Big Ben rejoins Steelers, in shape
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ben Roethlisberger took the field with his teammates on Tuesday but will not talk to the media, while Jim Wexell of SteelCityInsider.com reports that Big Ben is in “much better shape” than he was a couple of months ago.
Roethlisberger appeared to be overweight when he showed up to workouts in March, but it’s not unusual for him to be out of shape at this point during the year. If Wexell’s report is true and he’s in much better shape now, maybe the events that transpired over these last couple of months woke him up.
And what a relief that would be for the Steelers. They don’t need Roethlisberger to clean up his act until he gets back from his suspension and then fall right back into the same pitfalls that got him in trouble in the first place. They need him to make wholesale changes so they don’t have to make a drastic decision, such as dumping him entirely.
Time will tell if the new, slimmer Big Ben has improved his decision-making.
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Why does ben have to make “wholesale” changes? All we’re talking about is an image. If he did it or not is still up in the air. I can’t say I’ll lean either way.
Problem is the media will ride this as long as possible..and probably longer. The fans act like they have a team that represents some higher power. It’s garbage.
I love the Steelers and they have been a stand up organization for a long time. They have also had their fair share of misfits…and they were all proven to be misfits by the way. All Ben needs to do at this point is make it look like he’s doing OK. That’s all that got him in this mess…the image he put out. The media blew it up and fans came out of the woodwork with “first hand” experience of him being a d*ck. After he makes it look like he’s doing OK…the real task to getting him over the hump (i guess the pun was intended)…he needs to win some games. After that, not too many people will talk about it or care…imho.