The Ben Roethlisberger Football Camp is back!!

Tell your mom & dad that my dad’s camp is open for registration! I’m hoping that this year he’ll let me help out. I had so much fun last year watching all the big kids play football and learn stuff! Where’s my jersey? — Benjamin, Jr.

You don’t have to wait until Spring this year to register your child to attend the Ben Roethlisberger ProCamps Football Camp – you can sign up today with our special discount code below.

The Camp is open to boys and girls, grades 1 through 8.

Ben will be joined by a selection of the top prep and college coaches from the area.

Each day, the campers will experience various stations, specializing in fundamental skills of football.


Individual groups will be small to assure that each camper gets maximum instruction.

Ben will give daily talks highlighting the finer points of the game of football and beyond. Parents and guests will be able to listen to camp guests in designated areas at each location.

And you never know who will show up to help out #7!

Kids that have attended Ben’s Camp have had the opportunity to meet and get instruction from Brett Keisel, David DeCastro & and Kelvin Beachum, Charlie Batch, and even Coach Tomlin, who helped judge the races last year!

And Ben’s camp is always a family affair! You’re sure to see Ashley & Baylee, his parents Ken & Brenda, and of course, Lil’ Ben!

“Jonathan had a blast and will be back next year. I am VERY impressed with the camp. My stepmother actually got to tell Ben that her grandson won the contest. I actually had the opportunity to tell Ben thanks myself; he is a great guy. Ben told Jonathan, ‘nice catch!’ and it made his day!” – William Porter, PA

Dates: June 15th & 16th, 2015


Times: 09:00 AM – 12:30 PM


Place: Seneca Valley High School, Harmony, PA


Cost: $199. Use the code BigBen7 for $20 off the registration fee.

“We just got back from Ben’s camp in Harmony, PA. It was truly amazing! Still in awe right now, actually. I just can’t believe someone of Ben’s fame or standing was so attentive. He never seemed to take a break and was always on the […]

Just in case you missed Ben’s radio appearance today…

“I think I’m proudest of the offense as a whole. I got up in front of the offense at training camp and said why not us? Why can’t the offense be the reason that we have success this year? We had a lot of young guys this year that stepped up and we became one of the best offenses in the NFL.”

A re-cap from CBS Pittsburgh:

Coming off the Steelers 30-17 playoff loss at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger joined “The Cook and Poni Show” for his weekly “Ben Roethlisberger Show” in which he recapped the loss, the season as a whole and talked about his future with the Steelers as he enters the offseason with just one year remaining on his contract.

Things opened up with Roethlisberger first addressing the rumors circulating that he suffered a concussion late in the game against the Ravens.

“No, and we’ve got the best doctors in the world,” Roethlisberger told us. “Us players, we are honest with our doctors, and they are the ones that determine, along with us, if we are ok to go back in the game and like I said afterwards, it was more about my neck and a whiplash effect than it was a concussion.”

Looking back on the game overall, Roethlisberger talked about where it got away from them.

“They’re a good football team, and we didn’t make the plays from the quarterback to the running back, receivers, tight end, O-line, coaches. That was a team loss and we all take that and we all take ownership in it,” he said.

It was obvious watching the game that the offense was lacking without All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell. Roethlisberger discussed just how much his presence was missed.

“He’s first team All-Pro. Any time you don’t have a guy like that out there and what he has brought to this team and this offense this year, you miss him. But, I also don’t want to take anything away from what the guys did that were out there. I thought they stepped up and did what they had to do. But, to answer your question, we missed him, he’s one of the best in the NFL.

Talking about the season as a whole, Roethlisberger […]

it’s Steeler Nation with a post FOR Ben.


Emails, Facebook comments & tweets have been streaming in with thoughts and messages (and even a few photos) that the fans wanted to share with #7. The sample below doesn’t come close to the amount received, but hoping Ben knows how much respect Steeler Nation has for him and the Steelers, and their season:


“Tell Ben no matter what, we know he played his hardest and should be very proud of his season. He lead an explosive offense and had one heck of a year. Also let him no Lil’ Ben is his biggest fan and will be excited to see his QB out next year to get us number 7. Thank you for an amazing year and have fun in the pro bowl. No matter what your the best quarter back to play in a black n gold uniform and number one in our hearts!” — Brian Goodson


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So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit, it’s when things seem worse that you mustn’t quit. @_BigBen7 that poem is deep!


“Big Ben, I’m a no-name electronics engineering technician that only ever dreams of playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and I wanted to thank you and the rest of the team for being heroes. I know playing the Ravens is hard and missing key players doesn’t help, but I want you to keep know I saw you play your heart out on that field tonight and I know you’ll always put 200% out there any time. Next year is gonna be even better and with any luck the Lombardi might just be in reach. Even though this message is for Ben a special shoutout to every player that makes this team great I know you all are exceptional players! Always root for you guys. Thank you soooo muchhh!” — Austin Reynold

“You never have to apologize for what you do for the team and the City. It was great watching the team and you have a great season #1QB #1guy” — Matt Harris

Jean Trail You did your best. We love you…thank you. Feel bad today and then be done with that. On to next year!!


Misty Clark Ben you are a good player. You do put your hear […]

“I didn’t play well enough to win, and guys look at me as the leader and the quarterback to make plays and I didn’t do that. I want to apologize to the fans, my teammates, to the organization, to the Rooneys and to the coaches. I wish that I could apologize to everybody individually.” — Ben

On his individual records this season:

“I don’t really care about what I did. I’m proud of the way that this team bounced back from the last two years and got back to the playoffs. I’m proud of the way a lot of the young guys stepped up.”



And from Ian O’Conner, at ESPN.com this morning:


Ben Roethlisberger was done with the traditional handshake or three, done meeting the obligations of a losing quarterback, when he lowered his chin and jogged toward the Heinz Field staircase that would take him down into the winter of his discontent.

Fans leaned hard over the railing and shouted his name. One swung his hand and grazed the top of the QB’s helmet. Roethlisberger didn’t stop. He shook his head ever so gently from left to right, letting everyone know this wasn’t the time or place for eye contact or small talk or even a halfhearted high five.

This one hurt a ton.

It really wasn’t Roethlisberger’s fault, of course, not when you consider Bell’s absence, the lack of worthy substitutes and the pressure all that put on the quarterback. Roethlisberger ended up with a workable box score — 31 completions on 45 attempts, 334 yards, one touchdown pass, one interception that came on a deflection and another that came on a desperate endgame scramble after he was driven head-first into the grass and knocked from the game.

“I was kind of laying down there,” Roethlisberger said, “and wanted to make sure I could feel everything.”

He banged his passing hand on someone or something with 1:06 left and the season already lost, the final indignity on a night full of them. This was supposed to be Roethlisberger’s year too. He had outplayed the two AFC elders who had owned his position, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, and he appeared primed to carry his team on a deep postseason run.

Yes, in Bell and Antonio Brown, Roethlisberger played the regular season in the company of the […]

…is a big compliment!


From Bob Labriola at Steelers.com this morning:

The Steelers have made the mistake of depending upon an injured RB in the playoffs before.

Saw the playoff runs in both 1996 and 2001 die at least partly as a result of the decision to play an injured franchise running back.

In 1996, the defending AFC Champion Steelers crushed Indianapolis, 42-14, in the Wild Card Round at Three Rivers Stadium, a game in which Jerome Bettis rushed 25 times for 102 yards, scored two touchdowns, and sustained a significant groin injury. Bettis gutted out 13 carries for 43 yards the following weekend, but the Steelers lost to the Patriots, 28-3, in the Foxborough fog.

In 2001, the 13-3 Steelers entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the AFC, and Jerome Bettis had been the hub of the offense while rushing for 1,072 yards in 11-plus games that season before injuring a groin on Dec. 9. After the bye, the Steelers’ first game in the 2001 playoffs was a rubber match against the Ravens, but the plan to return Bettis to the lineup was sabotaged when his whole leg accidently was numbed during a pregame injection. The Steelers still crushed the Ravens, 27-10. Bettis would play the next weekend, but he was neither healthy nor in sync with what the offense had become, and as a result he was ineffective in a 24-17 loss to the Patriots at Heinz Field.

Le’Veon Bell’s injury and where this Steelers offense is right now in its development creates a completely, completely different situation for this team than was the reality for the 1996 and 2001 Steelers teams. But there is an underlying lesson, and that is this: don’t hang the team’s hopes on an injured player.

Of course the glaring difference between this team and those is that this one has Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback and those didn’t.

For everything he contributed to the Steelers getting to January with an 11-5 record and a division championship in the hopper, Le’Veon Bell isn’t the Steelers best offensive player. Back then, Jerome Bettis WAS the Steelers. This leads to one final point about the election of Le’Veon Bell as the Steelers MVP this year. What should be reiterated is that this was the outcome of […]

Did you miss Ben’s radio show this morning on 93.7 The Fan? No worries, we have the highlights:

Coming off a win against the Cincinnati Bengals that locked up the No. 3-seed in the playoffs and a first-round home game against the Baltimore Ravens, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger joined “The Cook and Poni Show” for his weekly “Ben Roethlisberger Show.”

The biggest storyline coming out of that victory over the Bengals was the knee injury suffered by running back Le’Veon Bell that has his status for the first round of the playoffs in question. Roethlisberger addressed that injury and whether or not he expects to have the team MVP in the backfield this week.

“You know what, I’m not sure,” Roethlisberger said. “I talked to him a little bit yesterday, he seemed to be in good spirits, he seemed to be doing well, but I’m not a doctor so I can’t tell you exactly what’s going on. He’s going to have to just see how he progresses throughout the week. He’ll do everything he can I know to get on that field.”

If the team is without Bell, Roethlisberger gave us a glimpse into what the offense could look like.

“I don’t know if we’ll have to revamp it considerably,” Ben speculated. “We’ll get some runs that the other guys are best at, we’ll make sure that everyone is ready to go with maybe some no-huddle, more passing maybe, some empty stuff. We’ll see, we’ll kind of put together a plan and see how it goes throughout the week.”

When asked if the Steelers keep track of what the Ravens are doing like the Ravens keep tabs on them, Ben said he personally doesn’t worry about what their rivals are doing on a week to week basis. “I don’t, not unless we’re getting ready to play them…It’s got to be about you and about your team.”

Ben also looked at what the future may hold for offensive coordinator Todd Haley as he’s leading one of the league’s top offenses and may be a candidate for one of the four head coaching spots already opened up across the NFL.

“He’s done it, he’s been there, he’s done that. I think it’s just a matter if he wants […]