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Ron Cook: A quarterback and his center

There is a relationship between a quarterback and his star receiver. There is a relationship between a quarterback and his top running back. Then, there’s a relationship between a quarterback and his offensive linemen, especially his center.

“I wouldn’t want to play with anyone else,” Ben Roethlisberger was saying of Maurkice Pouncey after Steelers practice Wednesday. “I feel so blessed to have him in my life, not just as a football player, but as a friend.”

“He’s my brother,” Pouncey said of Roethlisberger. “When he walks away from football, I’m walking away, too.”

Roethlisberger said he and Pouncey hit it off from day one after Pouncey joined the Steelers as their No.