Ben Roethlisberger isn’t going to play forever. At some point over the course of, let’s say, the next decade, we’re going to be sitting here on this weekend waiting for him to give his Hall of Fame speech while Alan Faneca watches, rather than the reverse.
But that’s for a time down the line. For the right now, he is gearing up for the 2021 season as a 39-year-old starting quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, as the man under center whom they continue to believe gives them the best odds of winning.
Appearing on the NFL Network during training camp practice earlier today, head coach Mike Tomlin made it quite clear that the teams holds no reservations about what Roethlisberger will look like this upcoming season, a year after returning from a major elbow injury.