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Ben Roethlisberger Bounce-Back Is a Long Shot for the Steelers

The Steelers are banking on Ben Roethlisberger to accomplish something this year that no other quarterback has ever done before.

The 38-year old Roethlisberger suffered an elbow injury in Week 2 of last season after attempting just 62 passes. According to various dispatches out of Western Pennsylvania, Roethlisberger is now healthy, clean-shaven, eager to return to work and in the Big Ben version of football shape: somewhere between "dad bod after a 30-day cleanse" and what the TB12 method would look like if it stood for "12 beers." The Steelers, nearly a playoff team with ineffectual/problematic backups Devlin Hodges and Mason Rudolph last season, hope Roethlisberger can return to 2018 form.