Calling Will Howard the next Ben Roethlisberger is certainly a stretch. Not just in career arc but in style. Coming out of college, Roethlisberger played a less conventional brand of football. He ran around, created, and made plays up as he went along. Howard might not get his due for being a solid athlete but he won’t be throwing lasers with defensive tackles hanging off him. Still, in their 90 minute conversation in his latest Footbahlin podcast, Roethlisberger sees plenty of similarities between the two.
“We have a lot of, I’m finding out a lot of similarities,” Roethlisberger told Howard.