Ben Roethlisberger certainly made waves locally and nationally with comments shared on his Sunday episode of the Footbahlin podcast, telling Kenny Pickett he initially didn’t want him to succeed so that fans wouldn’t forget about the Roethlisberger era. After a few weeks, Roethlisberger began to realize his selfish feelings and switched to rooting for Pickett to become the next great Steelers’ quarterback.
With all that comes plenty of reaction. Much of it negative for Roethlisberger’s admittedly self-centered thoughts. But on Monday’s episode of The Pat McAfee Show, Pat McAfee praised Roethlisberger for being so honest and shared the story of having similar feelings following his retirement as the Indianapolis Colts’ punter.