Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger downplayed the potential for issues with understudy Mason Rudolph after helping the rookie during Tuesday's organized team activities.
Joe Rutter of the Tribune-Review provided comments from Roethlisberger, who said his previous remark about how Rudolph "doesn't need me" wasn't analyzed properly.
"I think people took some things that I said in a context that I was going to be mean or rude or whatever," Roethlisberger said. "That was not it at all. If you listen to the whole conversation, I said it in jest and was laughing and having fun.