Heading into his 15th season in the NFL, Ben Roethlisberger is the oldest player on the Pittsburgh Steelers roster by a significant margin. With the ageless wonder, James Harrison, long gone, the 36-year-old quarterback has four years on the next-oldest player on the team in Ramon Foster (32) and he’s one of only six over-30 players currently on the roster.
While those outside of the league would consider Roethlisberger a relatively young man, in NFL terms, the Steelers star quarterback is entering his twilight years. No longer able to work out like he did when he first entered the league, Roethlisberger understands he needs to take a different approach to offseason training, given his advancing age.