There isn’t a quarterback in the NFL who spends more of his time lining up out of the shotgun than the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger. It’s a trait that has developed over the course of the past decade that has become pretty rigid as time has gone on. It’s simply what he does.
Or as he told reporters yesterday, it’s what the Steelers do. When asked why it’s beneficial to the Steelers’ offense to run so much out of the shotgun, he said, “it’s just a matter of the play call, whether it’s pistol, shotgun, under center.