As a guest on the I AM ATHLETE podcast with Brandon Marshall, LeSean McCoy and Adam Jones, Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool was asked if Ben Roethlisberger should’ve retired before the 2021 season. Claypool didn’t flat out say yes, but his answer was interesting as someone who played with him every day.
“I think at the end of my first year, no one would’ve said that, but everyone, I feel like everyone’s saying that as the year went on, ‘oh he should have retired’. It’s so easy to do that after the fact,” Claypool said. “So it’s tough to say.