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‘I Should Have Been More Specific’ Regarding ‘Me-First’ Comments, Roethlisberger Says

After some scathing comments made last week to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ron Cook regarding the lack of playoff success in the last decade for the Pittsburgh Steelers regarding “me-first” players, former quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had to unsurprisingly walk back his comments Thursday morning on 102.5 WDVE’s morning show with hosts Randy Baumann and Mike Prisuta.

Last week, Roethlisberger — in an exclusive one-on-one with Cook — stated that the has changed from it being all about the team to players putting themselves and their own success ahead of the team.

“I feel like the game has changed,” Roethlisberger told Cook.