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Today: 2012 Pro Bowl voting opens

Vote for Ben and his teammates to play in the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl!!

The NFL is back in Hawaii for the 2012 Pro Bowl. The annual contest of the AFC and NFC’s best will take place Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012 at Aloha Stadium.

Steelers on the ballot from the offense include Ben, Rashard Mendenhall, Mike Wallace, Antonio Brown, Hines Ward, David Johnson, Heath Miller, Marcus Gilbert, Max Starks, Ramon Foster, Chris Kemoeatu, and Maurkice Pouncey.

Defensive players include Brett Keisel, Ziggy Hood, Casey Hampton, James Harrison, LaMarr Woodley, James Farrior, Lawrence Timmons, William Gay, Ike Taylor, Troy Polamalu, and Ryan Clark.

Balloting is open until Monday, Dec. 19 at the conclusion of Monday Night Football (Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers, 8:30 p.m.).

The Pro Bowl teams will be announced at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27 on a special NFL Total Access 2012 Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network.

Being selected to appear in the Pro Bowl is a big honor for players! Let’s show our team how much we support their selection – vote early, vote often!


You can vote for the Black & Gold as many times as you like, just click here!

You can read more on the 2012 Pro Bowl here.

You can check out photos from Ben’s participation in the 2008 Pro Bowl here.



And while you’re in the voting mood…

Vote for Ben for the FedEx NFL Air Player of the Week!

Ben completed 26 passes for 361 yards and 3 touchdowns in the Steelers 32-20 win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Voting ends on Friday at 3:00 PM.

Ben was nominated in Week 5 after he threw for 228 yards and 5 touchdowns against the Titans, but Packers fans beat out Steelers fans in the voting making Aaron Rodgers the winner with a total of 365 yards and just 2 touchdowns! Come on Steelers fans, we can do better than that!

Vote for Ben here.


And…

Vote for the Ben to Mike Wallace “historic” touchdown as the GMC Never Say Never moment of Week 7!

From NFL.com:

Historic play lifts Steelers over Cardinals – Backed up at their own 5-yard line after a false-start penalty and up by only a touchdown over the Arizona Cardinals, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers knew history wasn’t […]

By |October 25th, 2011|

Ben: Steelers Digest Player of the Week

From Bob Labriola at Steelers.com this morning:

The Steelers were in control throughout because their offense was in control, which meant their quarterback was in control.

Ben Roethlisberger completed 26 of 39 for 361 yards and three touchdowns, which was good for a 121.8 passer rating.

In addition, Roethlisberger engineered scoring drives that answered Cardinals’ scoring drives, which allowed the Steelers to maintain their lead.


You can read more here.


You can check the post below for more post-game info!



And…

Congratulations to Carlee and the Sooners!

From the College State Collegian:

The Wildcats appeared to be going up two sets to one against Oklahoma Saturday in Norman. However, an eight point run by Oklahoma gave them a victory in the third set and the Wildcats never recovered as they lost the match in four sets. (20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 21-25).

In the third set, the Wildcats and Sooners battled, but then a run by the Wildcats gave them a 22-17 lead. The Wildcats were only three points away from winning the match. However, Carlee Roethlisberger, the younger sister of Super Bowl quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, had two kills during the run as the Sooners came back for the victory.


You can read more about the Sooners’ victory here.


By |October 24th, 2011|

Steelers 32, Cardinals 20

“Another banner day for Big Ben!” CBS NFL game announcer Dan Dierdorf during final minutes of 4th quarter.


“It’s just fun to get everyone involved. I still don’t think we are there. I think we are getting closer. There are still some things we can do to get better but that is good. It is early in the year still and we need to make those improvements. We don’t want to be just clicking at 100 percent now. We want to be winning games and moving forward.” — Ben, post-game.



Big Ben throws longest pass in Steelers history in win

From CBS Sports post-game:

In the long history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, there has never been a pass like it, and the play set the tone for a big day.

Roethlisberger, 26 of 39 for 361 yards, also had TD passes of 12 yards to Heath Miller and 4 yards to Emmanuel Sanders in the first game between the teams since Pittsburgh’s 27-23 thriller over the Cardinals in the 2009 Super Bowl.

Shaun Suisham kicked field goals of 41, 42 and 39 yards for the Steelers.

The big play from Roethlisberger to Wallace, cheered on by a crowd that included a generous and boisterous bunch of Steelers fans, came in the second quarter after an Arizona drive stalled at the Steelers 39 and Dave Zastudil’s 30-yard punt pinned Pittsburgh on its 9-yard line. A false start pushed it back to the Steelers 5.

On the next play, Roethlisberger dropped back into the Pittsburgh end zone and lofted a pass down the sideline toward Wallace, who had beaten cornerback Richard Marshall.

Wallace caught the ball in stride, breaking free of a pair of would-be tacklers along the way, and raced to the end zone for the score that made it 14-0 with 8:09 left in the half.

“You put it out there for a guy like that and you start smiling. because you know he is not going to get caught.” — Ben, talking about Mike Wallace.



The previous longest pass play was 90 yards, first set by Terry Bradshaw against Seattle in 1981, then matched by Bubby Brister to Dwight Stone against Denver […]

By |October 23rd, 2011|

This Sunday…

From Steelers.com today:

Ben….

– Will look to set a new career-long with seventh consecutive game of at least 200 yards passing.

– With a win will improve to 21-7 as a starting quarterback in the month of October.

– Is five pass attempts shy of 3,000 for his career, making him the second quarterback in franchise history to reach the mark (Bradshaw, 3,901).


You can read more from their Steelers vs Cardinals review here.


By |October 21st, 2011|

Ben’s Foundation: Avondale, AZ receives grant

Ben announced the fourth grant of the 2011 season from The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund today.

The foundation will be distributing a grant to the Avondale Police Department, in Avondale, AZ, just outside of Phoenix where the Steelers will play the Cardinals on Sunday, October 23rd.

“The Avondale Police Department is proud to receive the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation Grant”, said Avondale Police Chief Kevin Kotsur. “It was not without our partnership with the Boys and Girls club of Metropolitan Phoenix and the Tri-City West/Thornwood Branch whose sponsorship made this grant possible.

“The grant was made specifically to the Avondale Police Department’s K-9 unit who will be using the monies granted for much needed equipment, ballistic vest made for K-9’s and in service training for the handlers and service dogs as well,” the Chief continued. “We can’t thank the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation enough for their consideration of our team.”

The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation is distributing grants to police and fire departments in Pittsburgh and in the cities and surrounding communities of each regular season away game for the Steelers in the 2011 season. Last summer, Ben invited police and fire departments in the local areas of those nine cities to submit proposals detailing their needs.


For more information:

Check out Ben’s Foundation page here and the Giving Back Fund’s website here.



NFL Stat of the Day:

“Ben Roethlisberger (61.1 percent), Donovan McNabb (54.3), Jay Cutler (50.9) and Cam Newton (50.0) are the only players completing at least half their passes under duress.” — Mike Sando, NFL Nation blog at ESPN.com.


By |October 20th, 2011|

The Steelers “Make a Wish” come true

From WTAP-Channel 5 reporter Rich Donnelly today:

Trenton Lockhart is a 15-year-old who loves football, his family and the Pittsburgh Steelers. But unlike many other teenagers, Trenton has a form of autism that prevents him from grabbing and throwing objects like a football.

The Make-a-Wish Foundation helped Trenton enjoy the sport he loves and meet his favorite player, Ben Roethlisberger.


You can watch video of Mr. Donnelly’s report here.



Also Today:

From Ben’s Wednesday meeting with the media

Ben Roethlisberger has been doing some serious campaigning these days, getting in the ear of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians with his plea to run the no-huddle offense.

“I feel we can change it up,” said Roethlisberger. “It’s a weapon for us. We just haven’t had a chance to get into it yet. I wanted to get into it last week. I love doing it. We have so many weapons we need to utilize it.”

Roethlisberger doesn’t think using it on the road is a problem and would welcome it this week against the Arizona Cardinals or at any week for that matter.

“I would like to do it every game regardless of how we are doing,” said Roethlisberger. “Traditionally we have gotten into it when we have struggled on offense. I went to (Arians) the last game at the eight minute mark after we went a couple of three and outs to try to change up the tempo and the pace. We usually go to it when things aren’t clicking on offense.”


You can read at Steelers.com!



And:

Ben was a guest on Jim Rome is Burning on ESPN2 at 4:30 this afternoon. Some of the highlights of his interview:

Jim Rome: Who and what are the Pittsburgh Steelers?

Ben: “We’re starting to get an identity. I guess on offense if we’re going to have some good quarters, some bad quarters, I guess it’s good that we’re 4-2 because hopefully when we do find out who we are as a team we can play a little better.”


Jim Rome: Why do you think the offense has been so up and down?

Ben: “Well, I think we’ve dealt with our share of injuries early on, we’ve rotated and plugged guys in and out, we’ve got some young guys still…we’re still just trying to get to know each other […]

By |October 19th, 2011|