Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger certainly made waves late last week in the days leading up to the Steelers reporting to training camp when he spoke critically about the Steelers’ lack of playoff success in the last decade, citing the “me-first” player mentality that has taken over the game he loves.
Quickly, many pushed back against Roethlisberger’s tone-deaf statement to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ron Cook, criticizing the former quarterback for not being able to look in a mirror or understand exactly what he was saying and how silly it sounded.
Wednesday, that continued as current Steelers’ star defensive lineman Cameron Heyward, who was a team captain with Roethlisberger for many years, stated on his Not Just Football with Cam Heyward podcast as part of Omaha Productions and ESPN that he “took offense” to Roethlisberger’s comments, adding that he’s going to protect his guys, and that it’s on the older players on the roster to hold those types of guys accountable.