Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger made headlines during OTAs when he joked that rookie running back Najee Harris is such a hard worker that his coaches have to tell him to go home. The only thing is, he wasn’t joking, as the coach in question, Eddie Faulkner, confirmed.
And it’s not a new habit that he just picked up. It’s how he grew up, always diving headfirst into football, in no small part because it was a place of respite from the outside world. For a young man who spent a portion of his upbringing homeless, to say that the field was a second home to him takes on all the more meaning to him.