The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger worked out without problem and seemed to be fine enough for playing Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders. So wide receiver had to apologize for his earlier remarks that indicated doubt on the quarterback’s toughness. He did it on Tuesday.
Ward said he spoke emotionally without knowing a team doctor recommended the quarterback not play Sunday because of a concussion. Actually Ward and his teammates didn’t learn until Saturday that Roethlisberger wouldn’t play as Big Ben had been practicing as the starter all last week. Ward explained that he was frustrated by the fact that Roethlisberger would not be out there to play with the team the game for them to stay in the playoff. He apologized as he would never have questioned a man’s toughness playing in a Steelers jersey.
“Now as a veteran guy on this team, you can see how upset that made a lot of us considering we were going down into the lions dens in Baltimore without our fearless leader,” Ward wrote in a post on his Face book page, making his comments public to avoid talking further about the subject.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Steelers QB Roethlisberger said it was his fault for team’s losses
The Pittsburgh Steelers top quarterback Ben Roethlisberger understands well what a team leader’s responsibility is: not only to take honor for wins, but also take blames for losses.
Instead of blaming the wide receivers for running incorrect pass routes, blaming the special teams for allowing a third costly kickoff return touchdown in four games or blaming the offensive coordinator Bruce Arian for wrong decision, the quarterback wearing No.7 Steelers jersey blamed himself for affecting the whole offense and leading the team to the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC North.
“You know what? I had a bad day. Everyone in here’s had a bad day. … I flat out had a bad day and it’s going to happen sometimes,” Roethlisberger said Thursday. “It’s just unfortunate that when the quarterback has a bad game it affects the whole offense. That’s why you can’t afford to have too many bad games.”
Having been in the top three in passing yardage most of the season, Roethlisberger slipped to No. 7 after going 20 of 40 for 174 yards during a second successive loss to the Bengals. He took the blames, but did not figure out why he should. Instead, he said his focus has been shifted to the next game: this Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Perhaps that is what he wanted people to do: shifting focus from past losses to possible win in the future.
Instead of blaming the wide receivers for running incorrect pass routes, blaming the special teams for allowing a third costly kickoff return touchdown in four games or blaming the offensive coordinator Bruce Arian for wrong decision, the quarterback wearing No.7 Steelers jersey blamed himself for affecting the whole offense and leading the team to the loss to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC North.
“You know what? I had a bad day. Everyone in here’s had a bad day. … I flat out had a bad day and it’s going to happen sometimes,” Roethlisberger said Thursday. “It’s just unfortunate that when the quarterback has a bad game it affects the whole offense. That’s why you can’t afford to have too many bad games.”
Having been in the top three in passing yardage most of the season, Roethlisberger slipped to No. 7 after going 20 of 40 for 174 yards during a second successive loss to the Bengals. He took the blames, but did not figure out why he should. Instead, he said his focus has been shifted to the next game: this Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Perhaps that is what he wanted people to do: shifting focus from past losses to possible win in the future.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Woman suing Roethlisberger quit host job in casino
More than one year after filing a suit against the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in Washoe District Court in Reno last July, the woman who filed the suit has quit her job because of the way the casino she worked for was treating her.
Having been working as a VIP host at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, the woman alleged that the two-time Super Bowl champ lured her to his room under false pretenses and forced himself on her. After the alleged incident, the woman took several leaves of absence for medical reasons in the months after the alleged incident, but returned to work in March and had been there since. But the woman claimed that the Harrah’s officials conspired to cover up the incident, and she had to quit her job in the casino.
Roethlisberger has denied the allegations and lawyers for him and some Harrah’s officials filed motion to dismiss the suit but Judge Brent Adams denied the motion as well as the other motion of moving the trial to Douglas County near to Lake Tahoe.
Having been working as a VIP host at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, the woman alleged that the two-time Super Bowl champ lured her to his room under false pretenses and forced himself on her. After the alleged incident, the woman took several leaves of absence for medical reasons in the months after the alleged incident, but returned to work in March and had been there since. But the woman claimed that the Harrah’s officials conspired to cover up the incident, and she had to quit her job in the casino.
Roethlisberger has denied the allegations and lawyers for him and some Harrah’s officials filed motion to dismiss the suit but Judge Brent Adams denied the motion as well as the other motion of moving the trial to Douglas County near to Lake Tahoe.
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