…to the 2011 NFL Pro Bowl!!

The Pro Bowl is returning to Hawaii on January 30, 2011 – one week before Super Bowl XLV. It will be televised on FOX at 7:00 p.m.

Steelers on the ballot from the offense include Ben, Rashard Mendenhall, Antwaan Randle El, Mike Wallace, Hines Ward, David Johnson, Heath Miller, Flozell Adams, Max Starks, Trai Essex, Chris Kemoeatu, and Maurkice Pouncey.

Defensive players include Brett Keisel, Aaron Smith, Casey Hampton, James Harrison, LaMarr Woodley, James Farrior, Lawrence Timmons, Bryant McFadden, Ike Taylor, Troy Polamalu, and Ryan Clark.

Balloting will end on December 20th following the conclusion of the Monday Night Football game between the the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings.

Teams will be announced at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 28th on a special NFL Total Access 2011 Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network.


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

You can read more on the 2011 Pro Bowl here.

You can check out photos from the 2008 Pro Bowl here.

Ben Roethlisberger knows he going to get hit, but he stands in the pocket and still delivers the pass. This was a game where Big Ben took over…the Steelers are the best team in the league with Ben Roethlisberger. — Tom Waddle,  sports anchor for NFLN’s Game Day Scoreboard show.

It feels good to have Ben back, trust me! — Hines Ward, during his post-game interview with NFLN’s Jason La Canfora.

Post-Game Media Notes:

From the Palm Beach Post:

Roethlisberger was almost unstoppable in the second quarter, throwing a 21-yard touchdown pass to Hines Ward and a 53-yarder to Mike Wallace to help the Steelers’ take a 17-16 halftime lead.

Roethlisberger finished the half 12 of 16 for 195 yards and two touchdowns, while Ward had four catches for 93 yards and a touchdown. On Wallace’s touchdown, he slipped right past Jason Allen for an easy catch.

You can read the rest here.



From RotoWorld.com:

Mike Wallace caught two passes for 53 yards with a touchdown in Sunday’s win over the Dolphins.

Wallace hauled in one bomb from Ben Roethlisberger for his touchdown and had another one go off his fingertips. But Big Ben stayed away from Wallace and fed Hines Ward for much of the game because Vontae Davis was on Wallace. Things are still looking up for Wallace, beginning next week against the Saints. He’s primed for a big second half with Roethlisberger looking sharp.


You can read the rest here.



From ESPN‘s Stats and Info blog:

In his debut last weekend, Roethlisberger had trouble finding a rhythm when the Browns put five-or-more defensive backs on the field, completing only 53.3 percent of his passes with an interception. He was able to shake off the rust on Sunday, though, averaging over 11 yards per attempt and throwing two touchdowns when the Dolphins used at least five defensive backs.


You can read the rest here.



From the Sports Network:

Jeff Reed converted an 18-yard field goal with 2:26 remaining in regulation to lift the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 23-22 victory over the Miami Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium. Reed’s go-ahead kick followed a complicated ruling on a Ben […]

Ben sat down with WPXI-Channel 11 to chat about life, his faith, and the game of football….

You can check it out here!


*Thank you to Billie Jo!

Today, Ben announced the third and fourth grants of the 2010 season from The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund.

The Foundation will be distributing grants to both the North Miami Beach and the City of North Miami Police Departments, where the Steelers will play this weekend against the Dolphins.

Thomas A. Carney, Director of Police Services and Chief of Staff for the North Miami Beach Police Department said, “We are greatly appreciate of the donation by Mr. Roethlisberger. Our K-9 dogs are very important to our officers who risk their lives every day to protect our community. In these difficult budgetary times, we must rely more and more on outside sources of funding to support our officers’ efforts. This grant will provide our officers with additional resources to protect the citizens of North Miami Beach.”

Larry Juriga, Assistant Chief of Police of the North Miami Police Department said of their grant, “The North Miami Police Department is truly thankful to The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation for its generous support. The foundation’s grant will provide much needed equipment to protect our K-9’s, who in turn, will protect our officers and citizens. Our partnership with the foundation will add significantly to the success of our mission.”


For more information on The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation, check out the Foundation page.

For more information on The Giving Back Fund, please contact Stephanie Sandler at (310) 649-5222 or visit their website.

“He’s an extra-large version of Rodgers.” — Miami Dolphins linebacker Cameron Wake on Ben, from the article below.

From the Miami Sun-Sentinel this afternoon:

Cameron Wake reached out with his left hand last Sunday and sacked Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers by the ankle from a prone position.

What are the chances of Wake pulling off another one-handed takedown this weekend against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger?

“Uh, probably not going to happen,” Wake says. “He’s an extra-large version of Rodgers.”

At 6 feet 5 and 241 pounds, Roethlisberger has his Packers counterpart by three inches and more than 20 pounds.

“He’s a big joker,” Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder says. “You grab Roethlisberger’s ankle, he’s going to kick you in the head and take off running.”

Big Ben’s mental clock

“It’s a double-edged sword,” Roethlisberger says. “You live by it and die by it. We got some big plays from it, and we got some big negative plays from it. People ask me why I don’t go down, but I think it’s just my competiveness.”

That mental clock, the one that tells quarterbacks when it’s time to get the ball out? Big Ben’s moves way slower than most others.

“I don’t want to give up on any play,” he says. “Maybe sometimes I should, but it’s just hard to tell me to do that.”

Some of Roethlisberger’s greatest plays have featured him shrugging off pass rushers the way a horse sheds flies, then firing downfield to beat a secondary that can’t possibly hold up that long in pass coverage.

It happened on the game-winning pass to Santonio Holmes in the Super Bowl two years ago against Karlos Dansby’s Cardinals. It happened to the Dolphins in January in a 30-24 season-ending loss.

Big Ben went down three times in that game, but it could have been several more.

“We had some opportunities to get him down and we didn’t get him down,” Dolphins coach Tony Sparano says. “He can kill you when that doesn’t happen. We’ve got to get this guy down on the ground.”

You can read the rest here.

Ben also spoke to the Miami Sun-Sentinel’s Steve Svekis today, you can read his short Q&A here.



Quote of the Day:

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Carlee spoke about Ben during the Big 12 Women’s Basketball Media Day this afternoon at the Sprint Arena in Kansas City, Missouri…


From a re-cap of Media Day featured in the Kansas City Star this evening:

Oklahoma forward Carlee Roethlisberger was happy to see her older brother, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, back in the lineup after his four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

“It was refreshing to see him back in there,” said Carlee. “He wants to be the same person that he’s always been on the football field, but off the field, he’s needed to make a change, and with all my heart I believe he has. He’s my big brother, I’ve always been proud of him, and I’m always going to be here to support him, no matter what he goes through.”


You can read the full recap of the Big 12’s Media Day here.

You can see photos from Media Day here.