‏@ChristyNelsen
Hate to see @_BigBen7 go down. Prayers going up for the big guy. They breed us tough in Findlay!!


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Cathy H ‏@girlzrok9798
@steelers My friend, Delta Dave was at the game & this is for @_BigBen7 Get well we need u!


“So sorry you got hurt Ben. I will pray for you. Hope you get back in line up soon.” — Clara Jean John Yerick


Kelly Shearer ‏@Budkat8
@_BigBen7 praying for quick healing & recovery…we need our leader, hard to win without the best QB in […]

By |September 27th, 2015|

Ben’s foundation: Hazelwood PD (MO) receives grant

Today Ben announced the second grant of the 2015-16 season from the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund. The Foundation will be distributing a grant to the City of Hazelwood just northwest of St. Louis where the Steelers will play the Rams on September 27, 2015.

“The acquisition of a new canine will enable the HPD to improve its narcotic drug investigation and crime suspect apprehension capabilities in order to keep Hazelwood a safe community for its citizens.” — Greg Hall, Chief of Police, Hazelwood Police Department.



The Hazelwood Police Department (HPD) will apply the grant funds to the purchase and training of a new dog for their K-9 unit.

HazelwoodPD_OnyxxDuring the 2015-16 NFL season, The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation will be 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 and will consider a grant to a non-NFL market city in the United States for each playoff game in which the Steelers compete.

The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation invited police and fire departments across the country to submit proposals detailing their needs.

This marks the ninth season that the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation has distributed grants to K-9 units. The mission of the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation is to support K-9 units of police and fire departments throughout the United States, with a particular emphasis on support for service dogs in Pittsburgh, PA. Roethlisberger and the Foundation also support Make-A-Wish.

The Foundation distributed more than $130,000 in grants to K-9 units around the country during the 2014-15 NFL season and has distributed in excess of $1.3 million since 2007.

Hazelwood Police Captain, Mark McKeon, said, “I would like to thank the foundation and its employees for the great honor in being selected for this canine grant.”

Fans can support future K-9 grants by purchasing candy on Sarris Candies’ website, (www.SarrisCandiesFundraising.com), using a special purchase code (77-7777). Sarris will donate 25 percent of the purchase price to the Ben’s foundation.


For more information about Ben’s foundation, please contact Jessica Duffaut at www.givingback.org.


Photo: That’s Hazelwood Police K9 “Onyxx”, who is looking forward to having a new co-worker!


By |September 24th, 2015|

Congratulations to Ben!!!

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Pittsburgh Steelers ‏@steelers
Congratulations @_BigBen7 on being named AFC Offensive Player of the Week! #HereWeGo




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#MACtion ‏@MACSports
Congrats to Miami alum Ben Roethlisberger on being named the NFL’s AFC Offensive Player of the Week! #MACtion



Ben was 21-of-27 for 369 yards and three touchdowns in the Steelers’ win over the 49ers on Sunday.

This is the 12th time he has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Week, and the first time since taking home such honors in back-to-back weeks (Weeks 8-9) in 2014.



Also Today:

It’s Wednesday, and that means Ben spoke to the media after practice –

You can read a recap of his interview here.


By |September 23rd, 2015|

The Ben Roethlisberger Show

Did you miss Ben’s show this morning at 11AM on 98.7 The Fan with Cook and Poni?

Here is a recap:

092215Coming off a huge performance for the entire offense against the San Francisco 49ers, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger joined “The Cook and Poni Show” like he does every Tuesday at 11 a.m. and said despite how good they looked, they still have things they can clean up.

“We had some penalties that hurt us,” Roethlisberger said. “We had two, three-and-outs that shouldn’t have been three-and-outs. I mean, we stopped ourselves and that’s frustrating. I had a bad call in the no-huddle that resulted in only a one-yard run when it could have been more if I had checked out of the play…All-in-all, a win is a win.”

Despite those “miscues,” Roethlisberger still completed 21 of 27 attempts for 369 yards and three touchdowns, so they weren’t all that costly. However, it shows the offense is already clicking and primed for a big season.
The offense even had success in an area where they tend to struggle – the redzone. Roethlisberger described what was different for them this time and why they were so successful.

“I have to give Coach Haley a lot of credit,” Roethlisberger said. “I told him this Sunday night when I got home and texted him, I said, ‘You know coach, I give you credit,’ because when we were driving down the field in the no-huddle, we got down a couple of times to the 5-yard line, the 10-yard line, and sometimes even closer and typically, I would expect to hear in my head…ok, huddle up, we’re bringing out this goalline package, jumbo, him calling a play. He never once did that. That’s to his credit that he just kind of let us keep rolling in.”

Roethlisberger also talked about the team’s aggressive approach to extra points and going for two more times than electing to kick.

“We knew first touchdown we were going for two. The discussion then comes up on the second one, ‘What are we going to do?’ If we got the first one, then we may not do the second one, if we didn’t get the first one, then we may do the second one, that’s Coach Tomlin. We knew going in that we were going to go […]

By |September 22nd, 2015|