Continuing our mini-series of NFL Draft throwbacks after highlighting the Pittsburgh Steelers’ selection of Maurkice Pouncey the other day. Today, we’ll remember the big one, the team selecting QB Ben Roethlisberger 11th overall in 2004, the third of the “Big Three” quarterbacks of himself, Eli Manning, and Philip Rivers to be selected.
As aired on ESPN, immediately after cutting to an interview with Roethlisberger, the phone rang. In a sorta awkward moment, Suzy Kolber snuck in to put the microphone under Roethlisberger as he spent most of the time listening to those on the other line, presumably Dan Rooney and/or Kevin Colbert followed by Bill Cowher.