The best way to prepare for football and the physical contact that is endemic to it is to actually play ball and to take those hits. While the Pittsburgh Steelers are running 11-on-11 drills and tackling, for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, he still feels like a spectator as far as the physical aspect is concerned.
And that’s a problem for him coming back from a severe elbow injury and not having played since September. While speaking to reporters earlier today, he admitted to having nerves out there on the field in ways he’s never felt before, after the first major injury of his career.