By the time the Pittsburgh Steelers acquired safety Minkah Fitzpatrick last season via a trade with the Miami Dolphins, starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was already lost for the remainder of it due to an elbow injury. While Fitzpatrick never got an opportunity to go against Roethlisberger on the practice field after arriving in Pittsburgh via the trade, he now knows enough about him to say that people shouldn’t doubt that he’ll be just as good, if not better, of a quarterback than he was prior to his injury.
During his Thursday appearance on ‘First Take’ on ESPN, Fitzpatrick was asked if he has any sort of message for the people who are currently saying that Roethlisberger’s best days are now behind him.