Birthday Wishes for Ben
It’s our Dad’s birthday….Celebrate! Celebrate! We are thankful for our nature walks and all the adventures you take us on. We love spending time with you! Happy Birthday, Daddy!— Benjamin, Baylee & Bodie (who wanted to come up with their very own message for their daddy’s birthday).
Grateful to be journeying through this life with you and growing together in wisdom and in love every day. Happy 38 years my love! — Ashley.
Heads-up Steelers Nation!
The end of February is almost here…
Sugarlands Distilling Company is excited to support the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation during the month of February for our 2020 Honoring America’s Heroes MoonShare campaign.
This organization supports police and fire departments throughout the U.S. with an emphasis on support for K-9 units and service dogs.
The proceeds of our MoonShare t-shirt sales through March 2nd (Ben’s birthday) will be donated to the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation to fund grants to K-9 Units and service dogs at police stations and fire departments across the country.
Steelers GM Kevin Colbert: ‘Could be a better Ben’
From Bob Labriola, Steelers.com:
Roethlisberger had a Feb. 21 appointment in California with Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who had performed the surgery, and the speculation was that he could be cleared to begin throwing a Nerf football. But the video showed Roethlisberger throwing what looked to be a regulation football, which has been interpreted as a good sign.
“We saw the video. Ben was with (Steelers head athletic trainer) John Norwig when they visited the doctors out in California. That video was posted (of him throwing), which was very encouraging, but what we re-emphasized is we love the progress but we don’t play until September. We’ll continue to follow the doctor’s orders, and we’ll continue to encourage Ben. But what’s exciting about it is we might have a better Ben Roethlisberger coming out of this surgery. He sat for a year, he didn’t have wear and tear on his body for a year. Sure, he had a significant surgery, but we’re optimistic he might be better.”
Colbert then was asked to address whether the progress presented in the video might alter the timeline for Roethlisberger’s return to football activity:
“The timeline is always going to be that we want to have Ben ready for regular season game No. 1, whenever that is. We’ll follow the doctor’s orders to a ‘T.’ John Norwig will follow the rehab at the doctor’s orders as well. With a guy like Ben, you have to be careful to hold him back a little bit if he progresses maybe a little too aggressively because we have to make sure he is there for September whenever our first game is.
“Everyone understands that game days are most important, but participating in minicamps, OTAs, whatever he can, will be part of him having a great season, but again, we’re really thinking we’re not worried about the surgery because it might be a better result. I’m excited and encouraged about where he can go.”
Colbert expanded a bit on some of the reasons why he’s “excited and encouraged” about where Roethlisberger can go. The fact there was no wear and tear on his body that comes from an NFL season, this offseason can be spent attacking the rehab on his elbow while not having to endure, for example, knee pain, shoulder stiffness, and anything else that could result from 16 games of professional football: […]
Having a ‘World’ of fun…
What an amazing day! Thank you to everyone at SeaWorld San Diego for a day our family will never forget. — Ben, Ashley, Benjamin, Baylee & Bodie.
02/22/2020
“It was a good report. I got to bypass the tennis ball throwing for a month and go right to the football. Still going to be about two & a half-three months until I get total clearance from the doctor but we are doing good!
“It felt amazing to throw. It was hard to hold the smile in. Two more throwing sessions while I’m out here in California, and then headed back to the ‘burgh.”