PFF just put Ben Roethlisberger into early retirement on Twitter

When the Pittsburgh Steelers posted a video of Ben Roethlisberger throwing passes to Najee Harris, PFF struck with a devastatingly brutal burn.

Ben Roethlisberger is coming off a 12-3 season at age 38 with the Steelers. He clearly has one thing left to offer as a quarterback.

However there’s a harsh reality even Pittsburgh followers have to just accept: The man can’t throw the deep ball anymore.

The Steelers‘ vertical passing recreation held them again at instances final season. It’s not prone to get significantly better as Roethlisberger will get older.

The most effective factor to do is to just accept that actuality (Drew Brees’ arm fell off and he nonetheless led the Saints to loads of victories) whereas hoping offensive coordinator Matt Canada can work across the subject.

The following factor to do is to giggle when objectively humorous burns on the topic come Roethlisberger’s means as a result of there’s no different option to describe Professional Soccer Focus’ newest dig on the quarterback.

The Steelers shared that video to point out Roethlisberger working with new working again Najee Harris. PFF used it to ether him with a easy but efficient troll job.

Ben Roethlisberger nonetheless achieve success, he simply can’t throw it lengthy

Roethlisberger will get the final giggle if he produces one other robust season in 2021. He threw for 3,803 yards and 33 touchdowns whereas the Steelers completed first within the AFC North.

A 48-38 loss to the Browns within the Wild Card spherical put a damper on the workforce that began 10-0 however appeared to fall off a cliff within the closing weeks of the season.

This yr, Roethlisberger may have his three main receivers again in Diontae Johnson, Chase Claypool and JuJu Smith-Schuster. He’ll even have Harris as a brand new weapon within the mildew of Le’Veon Bell.

The weapons are there even when the arm power isn’t.